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Misc. => Other Gaming => Topic started by: Blue Protoman on June 03, 2009, 08:14:03 am

Title: Oh, shit!
Post by: Blue Protoman on June 03, 2009, 08:14:03 am
Super Mario Bros., as of March 2009, is no longer the best-selling video game of all time.  It is now second place.

The new best-selling game of all time is...

This.
http://tinyurl.com/no1game

Your thoughts?
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Post by: nintendodork on June 03, 2009, 08:19:19 am
It's only best-selling because it comes with the Wii ::)


They shouldn't be able to count that game, since it's only a package deal.
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Post by: Mindfreak on June 03, 2009, 08:20:40 am
I cant believe it....:(

and dork is right it shouldn't count
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Post by: Medisinyl on June 03, 2009, 08:37:07 am
Meh, I think the Wii is garbage.  And I'm still waiting for something good to come out for the PS3 I bought a ways back in anticipation for games like GOW3...
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Post by: PatMan33 on June 03, 2009, 09:08:39 am
It's not a pack in over in Japan (hence the discrepency between global Wii sales and global Wii Sports sales); and besides, you can't say that Super Mario Bros. would have sold so well had it not also been packed in with the NES.
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Post by: satoshi_matrix on June 03, 2009, 09:37:13 am
360 supporter eh? I am too, except that I've experienced tons of problems from the RROD to the dvd drive failing to the system now just randomly freezing. But I am a M$ fan enough to warrant buying a new one to replace my faulty 2006 model. Here's hoping that's a wise move.
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Post by: PatMan33 on June 03, 2009, 10:14:49 am
ERROR//SYNTAX
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Post by: NintendoKing on June 03, 2009, 10:20:57 am
Because SMB is no longer number 1, the whole world has just fallen apart.
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Post by: Blue Protoman on June 03, 2009, 10:24:31 am
It must be falling apart atom by atom, then.
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Post by: TanookiSuitSam on June 03, 2009, 11:48:20 am
Rather old news. Although the only reason Super Mario Bros was the best selling game of all time was because it was packaged with the NES =P

So it seems rather fitting if you ask me.
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Post by: Blue Protoman on June 03, 2009, 06:08:18 pm
WiiFitting?

*rimshot*
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Post by: manuel on June 03, 2009, 06:52:59 pm
Super Mario Bros. was also a pack-in title. I got it with my NES.
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Post by: L___E___T on June 04, 2009, 03:25:32 am
mario 3 was officially the best selling individually anyway, only eclipsed by pokemon red + blue sales combined.

Pack ins shouldn't count really, they don't in terms of 'individual' sales.
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Post by: PatMan33 on June 04, 2009, 07:40:14 am
Eh, pack-ins should only not count if the pack-in in question is from a company other than Nintendo. ;)
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Post by: manuel on June 04, 2009, 07:43:17 am
Pack-ins should count, no matter what. A sold game is a sold game.
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Post by: LocalToast on June 04, 2009, 08:57:26 pm
In other new, Nintendo is rolling in cash... ::)
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 05, 2009, 12:36:48 am
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/JediQuestMaster/gamewatch-1.gif)
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Post by: Blue Protoman on June 05, 2009, 07:48:10 am
Pretty much.  The DS is pretty awesome.
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Post by: L___E___T on June 05, 2009, 08:12:01 am
I don't think bundles count in sales terms even now in today's numbers - I'll have a dig and check, it'd be worth knowing for definite.

I think because sales numbers are effectively mainly for retail's benefit, they don't count the bundle skus, because those sales don't count as the same thing when they have to buy more in of a certain game etc.
Title: Re: Oh, shit!
Post by: nintendodork on June 05, 2009, 08:39:32 am
That picture Jedi posted isn't 100% true anymore :P
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Post by: Blue Protoman on June 05, 2009, 10:38:42 am
I don't get it.
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Post by: nintendodork on June 05, 2009, 10:58:22 am
There isn't a bottom slot on the DSi.
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 05, 2009, 11:51:57 am
That's not a DS, it's a Game & Watch.  Didn't any of you watch the documentary?
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Post by: nintendodork on June 05, 2009, 11:55:18 am
I know what a G&W is, I have two...I guess I should have figured it was a G&W because of the people with only two frames, and the fact that the console only has one button :P
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 05, 2009, 11:59:14 am
I stole it from this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VD2cYCnuic

Which was posted on these forums somewhere, sometime. :-\
Title: Re: Oh, shit!
Post by: Blue Protoman on June 05, 2009, 02:43:58 pm
Quote from: nintendodork on June 05, 2009, 11:55:18 am
I know what a G&W is, I have two...


