Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the Fastest-Selling Mario Game Ever in Europe

Circana (formerly known as the NPD Group) has released the latest software and hardware sales data for the month of October in the United States (via analyst Mat Piscatella on social media platform X), and on the software side of things, there’s an abundance of new releases debuting in the top 20.

The Super Mario Bros Movie will be coming to Netflix in December in the US.

Nintendo has announced that Super Mario Bros. Wonder sold 4.3 million units worldwide within the first two weeks of its October 20 launch. The company revealed the 2D platformer’s sales numbers in a recently published quarterly fiscal presentation, where it also confirmed that it has become the fastest-selling Super Mario-related title to date.

Despite 2023 likely being the last full year before the Nintendo Switch is replaced, there's a strong argument to be made that the console is having its best year yet. Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros. Wonder will go down as two of the biggest games in series that have both been around for more than 35 years, and that really is just the tip of the iceberg. There's also more to come from Nintendo before the end of 2023, including a double pack that includes copies of Mario Wonder and Pikmin 4.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder has enjoyed widespread praise from critics and audiences since its release, and as you’d expect from a Mario game, it’s also enjoying commercial success to match. The game debuted strongly in the UK’s weekly retail charts upon its release, while last week, it climbed into the charts’ top spot. This week, as noted by GamesIndustry’s Christopher Dring on social media platform X, the game has held on to the top spot (though its physical sales are apparently still “quite low”.).

Boxed Super Mario Bros Wonder sales beat those of Spider-Man 2 in the UK last week, thereby overtaking the first spot on the sales chart.

Super Mario Bros Wonder has leapfrogged Spider-Man 2 to top the UK physical game charts.

Gfk’s weekly physical sales data for the United Kingdom isn’t in yet, but there have been some notable shifts. According to Games Industry’s Christopher Dring on Twitter, Super Mario Bros. Wonder is now in the top spot, despite sales dropping by 55 percent.

Last week was an eventful one where major new game releases are concerned, and to no one’s surprise, a few of them have managed to make a strong impression with their initial sales. Super Mario Bros. Wonder, for instance, has not only launched to near-universal acclaim, it’s also enjoyed impressive sales in the UK, Europe, and, according to the latest weekly physical sales data released by Famitsu, in Japan.

Nintendo doesn’t want its sassy flowers to say “fuck,” apparently. In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the world is filled with small talking flowers that cheer the player on and shout out all kinds of largely family-friendly quips. Yet on Oct. 16, a modder shared a video of one of the adorable characters saying “fuck” on X. Like the greatest of stars, the profane flower shone brightly, but briefly in the light. Nintendo took it down <a href=«https://twitter.com/ContendoYT/status/1714446621646193039?ref_src=» https:>just a day later

Super Mario Bros Wonder dominated the physical software charts in Japan this week, reportedly making it the fastest-selling Mario game on Switch in the country.

When it comes to certain AAA titles, we want to know just how well a game is doing as soon as possible after it launches. October 17-20th was one of the most packed release windows in 2023, as three AAA games were set loose upon the gaming world. While there will be some argument as to which is the “biggest one,” we already know the sales results for one of those titles, and now, it’s time to get a tease of one of the others. Specifically, Super Mario Bros Wonder has apparently done so well that Japan felt the need to show how much it dominated!