Super Mario Galaxy



Nov 14, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Super Mario Galaxy
Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - PS3 outsells Wii & 360 in Japan, PS3 Dynasty Warriors 6 outsells Mario Galaxy In addition to the first day sales figures, some early numbers from Famitsu have been released for the whole week, including hardware sales that show a massive leap for the PlayStation 3 following the launch of the new White model, plus a price drop. Due to the increase in adverts for Wii Play and Wii Sports, both games launch back into the Top 10, whilst Super Mario Galaxy holds up quite respectably in its second week, also helping to keep Wii sales at a healthy 35,000. Check out the numbers below:

1.) Mario Party DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 242,000 | NEW
2.) Dynasty Warriors 6 (PS3, Koei) - 176,000 | NEW
3.) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo) - 78,000 | 335,000
4.) Dynasty Warriors 6 (360, Koei) - 27,000 | NEW
5.) Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (NDS, Square Enix) - 24,000 | 235,000
6.) Castlevania (PSP, Konami) - 20,000 | NEW
7.) Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo) - 18,000 | 2,091,000
8.) Nishimura Kyotaro (NDS, Tecmo) - 16,000 | 112,000
9.) Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo) - 15,000 | 1,648,000
10.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 13,000 | 2,528,000

Nintendo DS - 82,000
PlayStation 3 - 56,000
PlayStation Portable - 55,000
Wii - 35,000
PlayStation 2 - 9,400
Xbox 360 - 7,000
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Nov 14, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Super Mario Galaxy
Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Mario Galaxy aims for Game of the Year crown Nintendo's anticipated Wii platformer aiming to beat away challenges from the likes of Bioshock, Orange Box and Call of Duty 4.

This time last month MCV was reporting that EA's The Orange Box was looking to be the odds-on favourite to become the most critically hailed title of not only the year, but also of all time.

However, Nintendo's massively anticipated and critically acclaimed Wii platform romp Super Mario Galaxy looks set to surpass even The Orange Box's achievements by capturing the highest average review score of the year.
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Nov 13, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy Scores Highest  at Metacritic Super Mario Galaxy currently has 97 Metacritic points, making it the highest rated next-gen game available. It is even topping the likes of Halo 3 as well as Call of Duty 4.
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Nov 13, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy Adds Parent & Child Play Mode The beautiful visuals and compelling gameplay in this week's release of Super Mario Galaxy for Nintendo Wii is also appealing to younger children who haven't polished their coordination skills. While teens and adults will want to hog the game for themselves, Super Mario Galaxy offers a new mode that allows children to enjoy the same experience with an older family member.
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Nov 12, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Super Mario Trains With The Astronauts The Bitbag writes, "Well how do you think Shigeru Myamoto got all those moves programmed into Super Mario Galaxy?

Nintendo paired its video game character Super Mario with former Apollo astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin in preparation for the company's upcoming Wii game, "Super Mario Galaxy," which launches on Nov. 12."
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Nov 10, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Gamespot's Monday: Mario Galaxy marathon GameSpot's next Live Gameplay Marathon arrives November 12, and features the Nintendo mascot's first cosmic encounter.
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Nov 10, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Preview of Next Week's Releases (November 12, 2007) Super Mario Galaxy, Assasin's Creed and Crysis lead the pack of new releases for the week of November 12, 2007!
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Nov 9, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Game Of The Year: BioShock, Halo 3, Mass Effect & Orange Box nominated in Spike's VGA Yes, The Game Of The Year (GOTY) discussion is already beginning! Spike is hosting its 5th annual Video Game Awards this December in Las Vegas, and this morning the nominees were released on Spike.com. What's in contention for Game of the Year? Orange Box, Halo 3, BioShock, and Mass Effect.
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Nov 9, 2007
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Nov 9, 2007 Weekly Xbox 360 sales jumped phenomenally in Japan during the week ended November 4 to outsell Sony's rival next-gen console. The latest data from Media Create shows that weekly Xbox 360 sales rose from 3,718 to 17,673, while PS3 sales fell slightly to 17,434. The rise in 360 sales is most likely attributable to the successful release of Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, which sold almost 80,000 copies in its first week on sale to enter the Japanese software chart at No2. In ... » Read More
Nov 9, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - GamerMetrics: Top 10 Most Awaited Titles, Assassin's Creed SKUs Compared According to IGN's GamerMetrics, the current top ten most-anticipated titles are as follows (ranked by percentages of mindshare among IGN's audience):

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 5.00%
2. WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2008 (PS3) 3.11%
3. Assassin's Creed (XB360) 2.63%
4. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) 2.54%
5. Mass Effect (XB360) 2.33%
6. WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2008 (XB360) 1.99%
7 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 1.91%
8. Assassin's Creed (PS3) 1.86%
9. Rock Band (XB360) 1.70%
10. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 1.29%
11. Crysis (PC) 1.24%
12. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (Wii) 1.13%

In addition, GamerMetrics analyzed IGN's traffics of Assassin's Creed for different SKUs (see the image below) and forecast that the game will sell 1 million units for Xbox 360 and 350,000 units for PS3 by the end of the year.
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Nov 9, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Best Buy Will Not Break Release Date On Super Mario Galaxy Via Ripten:

"The rumor being spread about the big box retailer breaking the street date for Super Mario Galaxy, is just not true. We spoke to managers in Boston and Pennsylvania, both of which assured us that there has been no word passed down to break the release date. The only time they have broken the release date is when a game does not have a hard release date already set. Super Mario is not one of those games."

