Smash Bros. Brawl sales exceed 1 million in Japan

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Feb 12th 2008 at 9:49AM }

And so the total number of Japanese people that we utterly despise rises to 1 million. Actually, it's 1.08 million, which is the number of Super Smash Bros. Brawl discs that have been sold since the game's launch on January 31st. Reuters reminds us that it took Wii Fit seven weeks to accomplish a similar ~~feet~~ feat, with even Wii Sports (sold separately in Japan) dallying for 11 weeks before crossing the 1 million mark.

There aren't many weeks left between us and the game's American debut, but by then it'll be our turn to become targets for an entire continent's hatred and jealousy.

Tags: Brawl, Japan, Smash-Bros, Smash-Bros-Brawl, SmashBros, Super-Smash-Bros-Brawl, SuperSmashBrosBrawl

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

xFenixKnightx @ Feb 12th 2008 9:55AM

Woopdiedoo Bazzle, but what does it all mean?

FidliousWong @ Feb 12th 2008 9:58AM

The game is popular...

Or that market was starved...

Or RoboHitler still fights his endless battle with shadow ninjas...

FOXHOUND @ Feb 12th 2008 10:42AM

We can only pray the robots ate enough elderly medicine to fight RoboHitler back to the scrapheap along with the trashed copies of E.T. for the Atari.

Co @ Feb 12th 2008 10:44AM

Man, and to think SSB gamers are amongst the hardest of hardcore gamers out there fa sho. Wii will pwn all in due time....

Fatass of Kickassness @ Feb 12th 2008 12:17PM

Wait, wait, wait. Smash players, hardcore? Keep in mind I'm a huge Smash fan and will be participating in the Melee tournaments and the the midnight launch at my local Gamestop, but a lot of Smash players aren't what I'd call 'hardcore'. After all, if there's a more casual fighting game than Smash Bros. I have yet to see it.

Co @ Feb 12th 2008 12:39PM

Hey Fatass,

PUH-lease explain to me how you can consider Smash Bros. a casual fighting game, let alone the most casual fighting game ever?

Noshino @ Feb 12th 2008 12:50PM

sorry Fatass, Smash might not be the most hardcore fighting game out there, but it is FAR from being casual...

the fact that the characters appeal to the casual crowd DOES NOT make it a casual fighting game...

copres @ Feb 12th 2008 1:55PM

smash bros is hardcore. they have it at EVO along with SF2 and the "VS" games. its the worlds largest fighting game tournament.

FidliousWong @ Feb 12th 2008 2:53PM

copras, you also forgot to mention they essentially turn Smash Brothers off. They remove random items, typically pick a very simple level, and practically strip everything that makes Super Smash Brothers the game that it is, out.

So just because they play it at a tournament doesn't mean they respect the balance and such because otherwise, why would they practically turn the game off?

I'm sorry but you can spend three days tops learning a character in SSBM. I spent 12 months learning Jackie Bryant. SSBB will be a fun game, no doubt. But it's a shallow party game. Period.

Mr Khan @ Feb 12th 2008 2:59PM

I'll have to disagree with you, Sheppy. There is a depth of tricks to Smash Bros that take a while to master, like item-catching and other things.

Smash Bros could only be seen as shallow because of its learning curve. Yes, it took you three days to learn a character, now master that technique.

Vegnagun bwf @ Feb 12th 2008 4:23PM

They turn everything off and pick a small uninteresting level for a reason. With items and gimmicky levels comes the ugly head of luck. Smash Bros. is insanely balanced, more so than any fighting game I've ever played (except VF). Any fighting game you play is going to have top-tier characters or cheap combos, SSBM didn't have that.

You really screwed yourself over with the "shallow party game. Period." comment, too. It obviously isn't shallow enough to stop people from playing it in tournaments worldwide, 7 years after it's release.

Grimble Crumble @ Feb 12th 2008 4:40PM

"I spent 12 months learning Jackie Bryant."

You're the man.

FidliousWong @ Feb 12th 2008 5:47PM

"You're the man."

..not anymore... changes made to Jackie between VF4 and VF4:Evo threw me off immesely. VF5 verB is a little more towards the Jackie of VF3&4 though. But I heard the VerC went and changed attack speeds on me again... supposedly. Argh!

I think I'll dedicate myself to Voldo next....

Admiral_Mike @ Feb 12th 2008 9:59AM

Zefram Cochrane looks out of the window of the phoenix to see a giant Brawl box silhouette againt the sun.
"SWEET JESUS!"

Trev @ Feb 12th 2008 10:29AM

I don't know if its worse that you made the referential joke or that I got the referential joke.

+1 for being lame.

Admiral_Mike @ Feb 12th 2008 10:54AM

Geek cred FTW!

Nigeria @ Feb 12th 2008 10:00AM

Is there a release date for the Pal regions yet? Or should we sit and twiddle our thumbs? For those of us with thumbs.

Or should we do something else?

WiNG @ Feb 12th 2008 10:08AM

If you don't have thumbs, chances are you're going to get pwned in Brawl.

