From Gaming Target: "After just one week on store shelves, Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii has become the fastest-selling video game in Nintendo of America's history. Since its launch on March 9, the feature-packed fighting action game has sold more than 1.4 million units in the United States, including more than 874,000 on March 9 alone. It has sold at a rate of more than 120 units per minute between launch and March 16."
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Play.com let slip dates for a bunch of titles including Fable 2, Ghostbusters, Prototype, Ninja Gaiden II, and The Bourne Conspiracy.

The dates:
- Fable 2: May 30
- Ghostbusters: September 26
- Prototype: June 27
- The Bourne Conspiracy: June 27
- Ninja Gaiden II: March 28
- Iron Man: May 30
- WALL-E: May 4
- Lego Batman: "sometime in September"
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In an interview with Gametrailers video game director Masahiro Sakurai confirmed that there will not be downloadable content made available for the recently released game Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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Unfortunately, a number of Super Smash Bros. Brawl owners have been plagued with issues dealing with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. One of the main problems gamers have faced gamers is the Spectator Mode. For some, Spectator Mode had failed to show up the past few days. Luckily, Nintendo was right on the case. According to a NOA tech representative, "the Spectator Mode and Options menu started appearing for most people early this morning."
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Metal Gearheads eagerly anticipating the upcoming release of Metal Gear Solid 4 are already familiar with these new-variety lady-legged walking arsenals, but their cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros Brawl might be a surprise.

Found in the Shadow Moses stage (naturally), these new Metal Gears randomly appear in the background once the building fall away. Other Metal Gears from games past also appear, but this is the only one that jumps up onto the crumbling wall like a chimp at the Monkey House.
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How do you unlock all 16 secret Super Smash Bros Brawl characters? That question will be answered in VGB's guide that shows you who to unlock and how. From Zelda's simple down special move to become Sheik, to Wolf's massive requirement to play 450 matches in Brawl.
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Nintendo has reported that some Nintendo Wii consoles will not read the dual-layer Super Smash Bros. Brawl due to the system having dust and dirt on the laser. What they have yet to announce though is that they are also fighting piracy with the release of the game on the Wii, as it will not play if a mod chip is installed.
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Joystiq writes: "Sure, the Super Smash Bros. Brawl stage editor is a great way to extend the value of the game, but it's only really valuable if you and your friend-code friends have the creativity to come up with interesting stages. Those of us with no creative talent and/or no friends are out of luck"
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Nintendo Co's brand new game title Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii may be sold out a Best Buy store near you despite an in-store availability check online.

Several Best Buy locations in Southern California were sold out of the new release immediately after its March 9th debut.
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Krystal was one of the rumored secret Super Smash Bros Brawl characters who didn't make it into the game in playable form. But VGB shows that the feisty fox has a few words to say about the fight through a secret transmission you can activate in the Wii game.
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Turns out the problem is with certain Wii consoles and not any particulary flaw in the game discs. It will remind some users of the different sort of horror that came up when their GameCube couldn't read Eternal Darkness.
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Gamespot reports: Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been released in the US, but some users are finding that their Wii won't play along; Nintendo promises free fix.
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"It seems that reports are cropping up at online messageboards that certain gamers are unable to view or access the WiFi Options and Spectator Modes in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. No one knows what the problem is, but from the author's experience, it's not a disc-related problem, but a system-related problem."
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The winner of the 4-round Nintendo & Best Buy Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tournament is Boston resident Jensen Santiago. He walks away with a crystal-coated Wii, featuring a design from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a home theater system from Best Buy and a copy of the game. See pictures from Nintendo.
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Lee Yi of The Bitbag writes, "Here is the launch from my perspective. You saw the two from San Diego. Here is the one from LA. I probably should have headed over to the CityWalk Midnight Store Opening, but I figured this was the official one mentioned on the Nintendo website, so maybe there would be some official representation. I should have known better. Personally, I thought it was a weak turn-out. You'll see this in my videos."
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Certain Wii consoles are unable to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl correctly, according to a website recently published by Nintendo. "Super Smash Bros. Brawl utilizes a double-layer disc which has a large memory capacity," reads the website. "A very small percentage of Wii consoles may have trouble consistently reading data off this large capacity disc if there is some contamination on the lens of the disc drive." Nintendo advises that you ... » Read More

TVGB: "..my experience with The Big N's foray into online with this gargantuan title so far isn't a very pleasant one. I'd give them a thumbs down even. I finally did manage to connect about 5 hours later and played 5 matches in a row. The games ran smooth with no lag and I was enjoying myself. After the 5th match though? The servers crapped out again and I failed to connect to another player."
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Some owners of US copies of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which was released today, have reported that they're experiencing the same errors when playing the game as were first reported when it was released in Japan. Nintendo of America has announced that those suffering from the problem, which is most likely due to a dirty lens inside the machine, will be able to send their consoles in to be cleaned, and has set up a web page detailing the specifics of the situation.
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The Nintendo Wii's highly anticipated Super Smash Bros Brawl highlights the new releases for the week! Condemned 2: Bloodshot graces the Xbox 360 and PS3, while Nintendo DS owners can look forward to Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates.

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of March 9, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
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GameDaily BIZ reports that it has received the latest Japanese video game sales data from Famitsu Marketing Data Service covering the month of February (technically the period from Jan. 28 to Feb. 24), and while the overall market was down 7.7 percent year-over-year, largely because of a 24.6 percent drop in hardware sales, software sales did increase 8.1 percent.

Leading the charge was none other than Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which racked up sales of more than 1.3 million units in its first month and broke the million mark in its second week ¿ the fastest sales pace yet for a Wii game in Japan. The popular Wii Fit took second place with over 309K units sold, and the game now has over 1.5 million units sold since last December. Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 on PS3 took third place with a respectable 275K units sold. For comparison purposes DMC4 on Xbox 360 sold 51K units.

In terms of hardware total:

Wii: 331K units
DSL: 230K units
PSP: 223K units
PS3: 89K units
PS2: 38K units
360: 14K units
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