Smash Bros. Brawl is Fastest Selling Game in Nintendo's History

Posted by Jonathan on Monday, March 17th, 2008 at 5:01 pm under Game Companies, Game Consoles, Games, Games Industry, Nintendo, Nintendo

smashbroskirby1-1.jpgSuper Smash Bros. Brawl has been showered with praise by critics and anticipated by gamers for over a year. So it should probably come as no surprise that the game has already broken one of Nintendo of America’s personal records. The company is reporting that it is already their fastest selling game ever, having sold 1.4 million copies in the U.S. alone — with around 874,000 of those being sold on March 9th, the game’s launch date. It’s actually been sold at a rate of 120 units per minute between launch and March 16th. That means, for the past week, two people have bought a copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl every second. Now that’s pretty impressive (and yet I still haven’t gotten around to getting my copy yet).

Via Press Release

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7 Responses to “Smash Bros. Brawl is Fastest Selling Game in Nintendo's History”

  • Rarii says:
    March 17th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    … :shock:
    I need to get my copy soon.

  • LaChandra says:
    March 17th, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    I bought mine on the 9th. I have been having fun, as well as my daughter. I think she unlocked Falco. Obviously we haven't gotten that far in the game in terms of unlockable characters and stages.

  • Joelteon7 says:
    March 17th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    Reason:

    Many people have a Wii.
    Many people wanted a non-party-game game for their Wii.
    Many people bought the game.
    Repeat steps 1-3 and you have the cycle of the Nintendo Wii.

  • X-Man says:
    March 17th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Amazing! This game is fun and there is always something to do. I think all Wii owners should buy this game. The best thing i think would be the Final Smashes , me and my friends always race to it to get it first lol. But i think they couldv'e added way more characters like Bowser Jr., Knuckles, THANK GOD NO Pichu!, and another character that would be funny to play as maybe Banjo and Kazooie..I know they are old but that would be fun. I would love to play as Bowser Jr. lol and maybe his Final Smash could do something with paint like in Mario Sunshine. But it is also still an AMAZING game:!:

  • MrMister says:
    March 17th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

    Kudos to Nintendo for making one of the greatest games of all time and it isn't even during the holiday season. :wink:

  • bob says:
    March 17th, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    Nintendo lost banjo kazooie actually. Rare went to microsoft and refuses to have anything to do with nintendo anymore. To bad too cause banjo kazooie would have been really cool in smash. Tails as well. And I miss mewtwo…

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