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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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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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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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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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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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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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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According to NPD's projection, video game sales in the U.S. will reach a record-breaking $18 billion in 2007, surpassing the $10 billion box office sales projected by The Hollywood Reporter. Halo 3 grossed over $170 million on its release day, far bigger than any Hollywood film ever has, making it the highest-grossing premiere in entertainment history.

Game Informer editor-in-chief Andy McNamara gives a partial list of blockbuster games for this fall with brief descriptions.
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Scores from the British gaming magazine GameTM:

PS3

Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction - 6
Pixeljunk Racers - 8

360

Orange Box - 9
Timeshift - 5
Thrillville - 7
Tony Hawks Proving Ground - 7
Smackdown vs RAW 2008 - 6
Ace Combat 6 - 7
FIFA 08 - 8
Pro Evo 2008 - 7
Jericho - 5
Conan - 6
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Oct 31, 2007 118 brand new images of Super Mario Galaxy have just bashed into our (now heaving) gallery. Since a picture speaks a thousand words, and so this visual update screams over a hundred thousand of the things (and since it's already clocking-off time) we're going to leave it there. Go, view, and await our upcoming ... » Read More

After yesterday's announcement of the new copy protection scheme deployed by Nintendo through Mario Galaxy both Team Cyclops (makers of Cyclowiz) and Wiikey have announced solutions, in addition to the already working d2ckey...
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During their extensive hands-on time with Super Mario Galaxy, Gameplayer noticed some things which pointed to release of a demo for this Wii blockbuster.
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A NeoGAF post has information on the apparent leak of the Mario Galaxy code well before the game's official release. It seems that the demo copies found at local Electronics Boutique stores only have a ten minute time limit when played on EB's proprietary demo machines, and when played in consumer Wiis, the disc actually contains the full version of Galaxy. Taking advantage of this, a scurvy EB employee lifted the disc, copied the data from it, and uploaded it all directly into the cargo hold of his nearest Internet receptacle.
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Issue 23 of the Official Nintendo Magazine UK hits shelves tomorrow with the first English-written review of Miyamoto's platform stunner, and the big, fat 97 percent slapped on it means they like it quite a bit.

"It's funny because the thing that annoys us most is that its fantastic graphics show us the sort of games we could have been playing for the past year had some developers bothered to pull their finger out," reviewer Chris Scullion says, in praise of the lush visuals we've been shouting about for months.
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The New York Times report on October 16, 2007:

Where have all the elves gone?

That's the question gamers and the people who love them are bound to ask this fall as they take in the latest crop of big-budget video games. Since the 1970s, dragons, orcs, wizards and dwarfs have been staples of interactive entertainment, yet this holiday season there are hardly any top new games in the traditional fantasy mode.

Instead 2007 has been dominated by perhaps the deepest lineup of science fiction games ever.
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In light of Nintendo's announcement that Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been delayed until 2008, IGN's GamerMetrics analyzed the implications that this delay will have on the holiday sales of other upcoming games available for the Nintendo Wii.

According to GamerMetrics analyst Nick Williams, the resulting findings put Super Mario Galaxy at the top of the most anticipated games list. Rounding out the top three are Capcom's Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure and Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles.
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Oct 11, 2007 It's difficult to maintain excitement for a game you've hardly even seen in action for two years, but it's never hard to get worked up for Super Mario Galaxy. And with this new movie montage under our belts, we're more eager than ever to get reaquainted with Mario's stellar new adventure. Most of interest are the two new powers shown off - Ice Mario and "Oh look he's a spring" Mario. Though we're sure Nintendo has a much cuter name for that last one. Galaxy seems to be giving our ... » Read More

Oct 11, 2007 Peer closely, now. Is that a green hat? Blue dungarees? White gloves? It's a blurry image, for sure, but we're optimistic that the green/blue smudge in the screenshot below is, in fact, Luigi - making an appearance in the Ghost House level of Super Mario Galaxy. W00t! This is all pure speculation, of course, helpfully flagged up by website GoNintendo. But it feels so right, we can't believe that we're wrong. With Super Mario Galaxy launching in November, we won't have to wait ... » Read More

US hands will get a chance to play Super Mario Galaxy and Brawl at this year's E for All! in the Nintendo Booth.

October 18 and ending on the 22, Nintendo will be showing their upcoming titles for the Wii and DS. Nintendo will be hosting daily tournaments of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and will be giving away free T-shirts each day to competitors.
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Media analyst publication Screen Digest has launched a new service, the Game Bulletin. The service is aimed at the game industry and will feature data, demographics and trend-forecasting, with the first edition focusing on software publishing and platform support in the final quarter of 2007.

In its first analyst report, the Game Bulletin states that publishers are backing Wii with the greatest number of titles ¿ 86 in total, compared with 47 for Xbox 360 and 38 for PS3. A quarter of Wii releases are exclusive, compared with eight for Xbox 360 and five for PS3.

Publishers are attracted to Wii's rapidly growing installed base as well as the lower cost and relative ease of development compared to Xbox 360 and PS3. Wii's library will surpass Xbox 360's in early 2008 at current release rates. Given present publishing activity levels and hardware sales rates, the new generation of consoles will move out of transition and into the mass adoption phase by year end.

While the Game Bulletin forecasts Wii and Xbox 360 will have strong end of year sales, its outlook for PS3 is less positive...
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