| Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros. Sells Every Four Seconds as #1 Game in May |
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| Written by Rivithed | ||||
| Thursday, 15 June 2006 | ||||
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Nintendo's DS game, "New Super Mario Bros.," sold at the rate of one game every four seconds after its debut on May 15, 2006. New Super Mario Bros. has grabbed the top position as the best selling game after being available for 13 days during the month of May, 2006. At the launch of the Nintendo DS Lite in the US, retailers reported that New Super Mario Bros. sales doubled over the previous week. Brain-Age also ranked number 3 in the top ten games sold in the US. All this during the low gaming sales month of May, 2006. Read more from Nintendo's press release here.
NPD Stats reported by Reuters. NINTENDO NEWS: NINTENDO DS CONTINUES TO DOMINATE PORTABLE VIDEO GAMES June 14, 2006 With two of the nation's top-selling games and a hot new look to the hardware, the global Nintendo DS phenomenon has become more popular than ever. New Super Mario Bros. ® and Brain Age™: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS™ ranked as the No. 1 and No. 3 best-selling games of May, according to the independent NPD Group. And early reports from major retailers indicate that those same titles are being scooped up with the new Nintendo DS™ Lite in advance of Father's Day. After going on sale May 15, New Super Mario Bros. sold at a nonstop rate of roughly one every four seconds nationwide during the reporting period. New Super Mario Bros. emerged as the No. 1 game of the month, even though it was in stores for just 13 days of the four-week reporting period.
DS Lite Shines Bright: By comparison, DS Lite is outpacing 2003's launch sales of Nintendo's juggernaut Game Boy® Advance SP by more than 12 percent. Major retailers report that sales of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day tripled over the previous week. Retailers also report that New Super Mario Bros. ® sales doubled over the previous week.
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