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Brawl smashes Nintendo of America sales record

March 17, 2008 in News comments 17

Nintendo of America has confirmed that Super Smash Bros. Brawl has become the fastest selling title in its history, shifting some 1.4 million units in just one week.

We all knew that Super Smash Bros. was going to take the North American gaming community by storm, but now Nintendo of America has spoken out to confirm just how popular the latest entry in the beat-em-up series has been, by confirming it has become the fastest selling title in its history.
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  • 3
    Gotenks* Mar 17, 08
    That is a good accomplishment for NOA. Brawl is definitely a great game.
  • 1
    Oogity_Boogity_Boo Mar 17, 08
    Completely deserves to have sold that many copies, it's a great game. Good job Sakurai!
  • 2
    SonicFire Mar 17, 08
    so its the fastest selling game yet,even counting every other console and game?

    HOORAY!
    • 2
      Gogetenks Mar 18, 08
      No, it's Nintendo of America's fastest selling game yet. Basically, it's the fastest selling game on any Nintendo console. That doesn't include other consoles.

      It's certainly quite an accomplishment, though. Together, first day sales in Japan and North America are 1.6 million, and that doesn't include Europe. If it sells 800,000 there on the first day (just like it did in both North America and Japan), that would make total first day sales hit 2.4 million. That's quite a big number for any game, I believe Halo 3's first day sales were somewhere around that mark. Both are two of the biggest system-selling franchises out there, so it isn't particularly suprising, but it's very impressive.
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    NB Mar 18, 08
    I agree, great job Sakurai. =]
  • 1
    Shadow of Death* Mar 18, 08
    I wonder what GTA IV's first day and week sales will be? Mind you, it is multi-console (PS3 and 360), but still, it would be likely to exceed the 1 million mark pretty quick >_>
  • 0
    ShinyMilotic Mar 18, 08
    Everyone knew it would do good, but still, it's a good accomplishent.
  • -1
    KirbyHyrule Mar 18, 08
    Damn right. SSBB is an epic game.
  • 0
    Capn Droid Mar 18, 08
    Well, this was expected, what with all the hype and everything. And even when that died down, people heard of the awesome reviews and went in to get more.
  • 0
    Evanster Mar 18, 08
    I want Brawl. I haven' seen any negatie reviews on it. And 1.4 million copies in one week usually at $50 a piece? Lot a dough there.
  • 0
    Subzer0 Mar 18, 08
    Did it beat Halo 3's or GTA SA's sales?

    Nonetheless, an impressive feat.
  • 0
    Twisted Mar 18, 08
    I can see that, it's an awesome game, and I wonder how many it will sell when it releases in Europe.

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    Did it beat Halo 3's or GTA SA's sales?
    I think that GTA SA had 18 million sales, but I'm not sure on that.
    • 0
      Subzer0 Mar 20, 08
      I meant on its first week.

      Bleh, it doesn't matter.
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    devil link Mar 20, 08
    Wow this game is just so great!I hope it beats Halo 3's scores then everyone will be Wow'd
  • 0
    Dragoshi1 Mar 20, 08
    Cool,so it beats OoT?

    This game deserves to be praised as it is.

    Long live Brawl...and cake.
  • 0
    InnerDemon Mar 22, 08
    Quite a feat aye?

    I hope the same happens for Mario Kart: Wii.
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    Remino52 Mar 23, 08
    Thats incredible.Nintendo truly is the greatest video game company ever.

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