Super Mario Galaxy's quiet Japanese launch

by Ross Miller { Nov 1st 2007 at 3:25PM }

Although we still have a little less than two weeks to go until Super Mario Galaxy arrives in the US (and not much more for Europe), Japan got its taste of the game today. Was their mass hysteria, long lines and rabid fans skipping school and work to be the first to own a copy of the latest Plumber Platformer? Not exactly, according to anecdotal evidence from Siliconera.

Visiting Akihabara, arguably the mecca for video games in Tokyo, the folks at the site found no such hysteria or long lines, noting instead that most people waiting in queues were there for Xbox 360 games (no, really!) and pachinko machines.

We're still wagering, as does Siliconera, that Super Mario Galaxy will be a massive hit for Nintendo in all territories, and that plenty of people reserved the title and are planning to pick it up after school or work today. However, Mario's presences just doesn't seem to cite as much rabid enthusiasm as a Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest. It'll be interesting to see how US and Europe handle the Mario Galaxy launches on November 12 and 16, respectively.

Tags: akihabara, asia, japan, mario, mario-galaxy, nintendo, super-mario-galaxy

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

samfish @ Nov 1st 2007 3:28PM

I was unaware that there were expectations of long lines for Galaxy.
This just feels like much adieu about nothing.

megaStryke @ Nov 1st 2007 3:31PM

Where the hell are you getting these pics!?!?

Slaziman @ Nov 1st 2007 3:35PM

Peach is HAWT

3cubed minus 3squared plus1 @ Nov 1st 2007 3:37PM

Where did you find your pics from?!

But yeah, maybe the Japanese find work and school more important than a video game.

samfish @ Nov 1st 2007 3:37PM

From...the internet...

>.>

Sieged Eagle @ Nov 1st 2007 3:44PM

Same here. It's a tad disappointing to see that the game wasn't that much sold today, but let's see how it all ends.

Also samfish, that Peach avatar of yours is turning me on dude.

megaStryke @ Nov 1st 2007 3:49PM

Sammy, I think we are going to have to ask you to leave Joystiq. You're distracting the residents who wish to have meaningful and heartfelt discussions.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 1st 2007 4:03PM

Of course the most obvious thing we need to do is wa- *stares at Sam's avatar* *fap fap fap fap*

samfish @ Nov 1st 2007 4:12PM

"Sammy, I think we are going to have to ask you to leave Joystiq. You're distracting the residents who wish to have meaningful and heartfelt discussions."

. . .

*siiiigh*
http://content.ytmnd.com/content/1/e/4/1e4fb577c9b9ca27a94390b927dc5a97.wav

arrrgh @ Nov 1st 2007 4:22PM

HAHAHA that wav is priceless

Slaziman @ Nov 1st 2007 4:28PM

Holy damn, that's a big chain of posts with 3 hearts. Perverts roam these lands...

JodyAnthony @ Nov 1st 2007 4:28PM

hahaha, samfish steals the show again.

Gangsta Smurf @ Nov 1st 2007 4:35PM

Peach is so naughty. :-X

Rubang B (BRUSH WITH FAME) @ Nov 1st 2007 4:37PM

It looks like samfish finally took off the nurse outfit, eh? That's the kind of stuff we do after we get our BRUSHES WITH FAME.

::high five::

Oh crap I touched her! ::fap::

samfish @ Nov 1st 2007 4:38PM

Naked Peach brings fanboys of all stripes together!

Sieged Eagle @ Nov 1st 2007 4:56PM

Damn straight samfish.

megaStryke @ Nov 1st 2007 5:00PM

For the hell of it, let's make this chain as long as possible. Sammy has already fuckin' derailed the entire Internet with that avatar of his. Might as well set some records in the process.

ssuk @ Nov 1st 2007 5:01PM

Whoo, you guys must spend a LONG time outside.

samfish @ Nov 1st 2007 5:20PM

I am now contributing to the record!

Oh, and Naked Peach > Naked Zelda

Sieged Eagle @ Nov 1st 2007 5:24PM

I'll be impressed if this chain reaches the second page. If it does, the entire Interblarg will explode once again.

samfish @ Nov 1st 2007 5:28PM

We have to do MORE than simply reaching the second page! We have to reach the second page AND we all need to have 3 stars!

Pull together and DO A BARREL ROLL!

Sieged Eagle @ Nov 1st 2007 5:32PM

UR DOIN IT WRONG. They are hearts not stars, but who cares anyways.

And Psychological Orientation class be damned! I'm gonna stay here for the hour!

Sieged Eagle @ Nov 1st 2007 5:35PM

Holy shit. I just noticed almost everyone on this first page of the blog has three hearts. That is-a new for me! :O

gonk @ Nov 1st 2007 5:38PM

mmm, peach ass

Anticrawl @ Nov 1st 2007 5:49PM

Keep you're fapping on 4chan. This is a wholesome god-bearing place....hehehehe.

