Brawl

01./01. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 202,000 / 795,000 02./02. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) – 124,000 / 1,714,000 03./00. [NDS] We’re Fossil Diggers (Nintendo) – 35,000 …
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01. Wii Fit—Nintendo (Wii) 02. Mario Kart w/ Wii Wheel—Nintendo (Wii) 03. Grand Theft Auto IV*—Rockstar (Xbox 360) 04. Grand Theft Auto IV*—Rockstar (PS3) 05. Call of Duty 4: …
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Above is a graph showing the all time sales for the SSB series. Looking at the graph we can tell that Brawl has passed its 64 version …
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1. Grand Theft Auto IV 2. Mario Kart Wii 3. Dark Secto 4. Iron Man 5. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Wii

1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo EAD, …
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Can you spot the easter egg? No? Well keep looking, I am not going to tell you. Well maybe if you ask nicely or you …
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Nintendo Wii

North America:

1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision) 2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 4. Mario & …
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We have already seen the press release. Now we get to put a face to the name. Lee Martin of Houma, from Lousiana, has one 37″ LCD …
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NPD Reports Nintendo Finished March with Top Game, Top Hardware In March, Nintendo again defined industry momentum in both home and portable video games sales, according to the independent NPD Group, which monitors retail activity in the video game industry. More than 720,000 Wii™ systems sold in March, representing the highest monthly sales total outside of holiday months (November or December) to date, while Nintendo DS™ also sold through nearly 700,000 systems.Nintendo also finished with the top-selling U.S. game of March. Super Smash Bros.® Brawl, which launched March 9, came in at No. 1 with 2.7 million units sold.

“Nintendo systems represented 58 percent of all video game hardware sold in March in the United States,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “We expect our momentum to continue with big upcoming game launches like Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit.”

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VANCOUVER, April 17 /CNW/ – Nintendo’s Wii(TM) console has reached another milestone by becoming the top selling next generation home console video game system in Canada. According to the latest data from independent market research firm The NPD Group, Inc, total life to date sales of the Wii console in Canada have now surpassed the previous home console system leader with lifetime sales of 813,000 units. The Wii console launched in November 2006.

“Since launch, the Wii console has consistently been a top seller in the Canadian market,” said Darrel Ryce, Director for The NPD Group, Inc. “Seventeen months after the launch of the system and it still remains one of the hottest items at retail, selling out almost as quickly as it hits retail shelves”.

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Industry Sales

Mar-07 Mar-08 CHG

Total Video Games $1.1B $1.7B 57% Video Games Hardware $377.9M $551.3M 46% Video Games Software $579.1M $945.6M 63% Video Game Accessories $139.5M $220M 58%

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01./00. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 594,000 / NEW 02./01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) – 222,000 / 1,590,000 03./02. [PS2] Musou Orochi: The Evil King Returns …
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01. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare—Activision (Xbox 360) 02. Mario Kart w/ Wii Wheel—Nintendo (Wii) 03. Guitar Hero III Bundle—Activision (Wii) 04. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare—Activision …
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Lee Martin of Houma, Louisiana, was named the Grand Prize winner of the Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tournament sponsored by GameStop, Corp. (NYSE:GME), the world’s largest video game and entertainment software retailer. As the recipient of the Grand Prize, Martin received a Vizio 37″ LCD-TV, an entire Nintendo Wii Software Library, one Nintendo Wii console and selected accessories and $5,000 in cash.

Martin “duked it out” against twelve Semifinalists during the Finals event on April 12, at GameStop’s San Jose Tournament Center (San Jose, CA) in his quest to be crowned its Super Smash Bros. Brawl Grand Prize Winner. Prior to the Finals event, Martin successfully battled over 60 opponents in three rounds of competition at the Store, District and Regional levels. More than 75,000 players participated in the multi-tiered national tournament.

GameStop’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tournament took place from March 8 to April 12, 2008. A GameStop gift card was awarded to the Second Place Winner.
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