Smash Bros. Smash Sales

Posted March 18th, 2008 at 10:11am

Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been out for a week, and if availability when I was trying to get my copy is any indication, this thing is selling fast. What's that? You don't believe me? You don't have to. There's a press release: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Smashes Nintendo Sales Records Wii Game Sells at a Rate of More than 120 per Minute REDMOND, Wash., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- After just one week on store shelves, Super Smash Bros.(R) 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. "Super Smash Bros. Brawl has made the leap from video game to cultural phenomenon," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Game reviewers and the public alike praise its fun game play and extensive, inventive content." Super Smash Bros. Brawl features a nearly limitless variety of options for players. Dozens of classic Nintendo characters like Mario(TM) and Pikachu(R) are joined by industry icons like Sonic The Hedgehog(TM) and Metal Gear's Solid Snake for all-out four-player battles. The endless customization keeps players coming back for more. The previous game in the series, Super Smash Bros.(R) Melee, became the best-selling Nintendo GameCube(TM) game of all

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