Super Mario Bros. Wonder sales top 4.3 million

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Super Mario Bros Wonder is the fastest-selling Mario game in history.

Super Mario Bros Wonder is officially the fastest-selling Super Mario game ever, according to Nintendo.

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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”.).

has plenty of new features for players to experience including badges like the Sound Off? Badge. Badges are an item that Mario and his friends can equip to give them additional powers or boosts as they complete levels. They are accrued slowly throughout the game and can be swapped out as desired.

Speedrunners have descended with full force upon Super Mario Bros. Wonder, following the discovery of an odd glitch which allows players to completely skip through certain mandatory areas of the game.

One of the main currencies you can collect in is Purple Flower Coins, which you can farm fast to unlock new areas and buy special items. These slightly rounded Coins can be picked up on nearly every level, but some stages contain more. The best way to earn this money comes from picking the right areas in different worlds that hold the most.

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.