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.
14.10.2023 - 14:11 / eurogamer.net
Brace yourself, Mario fans – unsanctioned footage from the highly-anticipated new Super Mario Bros. adventure has leaked online days ahead of its official release date.
According to commenters in the Gaming Leaks and Rumours subreddit, it seems as though the game is circulating illegally via ROM sites, with various comments and posts that seemingly shared links to the pirated software deleted from the thread.
«Who tf cares about spoilers in a Mario game,» posited one commenter. «It's not like the story is important lol.»
«What's up with people here that absolutely cannot comprehend that mechanical/content spoilers are more important for some people than story spoilers,» countered another.
«You don't get it. Mario has the best and most intricate writing of any game,» added mightylordredbeard. «It's full of layers and continuity. Much like the souls games, the story is in the environment and the emotion on the characters faces. It’s a story about love, death, betrayal, war, chaos, sex, affairs, and apocalypse. To be fair you have to have a very high IQ to get it.»
[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]
The game has leaked onto the Internet.
It uses the ModuleSystem engine, which is also utilized by Tears of the Kingdom and Splatoon 3.
If you are concerned about spoilers, now is the time to implement spoiler avoidance measures!
«At some point in this last level I triggered an event which sent the Bulrushes charging en masse, until there was a huge herd of them rushing over the landscape and blasting everything in their path,» Chris Donlan wrote in his fab Super Mario Bros Wonder preview.
«I was just about clinging on top, in the game's new Elephant Mario costume, and wondering if the pace of the level would ever return to normal. I'm sure I missed dozens of funny little things I could have done here, but that's the point, I think. These are hectic levels made to be replayed and re-explored. You sound out every corner over time as you look for new secrets until you're sure — just about — that there is nothing left.»
And don't forget that Super Mario Bros. Wonder is playable in the UK for the first time at this weekend's EGX.
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.
Super Mario Bros Wonder topped the UK boxed charts this week, pushing last week's No.1 Spider-Man 2 to second place.
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.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder has done very well since launching last week on Nintendo Switch, debuting second in physical sales charts for the United Kingdom. It’s also performed exceptionally throughout Europe, becoming the fastest-selling Mario game ever in the continent in its first three days on sale.
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!
Players are buying Super Mario Bros Wonder at record speed, as the side-scroller has officially become the series' fastest-selling game in Europe.
Nintendo has announced that Super Mario Bros. Wonder is Europe's fastest-selling Super Mario game ever.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder seems to be a resounding success for Nintendo. Today, the European Twitter (X) account revealed that the newly released 2D platform game is now the fastest-selling Mario title ever in Europe for the first three days of sale.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the fastest-selling Super Mario game ever in Europe, Nintendo has claimed.