Anticrawl @ Nov 1st 2007 5:55PM

Also I find it hilarious that people are actually asking samfish where he finds his pictures. Its like you guys think there is some shady back ally place with no windows that sells naughty Nintendo related smut. Sadly that is not the case but there is that thing we call the internet, you know, the thing that was invented so minors could watch guilt-free porn.

Anyway if you are serious, which I hope you're not and just experimenting with some super advanced humor my tiny brain can't comprehend, then I'd imagine any image search with the correct combination of "Peach" and "you're fetish/word of choice" will serve you quite well, and if you don't wanna see Peach hentai picks you could just use the word "etchi" which does mean pretty much the same thing as hentai but it brings less perverse results in search engines.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Nov 1st 2007 6:00PM

DAMMIT ANTICRAWL!!!

wait.

SOMEBODY VOTE UP ANTICRAWL> AND ME TOOO>

Sieged Eagle @ Nov 1st 2007 6:00PM

...

I'm going to do that just for fun tonight. Hehehehe.

Silent Xenocide @ Nov 1st 2007 6:10PM

What have you guys honestly never seen nude peach pics before

Sieged Eagle @ Nov 1st 2007 6:23PM

With this post the chain is now of 30 posts. Only 21 more and the chain will be complete.

THIS IS MADNESS!

Anticrawl @ Nov 1st 2007 6:24PM

QUICK!!! SAMFIIIISSSSHHHH!!! Come with me to the internet, we shall create.. peachchan.org. For great justice!

samfish @ Nov 1st 2007 6:24PM

I've never seen nude Peach pictures in my life.
Nope. Nosireebob. My hard drive ain't full of 'em at all. uh-nope nope nope.

samfish @ Nov 1st 2007 6:28PM

"QUICK!!! SAMFIIIISSSSHHHH!!! Come with me to the internet, we shall create.. peachchan.org. For great justice!"

We'll have to get past Sigurd Hosenfeld, first...

Anticrawl @ Nov 1st 2007 6:34PM

MADNESS?!? THIS IS PEACHCHAN!! *uses his awesome peachchan fapping powers to shock you into falling down a pit*

Slaziman @ Nov 1st 2007 6:47PM

BA-BA-BARREL ROLL

samfish @ Nov 1st 2007 6:48PM

Actually, all you'd have to do is show the fortunate victim a picture of Peach (nude, of course), which would cause them to get an erection SO LARGE and SO FAST that it would wallop them in the chin, knocking them unconscious, thus causing them to fall backward into the pit.

Despite what you may have heard, that's also Peach's Final Smash in Brawl.

shivr @ Nov 1st 2007 6:52PM

hmm, I spy two peach-like shapes...

Slaziman @ Nov 1st 2007 6:54PM

I just went on google to search Peach nude pics

I feel so dirty.

Koopaknight29 - (Nintendo Loyalist) @ Nov 1st 2007 6:56PM

Alright boys, we're going for broke tonight! 36 posts and counting! All hearts are a go!

---

"We're gonna break through that fleet!" -Fox, Area 6

Anticrawl @ Nov 1st 2007 7:01PM

Sigurd Hosenfeld? You mean that deviantart guy? He commented on one of my peach drawings once heh, why would he deter us from our quest? We're on a mission from Gad. Perhaps you're thinking he'd steal some of our potential guests? We shall turn our enemy into an ally. Quick, we will turn him and use him as the posterboy for peachchan, yes... yesss excellent. Everything is falling into place in a timely manner, like a successful game of Perfection.

Einhanderkiller @ Nov 1st 2007 7:13PM

So I heard that Super Mario Galaxy had a quiet launch in Japan.

Slaziman @ Nov 1st 2007 7:14PM

Is your inbox getting spammed to hell Samfish?

gramblor @ Nov 1st 2007 10:29PM

Hey Shakespeare, I think you mean "much ADO about nothing...", as 'adieu' is french meaning farewell. As in "Adieu, adieu, parting is such sweet sorrow." Which (I believe) is from Hamlet.

The Heavy Metal Supremacy Cult Of America @ Nov 1st 2007 7:37PM

o helo

samfish @ Nov 1st 2007 7:40PM

Bringing in a kook like Sigurd would be like trying to take care of a Mogwai. Sure, it's cute at first, his obsession with Peach.
...but then, it would turn dark. EVIL. Like feeding the Mogwai after midnight, nothing good would come of it. His unceasing fapping would over run us all and before we know it...before we know it...I...OH GAWD, I CAN'T EVEN *SAY* IT!

And yes, I reckon my inbox is getting super-spammed.
...or at least my spambox is.