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oldskool

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Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« on: January 07, 2009, 08:25:29 AM »
According to VGCHARTS, Super Mario Bros. is no longer the top selling video game of all time.  It's now Wii Sports.
http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/wii-sports-is-best-selling-game-ever/1276855

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Joe Redifer

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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2009, 08:28:51 AM »
And yet Super Mario Bros will always be infinitely more well-known.
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quoth09

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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2009, 08:30:47 AM »
LOL, Sorry but pack-in titles do not count as purchases. What about Super Mario World? What about Sonic the Hedgehog?

What a joke.
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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2009, 08:32:25 AM »
Super Mario Bros was a pack-in, too.

The best selling non-pack in is probably something lame like World of Warcraft.
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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2009, 08:35:36 AM »
Yet Super Mario Bros. was sold separately.
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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2009, 09:17:25 AM »
I don't care how many units were 'sold'.  It gets real old, real fast.

Quote from: quoth09 on January 07, 2009, 08:30:47 AM
LOL, Sorry but pack-in titles do not count as purchases. What about Super Mario World? What about Sonic the Hedgehog?

Agreed.  As culled from wikipedia, 20 million copies of Super Mario World were shipped and surprisingly only 6 million copies of Sonic.

Quote from: Joe Redifer on January 07, 2009, 08:32:25 AM
Super Mario Bros was a pack-in, too.

The best selling non-pack in is probably something lame like World of Warcraft.

Also taken from wiki - SMB3 is the best selling console game at 18 million, closely followed by Wii Play at 16.15 million.  Though not on consoles or singular games - 20.08 million copies of Pokemon Red, Blue, Green, and Ghey were sold for the Gameboy and the Nintendogs quintuplets have sold 20.03 million copies thus far on the DS.

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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2009, 09:22:15 AM »
I hate Wii Sports because Michelle kicks my ass in bowling every single time I play her. lmao! But ya, I don't really hate Wii Sports. :)
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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2009, 12:48:03 PM »
Wii sports will always have a special place in my trash can....where it belongs!  :evil:
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oldskool

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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2009, 05:05:44 PM »
Wii Sports sold millions in Japan, and it was not even a pack-in.

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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2009, 01:54:29 AM »
Quote from: quoth09 on January 07, 2009, 08:30:47 AM

What a joke.

so true, but humans do not know!! you know? :lol:
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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2009, 09:16:39 AM »
Quote from: Tatsujin on January 08, 2009, 01:54:29 AM
Quote from: quoth09 on January 07, 2009, 08:30:47 AM

What a joke.

so true, but humans do not know!! you know? :lol:

No, for I am laughing dog, I do not know, and is the reason I ask.  :P
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Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on November 08, 2007, 06:17:22 PM
Warm milk, turkey, those can make you sleepy(well, the consumption of, you can't just hand around a turkey or a glass of warm milk, & expect to fall asleep).

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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2009, 12:43:01 AM »
The only reason Wii Sports (and similar such games) is doing so well is because the masses are complacent and lazy, too weak and/or stupid to go outside and play sports for real, yet they want to feel like they're actually doing something.
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Re: Super Mario Bros. has been de-throned.
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2009, 03:52:14 AM »
Quote from: The Old Rover on January 11, 2009, 12:43:01 AM
The only reason Wii Sports (and similar such games) is doing so well is because the masses are complacent and lazy, too weak and/or stupid to go outside and play sports for real, yet they want to feel like they're actually doing something.

Yeah, that's the reason I don't actually box - because I'm lazy, weak and stupid.
and it's the reason that I play Wii bowling. And tennis.  :roll:
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« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2009, 04:08:09 AM »
Quote from: guyjin on January 11, 2009, 03:52:14 AM
Yeah, that's the reason I don't actually box - because I'm lazy, weak and stupid.
and it's the reason that I play Wii bowling. And tennis.  :roll:
Are you amongst the masses, chump? :P
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« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2009, 04:13:05 AM »
Wii Sports is more convenient than doing the real thing mainly because grandma can play.  She can't play on the same team in real life with a 4-year old and a 30-year old.  This is why Wii Sports does well... because grandma can play.  And everyone loves their grandma.
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