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"Mario does 650k"

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Taken from cube-europe.com

Super Mario Sunshine launches at record pace, and boosts hardware sales!

The world's favorite plumber has returned with a bang! During its first 10 days of availability, Super Mario Sunshine for Nintendo GameCube is already a smash hit, selling through more than 350,000 games. This is a total not achieved by any competitor, including Xbox's popular Halo or Playstation 2's Grand Theft Auto 3 until a month or more on store shelves.

The immediate popularity of Super Mario Sunshine, which chronicles the chubby plumber's attempts to clean up a lush tropical island, is also creating a significant demand for its host system. During its first week, Nintendo's retail partners cited jumps in Nintendo GameCube hardware sales averaging 50 percent, with some accounts reporting that system sales had more than doubled.

"This launch is historic - promising to break longstanding records," says Peter MacDougall, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Nintendo of America Inc. "So far, sales rates for Super Mario Sunshine are running 36 percent ahead of even Super Mario 64 six years ago-and that game went on to sell more than 10 million units worldwide."

Lick the balls Sony and Microsoft.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> But which is it... 650k as in the thread title, or 350k as in the
> post? :-)

It's done 350k in America and 650k in Japan :-)

Ummmmmmmm......whoops

*runs*

But which is it... 650k as in the thread title, or 350k as in the post? :-)

Tiltawhirl wrote:

> Lick the balls Sony and Microsoft.

Mwuah.

Well, ahem, I just spent £55, and I "Will2 spend another £30+ on gf's bday, and I only have 2 GC games :o(

SMB, looks like mate, your gonna get traded in.

Me thinks all my Christmas money is going on GC games.

Or†ega wrote:
> Whitestripes wrote:
> Obviously I prefer Nintendo and I love games, so I've managed to
> rack
> up an impressive 49 games on my *must buy* list for the GC..
>
> That works out to around £1700. You must be loaded :)

Err..not really, thats the problem!

Still, I've already ordered the big 'uns like SMS, Starfox, Metroid etc.

Anyway, I'm determind to get all the games on my list :)

GC's got a great Xmas line-up.

Mario Sunshine, Doshin the Giant, Resident Evil, Eternal Darkness, Wario World, Mario Party 4, Die Hard Vendetta, Starfox Adventures, Metroid Prime, Monkey Ball 2 and they're just the exclusives.

Whitestripes wrote:
> Obviously I prefer Nintendo and I love games, so I've managed to rack
> up an impressive 49 games on my *must buy* list for the GC..

That works out to around £1700. You must be loaded :)

Mystique wrote:

> Erm... Did you not say "Lick the balls Sony and Microsoft."?

I was joking you small minded wench.

Well if it's all of them than of course, but I still tihnk the GC's is the best considering the time it's been out. Whats X-box got? Halo, PGR?
Where as I consider SSBM, SMS, Pikmin and Rogue Leader *must haves*, and thers about to be a whole load more..

Obviously I prefer Nintendo and I love games, so I've managed to rack up an impressive 49 games on my *must buy* list for the GC..

Whitestripes wrote:
> That was a joke right? The PS2 especcialy has a pitiful Christmas line
> up...

Not just the Christmas line up, but what is out in general. There are only a handful of must have games on the GameCube.

PS2 line-up still looks good with GTA: vice city, Tekken 4, Stuntman, Pro Evolution 2 and others...Although I'm not really a PS2 fan so i woudnt know.