- The game has Mario in it.
- Its DS counterpart is the second highest-selling DS game of all time and has sold consistently since its release in 2006.
- It's super fun.
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Miyamoto expects sustained sales for New Super Mario Bros. Wii
by David Hinkle 
on Oct 12th 2009 6:30PM
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Posted: Oct 12th 2009 9:25PM Tyger said
I'm pretty sure its gonna be pretty popular. I mean look at the comments, half of the profile pics are Marios.
Posted: Oct 12th 2009 9:26PM Ninbrendo said
Nintendo is crazy for not bundling this game with the Wii's price drop. Sell it for, say, $240.
Posted: Oct 12th 2009 9:46PM Mr Khan said
There's only one thing that could stop this from seeing astronomical sales, and that's the City Folk effect: where a similar console version of a handheld hit is rejected by the market for not being different enough, though i think they are working well at differentiating this game, if only through the promotion of the local multiplayer element.
Posted: Oct 13th 2009 12:42AM samfish said
There already seems to be a lot more anticipation for this than there ever was for Animal Crossing, though. It was pretty obvious from the start that Animal Crossing wasn't exactly going to light up the sales charts, I thought.
That said, I don't NSMBW will do as well as everyone thinks it will. Between the disappointment due to a lack of online and the amount of people who genuinely seem to believe that it's nothing more than a port of the DS game, I can't imagine it selling like the DS version has.
That said, it'll eventually beat Mario Galaxy for sure.
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That said, I don't NSMBW will do as well as everyone thinks it will. Between the disappointment due to a lack of online and the amount of people who genuinely seem to believe that it's nothing more than a port of the DS game, I can't imagine it selling like the DS version has.
That said, it'll eventually beat Mario Galaxy for sure.
Posted: Oct 12th 2009 10:06PM mrln said
I'll be buying it...
It's like Super Mario Bros. But with multiplayer. How can those NOT sell?
It's like Super Mario Bros. But with multiplayer. How can those NOT sell?
Posted: Oct 12th 2009 10:51PM SpeeGold said
"The side-scrolling-ness makes me think it might?"
"I was referring to the co-op aspect."
Side-scrolling and co-op don't have anything to do with each other. Side-scrolling, like the name implies, is when the screen scrolls sideways (as it does in just about every 2D platformer I can think of). Co-op (aka cooperative play), like the name implies, is when multiple players cooperate to play together. Like I said... completely different topics... that's why no one understood your initial comment.
"I was referring to the co-op aspect."
Side-scrolling and co-op don't have anything to do with each other. Side-scrolling, like the name implies, is when the screen scrolls sideways (as it does in just about every 2D platformer I can think of). Co-op (aka cooperative play), like the name implies, is when multiple players cooperate to play together. Like I said... completely different topics... that's why no one understood your initial comment.
Posted: Oct 12th 2009 11:04PM acefondu said
Mario+me=happy that's all the math I need to know.
Posted: Oct 13th 2009 12:28AM Uncle Jesse said
This game looks sweet and you know all the people that bash the Wii (but for some reason still own one) will buy it, too.
I don't use my Wii much either, but I am for sure picking this one up the day it comes out. They have never gone wrong with the main Mario series. After consistently putting out amazing game after amazing game, this deserves to be bought without even reading a sinlge review.
I don't use my Wii much either, but I am for sure picking this one up the day it comes out. They have never gone wrong with the main Mario series. After consistently putting out amazing game after amazing game, this deserves to be bought without even reading a sinlge review.
Posted: Oct 13th 2009 12:38AM Virus one said
I'm buying this and I don't even have a Wii.
Posted: Oct 13th 2009 3:32AM CaramelZappa said
Another hit game for the wii that doesn't use motion controls.
Posted: Oct 13th 2009 7:21AM (Unverified) said
Another awesome game for me to pick up when the deluge of 360 games this winter and spring have passed and I pick up my shiny new Wii and PS3.
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