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Nintendo predicts record Mario launch

New platform title looking to better Mario Kart Wii's UK release success.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is expected to trump the success of all previous Mario titles.

The game was first announced at E3 last year but it is only in recent months that demand has begun to rise as details on Galaxy 2 emerge – and Nintendo believes this momentum will only grow.

N4g_null5883d ago

The marketing person does not understand gaming does he? Chess is not amazing, neither is nsmb. Yet the game play is challenging and fun.

It will beat the last galaxy yet nsmb is a strech. It will beat the old game because it borrows from nsmb more. The more it borrows the more itcwill sell just like nsmbwii.

I may get this game but seriously I'm only exited to see what they did art wise. I'm not looking forward to the game play. It does not excite me. It is nintendos only hd like game lol the sales prove it.

eagle215883d ago

This will be easily in the top 3 biggest selling videogames worldwide in 2010, if not number 1. :)

Gr815883d ago (Edited 5883d ago )

Mean just the launch numbers in the UK, then it may be possible. But no way is it going to sell as much as Mario Kart or NSMB has or will. I think it will still sell over 7m when its all said and done.

But I can care less though, because all I care about is getting my one copy lol.

eagle215883d ago (Edited 5883d ago )

SMG2 will definitely sell over 10 million. I didn't have a Wii until last December when Wii hardware sold a record breaking 3.8 million in the USA. That tells me many Mario fans bought a Wii right when NSMBW hit like me. That will make a huge impact for SMG2 in the USA. But NSMBW is definitely a hard beast to beat with already 14.7 million worldwide. The marketing for SMG2 is phenomenal and Nintendo has usually been right this gen 9 times out of 10...lol. :)

Gr815883d ago

Sequels are hard to measure. Sometimes the sequels don't sell as well as the original other times it outsells the original. I'd be more inclined to think it'd sell less. But I'd love to be wrong.

They are marketing this well, but the real trick is in the actual content of the game. It looks like its opening week in Japan might outdo the first also, so we'll see. I may be wrong in the long run.

10m though is a tall order for any game to acheive. But Nintendo has been churning 10-20m games like its the norm lol.

Nu-Magician5883d ago (Edited 5883d ago )

the gamers aren't the only ones hyped for this upcoming masterpiece as it seems. but breaking records like that? don't get ahead of yourself guys

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Switch 2 Shows Bloom Rendering Issues at 4K

Dataminer reports bloom rendering issues in Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Switch 2 at higher resolutions, raising concerns about Nintendo’s emulation approach.

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1nsomniac263d ago

Everything about the way this game was developed is screaming out that the price point is way off the mark!

This just looks like Nintendo, really scraping the barrel and rubbing in their fans faces. It's just dirty at this point!

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Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 Blast off on Nintendo Switch Today

Are you ready for another trip through the cosmos on Starship Mario?

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Super Mario Odyssey Turns Seven - Ranking the 3D Mario Games

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "With the Switch getting on in years and the prospect of a new Nintendo console growing closer, now seems like an excellent time to take a look back at one of its mascot’s two big evolutionary lines, particularly since we now find ourselves in the longest wait ever between 3D Mario games. Today marks the seven year anniversary for the release of Super Mario Odyssey, and with no full new entry in sight, it comfortably beats the roughly six year wait between Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, which should also be good news to anybody who broke a mirror that day.

3D Mario has delighted fans since 1996, maintaining an astonishing level of quality and bringing innovations not just to the 3D platformer genre, but gaming as a whole. Needless to say, it’s a hard task to rank a series where every entry is beloved, but I shall nevertheless undertake this risky venture with my head held high. Wish me luck."

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gold_drake606d ago

has it rly been 7 years already?

fk me.

Cacabunga605d ago (Edited 605d ago )

One of the worst marios.. i hated the fact it was only about finding the moons and very repetitive with the same bosses. There is no exploration in this one.
Galaxy 2 is still unmatched

TiredGamer605d ago

I played, completed, and enjoyed Mario Odyssey, but I tend to agree that I don't think it's the best 3D Mario. There was sense of sameness that prevailed after the first couple of worlds... not in the levels, environments, or aesthetics, but in the routine of each world. It just felt like each new environment was just the beginning of another checklist of moons to acquire, and the sheer number of them took away the sense of accomplishment I got from the stars in Mario 64 and the like. I can't exactly put my finger on why that is. Galaxy gets my nod as the best one.

Cacabunga605d ago

I enjoyed it too but i won’t even place it in my top10 mario games.. as you said you are just looking for stars and that irritating music everytime you find one.
Also the bosses are pretty much the same from begging to end. I would have have like some koopalings instead of these dumb useless rabbits

Chocoburger605d ago

I played a little of this game and freakin' LOVED it! But I forced myself to stop because I hadn't played Galaxy 2, which I've been playing every day for the past week. Cripes, Galaxy 2 is way better than I expected it to be! Even though I dislike the Wiimote and nunchuck controls, and it annoyed me a lot with Galaxy 1, part 2 just feels better and slightly less gimmicky when it comes to the controls.

Profchaos605d ago

Sunshine at number 7 no way. I get it's not perfect but it deserves better to date there has not been another 3d Mario that's managed to capture that same movement it's the most acrobatic feeling Mario to date.

It's by and large better than 3d land/world and I'd argue that galaxy 2 didn't offer any trie innovation it was essentially a DLC pack to 1

Personally it's
1) Mario 64
2) Mario Sunshine
3) Mario galaxy
4) Mario Odyssey
5) galaxy 2
6) Bowser fury
7) 3d land/ world.