Or any game.

Except DDR.

baby sea tuna @ Feb 12th 2008 10:12AM

...or Stump Commander

Admiral_Mike @ Feb 12th 2008 10:22AM

I just realised how much wario looks like that crow/witch lady from spirted away :P

ck @ Feb 12th 2008 10:31AM

Ha! That's so true now that you point it out. Why hasn't Miyazaki sued Nintendo yet?

Does anyone know if supplies have run out in Japan for the game? I hope we don't run into a similar problem here in the states...

Catprog @ Feb 12th 2008 10:42AM

Wario 1992
Spirited Away 2001

Geist @ Feb 12th 2008 2:55PM

Spirited Away was only 2001? Jeez, seems like decades ago it came out...

Mighty Shockwave @ Feb 12th 2008 9:15PM

I can play the Miyazaki game too.

Wario reminds me of the monk from Princess Mononoke.

James @ Feb 12th 2008 10:24AM

I can wait for perfection.

If perfection meant I could listen to French, German and Spanish languages too.

umm....hello??? @ Feb 12th 2008 10:27AM

ummm....duh?

Intentless @ Feb 12th 2008 10:29AM

I can not WAIT to be hated by Europe....

101 @ Feb 12th 2008 10:59AM

I can start now if it helps?

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Feb 12th 2008 11:02AM

If you're an american, you're already hated by europe.

colin @ Feb 12th 2008 8:03PM

... the same kind of hate you felt for the popular kids in high school?

generally hating americans is stupid. hating certain Americans isn't. its like when yahtzee rags on america, then sells out his watered-down zero punctuation reviews to xplay. its just laughable.

don't hate us for being the most prominent, and most wealthy nation in the world ... hate us if we bomb your country.

a ham sandwich @ Feb 12th 2008 10:38AM

feet. har.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Feb 12th 2008 10:58AM

Dingle?

ThornedVenom @ Feb 12th 2008 10:50AM

I'm such a bastard online: I just love nagging my European friends about Brawl.

Over and over again.

And it never gets old.

Ever.

Worst Review Ever @ Feb 12th 2008 11:01AM

Fucking with Europeans about Brawl is gonna be this generations "We saved your ass in World War 2". Never let it go.

RobLink @ Feb 12th 2008 5:15PM

Except for the fact that Brawl isn't coming to Europe yet is true.

Oh snap.

Mr.ESC @ Feb 12th 2008 11:17AM

Wow I didn't see that one coming, what a refreshing turn of events.

Who ever thought that most popular game for the wii would sell more than 1 million?

(Remember kids cheap sarcasm kills kittens so I better stop killing kittens)

baby sea tuna @ Feb 12th 2008 11:21AM

I think Wii Sports might have something to say about that "most popular" title contest.

mike @ Feb 12th 2008 11:28AM

wait a sec. 1 million + people bought wii sports in japan? That game is like a demo for the wii controlls. Would would pay for it?

James @ Feb 12th 2008 11:42AM

You see when you admitted to being a pirate you lost all credibility when it comes to talking about paying for games.

vidGuy @ Feb 12th 2008 11:46AM

They bought it separately, in Japan. Do you have any idea what sells on the market in Japan? Wii Sports needed to be a pack-in in the other territories to be a success (and to help the Wii sell). Not so in Japan, where they got the Wii cheaper and could buy Wii Sports if they wanted, together still cheaper than the USD$250 we pay.

Curtis the Claw Game Master @ Feb 12th 2008 12:34PM

Would would pay for it indeed.

mike @ Feb 12th 2008 3:09PM

wow. They should give people here an option for a cheaper wii - wii sports.

@james lol. still upset about that huh? dont google thepiratebay. You might just want to kill yourself.

vidGuy @ Feb 12th 2008 11:43AM

Not really surprised. This game's worldwide sales are going to rival the 360's big games. It'll probably hit 1m on release day in the US.

GombastiC @ Feb 12th 2008 11:51AM

Damn French, germans and italians! Why can`T you just read english so we can get the game sooner?!!!

- norwegian

FOXHOUND @ Feb 12th 2008 1:41PM

I blame the metric system. "Royale with cheese", my ass! :p

But seriously, Nintendo... prove my friend wrong and make a 3-piece suit out of money. Or Samus Aran's armor. That'd be sweet.

B3astofthe3ast @ Feb 12th 2008 5:33PM

Pulp Fiction referance wins you 79.4658 gold stars.

Jack @ Feb 12th 2008 2:24PM

Oh no! Link's legs are chopped off!

Geist @ Feb 12th 2008 2:50PM

Hahah, I just noticed that. It's his secret form, parapalegic Link! It happens when you miss with a powerful sword attack.

Mr Khan @ Feb 12th 2008 3:03PM

To impress the significance of this based on market size (only comparing to the American market since its hard to guage exactly what constitutes the whole of the PAL market), that means it would have sold 3 million in the same duration in America

breaking a million in Japan is more of a feat. Melee was the only game that did that for GC in Japan.