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Brawl smashes Nintendo of America sales record

shuandrew | March 17, 2008 | News | Wii 
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 thumbs!
    gotenks992 | March 17, 2008
    That is a good accomplishment for NOA. Brawl is definitely a great game.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Oogity_Boogity_Boo | March 17, 2008
    Completely deserves to have sold that many copies, it's a great game. Good job Sakurai!
  • 2 thumbs!
    sonicfire15 | March 17, 2008
    so its the fastest selling game yet,even counting every other console and game?

    HOORAY!
    • 2 thumbs!
      Gogetenks | March 17, 2008
      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.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Naruto Boy | March 17, 2008
    I agree, great job Sakurai. =]
  • 1 thumbs!
    tallteen86 | March 17, 2008
    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 thumbs!
    ShinyMilotic | March 18, 2008
    Everyone knew it would do good, but still, it's a good accomplishent.
  • -1 thumbs!
    kirbyhyrule | March 18, 2008
    Damn right. SSBB is an epic game.
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    Capn Droid | March 18, 2008
    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 thumbs!
    Evanster 69 | March 18, 2008
    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 thumbs!
    Subzer0 | March 18, 2008
    Did it beat Halo 3's or GTA SA's sales?

    Nonetheless, an impressive feat.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Twisted | March 18, 2008
    I can see that, it's an awesome game, and I wonder how many it will sell when it releases in Europe.

    quote
    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 thumbs!
      Subzer0 | March 20, 2008
      I meant on its first week.

      Bleh, it doesn't matter.
  • -1 thumbs!
    devil link | March 20, 2008
    Wow this game is just so great!I hope it beats Halo 3's scores then everyone will be Wow'd
  • 0 thumbs!
    dragoshi1 | March 20, 2008
    Cool,so it beats OoT?

    This game deserves to be praised as it is.

    Long live Brawl...and cake.
  • 0 thumbs!
    InnerDemon | March 22, 2008
    Quite a feat aye?

    I hope the same happens for Mario Kart: Wii.
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    Remino52 | March 23, 2008
    Thats incredible.Nintendo truly is the greatest video game company ever.

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