Four Nintendo million-sellers in FYQ3 News
Wii DS News by Tom Bramwell
Nintendo's profits may be down a bit, but four of the company's games still managed to sell more than a million units between April and June.
Smuggled in amongst the platform holder's financials (thanks Joystiq) was word that Pokémon Platinum, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii and Wii Sports all continued their multi-million marches.
Lifetime sales of the quartet are getting a bit silly, in fact. Wii Sports may be bundled with every Wii, but 47.62 million is still quite a lot of discs, while Wii Fit is not bundled and has done 21.82 million and Mario Kart Wii stands at 17.39 million.
Pokémon Platinum's 5.66 million looks a bit rubbish by comparison. You're not on the GameCube any more, Pikachu - buck your ideas up.
Speaking of comparisons, the document also notes that Nintendo had six million-sellers in the equivalent quarter last year - the three Wii games mentioned, plus Wii Play, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and another Pokémon game - Mystery Dungeon: Explores of Time/Darkness.
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GamesConnoisseur
03/08/09 @ 10:33
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There must be lots of overweight gamers around as well as non-thin mums n overloaded grannies!!
/looking at my 'over 30s' bulging belly |
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alimokrane
03/08/09 @ 10:48
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probably would get thumbs down for this but anyone who thinks Wii Fit actually makes you fit is an idiot. Nintendo is cashing in BIG TIME on the whole getting healthy thing by fooling people they are actually doing any fitness/exercies using that gimmick. What a joke!
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farticusmaximus
03/08/09 @ 11:33
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"probably would get thumbs down for this but anyone who thinks Wii Fit actually makes you fit is an idiot"
If you live a sedentary lifestyle, have no access to a gym/park/safe jogging route and need external motivation to exercise then Wii fit is a very good fitness tool. The jogging/hula/boxing exercises burn plenty of calories and raise your heart rate, and some of the muscle building/balance exercises are actually very good for posture, balance, muscle tone (but not bulk) and flexibilty. All of which I find very useful as a martial arts practitioner. I get very bored training on my own, but Wii fit makes the time go faster. I use Wii fit as a warmup/cooldown around heavy bag/kickshield work and it does a very good job. Obviously you will get out of it what you put into it, but burning calories and raising your heartrate are two fundamentals of fitness.
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richardtock
03/08/09 @ 12:11
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My dad lost 2 stone doing Wii Fit every night. Cos of the effort it also made him think about what he was eating. So Wii Fit DOES work.
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MuppetThumper
03/08/09 @ 13:37
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notice how these are all first party titles. the old adage that only Nintendo software makes money on Nintendo hardware appears largely unshaken.
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Charlie_Miso
03/08/09 @ 23:12
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'notice how these are all first party titles. the old adage that only Nintendo software makes money on Nintendo hardware appears largely unshaken.'
I noticed that also. Who would of thought that in a Nintendo report they would report on the sales of Nintendo games only. Madness. |
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