Did you win the lottery or something?
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Post by: nurd on June 05, 2009, 04:52:39 pm
They aren't all expensive.
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Post by: Blue Protoman on June 05, 2009, 06:01:24 pm
Really?  I thought that they were, because in Game Center CX, they have a segment in which Arino plays a few G&W games, and then gets shocked at the price.
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Post by: nintendodork on June 05, 2009, 06:08:21 pm
The only ones that are expensive are boxed ones and the see-through ones..I forgot what they're called.  I got a loose DK for $35 and a boxed DK Hockey for $45
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Post by: Byron on June 05, 2009, 06:09:52 pm
I have a Super Mario Bros. G&W that I only paid around twenty dollars for, and that was eBay so I probably paid too much.
If you find one in the real world, it won't be that expensive. A friend of mine found Parachute at a garage sale for five bucks a little while ago.
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Post by: nintendodork on June 05, 2009, 06:11:42 pm
Most of the G&Ws I see on eBay now are waaayy overpriced.  The cool thing about them is that you can get them really cheap at garage sales because the previous owner thinks it's just one of those lame LCD games you get at Walmart for $.50 or in a kid's meal. :P
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 05, 2009, 09:06:51 pm
Wow, Protoman.  Judging from your change in avatar, you jump to every new fad that seems popular at the time.
Title: Re: Oh, shit!
Post by: nintendodork on June 05, 2009, 09:08:35 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on June 05, 2009, 09:06:51 pm
Wow, Protoman.  Judging from your change in avatar, you jump to every new fad that seems popular to you at the time.
Fixed ;)
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Post by: TanookiSuitSam on June 05, 2009, 10:25:22 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on June 05, 2009, 09:06:51 pm
Wow, Protoman.  Judging from your change in avatar, you jump to every new fad that seems popular at the time.


He's 14. I have a nephew who's the exact same age and does the same thing.  :P
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Post by: PatMan33 on June 06, 2009, 08:58:17 am
Yo dawg...
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Post by: Blue Protoman on June 06, 2009, 05:45:25 pm
Was that pointless, or are you his nephew?
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Post by: PatMan33 on June 06, 2009, 09:29:37 pm
Nothing I say is pointless! The discussion was about fads; therefore, I alluded to a fad. Nobody caught it though... occupational hazard. Gotta strike out every now and again.
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Post by: Mindfreak on June 06, 2009, 09:35:07 pm
lol.

My cousin does the whole fad thing too....:P
Title: Re: Oh, shit!
Post by: nensondubois on June 07, 2009, 06:12:39 pm
super Mario Bros. is replaced by WiiSports? You have got to be shitting me?!? A shitty game like that? is this for real?
Title: Re: Oh, shit!
Post by: Blue Protoman on June 07, 2009, 06:31:03 pm
Yeah, pretty much.
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Post by: nurd on June 07, 2009, 07:32:20 pm
I quite like Wii Sports.
Title: Re: Oh, shit!
Post by: PatMan33 on June 07, 2009, 08:11:46 pm
Indeed, bowling is a lot of fun and tennis is the only game (aside from Goldeneye... strangely enough) that I can get my Dad to play.
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Post by: Rogles on June 08, 2009, 01:06:22 pm
This is kind of symbolic of the way gaming is becoming more modern, leaving the style of classic games behind... I guess.
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 08, 2009, 01:17:22 pm
Quote from: nurd on June 07, 2009, 07:32:20 pm
I quite like Wii Sports.

Ditto. (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/Themes/famicomworld/images/post/thumbup.gif)
Title: Re: Oh, shit!
Post by: Blue Protoman on June 08, 2009, 03:11:38 pm
Quote from: Rogles on June 08, 2009, 01:06:22 pm
This is kind of symbolic of the way gaming is becoming more modern, leaving the style of classic games behind... I guess.


Or maybe because more people can play it.