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Nov 8, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Best Buy breaking Super Mario Galaxy street date Best Buy stores selling Super Mario Galaxy early? It appears to be so.
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Nov 7, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy Launch Event in NYC: With Lasers Kotaku reports:

"If you live in the New York area you may want to head to the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday. Nintendo will be throwing a launch celebration for Super Mario Galaxy. The festivities start at 8 pm and they are promising a DJ with dancers, a velcro wall, and get this: Lasers! Even Halo 3 didn't have fancy lasers! Of course Mario himself will be in attendance to greet fans, and the store will open at midnight to sell the first copies. Oh and they will have 250 Wii systems available for purchase."
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Nov 6, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy holding off COD 4 as most anticipated game As gamers await the release of these two revolutionary and already blockbuster games, for now Nintendo Wii's Super Mario Galaxy holds off Activision's COD 4 in pre-orders.
Included are lists of each systems current best selling games.
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Nov 5, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - GAME Pre-Release Super Mario Galaxy Launch Event Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii will be launching a day earlier in selected stores around the UK. Eight Stores in total across the UK and Ireland will be selling the game to anyone from the hours of 6pm-9pm on Thursday 15th November as well as handing out prizes to the eager fans that turn up.

Nintendo will be encouraging fans to dress up as Mario or come dressed in space gear with the chance of winning a Nintendo Wii and a copy of Mario Galaxy, a competition that will be judged by Nintendo not GAME. Other fans won't be neglected either as they will receive goody bags containing posters, keyrings and strangely¿an Umbrella¿

This event will happen over 8 stores in the UK and Ireland and they are:

London - Oxford Street
Manchester - Trafford
Birmingham - Bullring
Glasgow - Sauchehall Street
Gateshead - Metro Centre
Cardiff - Queen Street
Belfast - Donegail Arcade
Dublin - Dawson Street
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Nov 4, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Toys R Us to offer $25 gift card with Super Mario Galaxy Toys R Us will reportedly offer a free $25 gift card with the purchase of Super Mario Galaxy for Nintendo Co.'s Wii home video game system.

A Cheap Ass Gamer forum poster on Sat. uploaded an image of a future Toys R Us circular that disclaims the free gift card offer on the Tues. following the title's Nov. 12 release date.
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Nov 2, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - 'Super Mario Galaxy' Hands-On G4tv.com sat down with X-Play Producer-Extraordinaire Mike Benson to get his fresh-off-the-console impressions of Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii. As always, G4tv.com will leave the full, detailed review to X-Play, but read the article for what Benson had to say about what will surely be the among the biggest Wii releases ever.
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Nov 2, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Wii Sale Shock: Opoona, Super Mario Galaxy on First Day According to Japanese blogger 'Sinobi', which regularly updates with early sales figures, Koei's Wii-exclusive RPG 'Opoona' - which has been getting positive previews and good magazine coverage - has sold only 2,500 copies on its first day with 3.7 million Wii's in Japan. Ace Combat 6, with fewer than 500,000 Xbox 360 in Japan, has passed 35,000 units.

Super Mario Galaxy has sold... only 130,000 units on its first day. Cubed³ provides comparative sale data to show why a lot of forum-dwellers appear to be shocked by that number.
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Nov 1, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Halloween is over; Mario Galaxy Christmas stuff hits stores next week From Destructoid:

"Happy holidays, Nintendo fans...GameStop is offering up some Christmas merchandise to celebrate the release of Super Mario Galaxy. Shipping November 7th are two Christmas stockings and a ball ornament which is sure to be the source of countless "UR MR..." jokes for many holidays to come..."
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Nov 1, 2007
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Wii - Super Mario Galaxy - Hidden Character in Super Mario Galaxy With Mario's latest adventure hitting consoles in the coming weeks, details have leaked on the unlockables for those hardcore enough to collect and earn just about everything a Mario can do.

Luigi will be playable once players have earned all 120 stars, completed purple coin missions and defeated Bowser for a second time! The scan of a Super Mario Galaxy player's guide suggests he jumps higher and much further, runs faster, but has trouble stopping. Both brothers have the same moves..
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Super Mario Galaxy

Genre: Action
Release date: Nov 12, 2007
Published by: Nintendo
Developed by: Nintendo
Franchise: Mario
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
1 player SOLO
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