Bad news Mario. You could have just stayed on the ground in the Mushroom Kingdom to keep Nintendo on top, instead of your galactic journey in 2007. According to NPD sales figures, New Super Mario Bros. Wii has beaten U.S. lifetime sales figures for Super Mario Galaxy, and the game released less than 2 months ago. While Galaxy to date has sold 4.1 million units, NSMBW has sold 4.2 million.
While both titles are great, I’d say gamers seem to be going for familiarity instead of quality. Super Mario Galaxy is a far better title in every aspect, but it’s easy to see why Mario’s 2D linear adventure would be more mainstream. Regardless, it’s good to see Nintendo is happy to please all fans by taking part in creating old and new Mario experiences, similar to the decision of offering Link and Toon Link adventures.
