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This Week In Sales: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Soars

By Ishaan . June 6, 2010 . 5:14pm

This Week In Sales: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Soars

Super Mario Galaxy 2, interestingly, has the best debut of any 3D Mario game to date. While the original Galaxy entered the market with 250,585 units sold in its first week, Galaxy 2 beat it soundly, debuting at nearly 340,000 units.

 

Since Media-Create numbers alone are harder to track down in this case, we decided to go through both the M-C and Enterbrain archives for older 3D Mario sales to see for ourselves where Galaxy 2 stands. As always, do note that drawing comparisons between two different trackers isn’t always the most accurate way to assess a game’s performance.

 

YearTitleFirst weekTot. SalesSys.
1996Super Mario 64162,1111,639,921N64
2002Super Mario Sunshine280,610789,989GCN
2004Super Mario 64 DS120,0621,133,678DS
2007Super Mario Galaxy250,585966,817Wii

 

Going forward, it should be interesting to see if the beginners DVD that comes with Super Mario Galaxy 2 in Japan helps make a difference to long-term sales. The top-ten chart for the week of May 24th – 30th is as follows:

 

LwTwTitleTw. SalesTot. SalesSys.Publisher
New01.Super Mario Galaxy 2339,901NewWiiNintendo
New02.Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin – The Lord of Elemental80,674NewDSNamco Bandai
New03.Soccer Tsuku DS: World Challenge 201050,206NewDSSEGA
New04.Medarot DS: Kabuto / Kuwagata Version50,164NewDSRocket Co.
02.05.Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 233,9731,098,572DSSquare Enix
01.06.Lost Planet 233,85118,463PS3Capcom
04.07.Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker25,465697,576PSPKonami
03.08.World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen22,16879,382PS3Konami
08.09.New Super Mario Bros. Wii16,2793,859,557WiiNintendo
New10.Death Smiles IIX16,112New360Cave

 

In other news, Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin – The Lord of Elemental did rather well for itself, selling through 82.54% of its first shipment. As illustrated in the chart, Deathsmiles made an appearance, too. Hot on its tail, just off the top-ten at #11, was Alan Wake, also somewhere in the range of 16,000 units. And way down the chart at #25 was Strike Witches: Anata to Dekiru Koto – A Little Peaceful Days for the PlayStation 2, which moved between 4,000 and 5,000 units.

 

Finally, poor Red Steel 2 failed to chart in the top 50 at all, which shouldn’t surprise anyone, given the emphasis on jumping around in first-person and the numerous other factors working against it.



  • Jirin

    SMG2 fixed a lot of the problems of SMG1, but it also removed what made it special. They made it even more just a linear path, with no puzzles to solve, no star bits to find, nothing to explore. The only things hidden are in the post game content. So even though Yoshi is awesome and the comets are way better, the game is just less fun.

    • Aoshi00

      I really liked Galaxy back then but only like Galaxy 2 okay.. maybe it’s because it’s not as refreshing, or because after I played NSMB Wii w/ my sis. Glad to see Alan Wake sold some copies in Jpn, it’s really user friendly since the game was thoroughly presented in so many languages in add. to Jpn and Eng. Didn’t get Deathsmiles II X though (first time I’m skipping a 360 shump), the 3D and chibi look really turned me off..

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Polson/1174777937 John Polson

    There is some magic gone from SMG2. I am glad I am not a game reviewer, I don’t know how to describe how bored I was playing through most of this sequel. I felt like I had mainly played the whole game before already, and I just felt like I wanted to play SMG again just to get that feeling of awe from a couple years ago. The best game ever? commercial game review sites have completely sold out, for sure.

    • Aoshi00

      I’ve only played very little SMG2 so far, feeling the same that I’ve played this before even though there’s new things like Yoshi. If you really want, Amazon’s giving $40 for a trade-in. I bought this for $50 w/ $20 credit, so I could actually make $10 if I were to sell it right now, not a bad deal at all. I want to sell it, but for $30, might as well keep it I guess.. I don’ think the reviewers are selling out, I’m sure it’s a fun game if you could get into it, just felt a little deja vu is all.

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