Wii Game Sells at a Rate of More than 120 per Minute
REDMOND, Wash., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- After just one week on store
shelves, Super Smash Bros.(R) Brawl for Wii has become the fastest-selling
video game in Nintendo of America's history. Since its launch on March 9,
the feature-packed fighting action game has sold more than 1.4 million
units in the United States, including more than 874,000 on March 9 alone.
It has sold at a rate of more than 120 units per minute between launch and
March 16.
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"Super Smash Bros. Brawl has made the leap from video game to cultural
phenomenon," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice
president of Sales & Marketing. "Game reviewers and the public alike praise
its fun game play and extensive, inventive content."
Super Smash Bros. Brawl features a nearly limitless variety of options
for players. Dozens of classic Nintendo characters like Mario(TM) and
Pikachu(R) are joined by industry icons like Sonic The Hedgehog(TM) and
Metal Gear's Solid Snake for all-out four-player battles. The endless
customization keeps players coming back for more. The previous game in the
series, Super Smash Bros.(R) Melee, became the best-selling Nintendo
GameCube(TM) game of all time with more than 7 million copies sold
worldwide, so it's no surprise to see this latest installment racking up
record numbers.
"It's important to remember," Dunaway said, "that we have lots more fun
on the way: Upcoming titles like Mario Kart(R) Wii and Wii Fit(TM) will
keep our momentum going strong."
Mario Kart Wii launches April 27 with the Wii Wheel(TM), which lets
players drive their speedy karts with the intuitive feel of a wireless
steering wheel. It's another "bridge" game like Wii Sports(TM) that lets
video game novices and veterans play and have fun together. Wii Fit arrives
May 19 with the Wii Balance Board(TM) to combine fun and fitness. It lets
users track their progress over time, and it's an easy way for every member
of the family to keep active and play together.
Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the
content their children can access. For more information about this and
other Wii features, visit Wii.com.
For more information about Super Smash Bros. Brawl, visit
http://www.SmashBros.com.
About Nintendo: The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive
entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and
markets hardware and software for its Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM), Game Boy(R)
Advance and Nintendo GameCube(TM) systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold
nearly 2.5 billion video games and more than 430 million hardware units
globally, and has created industry icons like Mario(TM), Donkey Kong(R),
Metroid(R), Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo
of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for
Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about
Nintendo, visit the company's Web site at http://www.nintendo.com.
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