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April 22nd, 2008, 22:20
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This just in: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/photos/super-smash-bros-brawl/) sold a lot (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/11/21/super-mario-galaxy-sells-500k-in-its-first-week/). That's an observation that is neither new or particularly exciting, but put it in graph form and Brawl's phenomenal success is capable of wowing us all over again.
At first glance, we presumed those blue bars represented the first month sales of all three Smash games in the U.S. But no: those are lifetime sales of Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee respectively, while the red bar is Brawl's first month sales. That's right: in its opening month alone, Brawl not only bypassed the lifetime sales of the first title in the franchise, but has already reached 70% of its predecessor's all-time sales. Our flabbers? Consider them gasted.
Gallery: SSBB gallery four
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This just in: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/photos/super-smash-bros-brawl/) sold a lot (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/11/21/super-mario-galaxy-sells-500k-in-its-first-week/). That's an observation that is neither new or particularly exciting, but put it in graph form and Brawl's phenomenal success is capable of wowing us all over again.
At first glance, we presumed those blue bars represented the first month sales of all three Smash games in the U.S. But no: those are lifetime sales of Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee respectively, while the red bar is Brawl's first month sales. That's right: in its opening month alone, Brawl not only bypassed the lifetime sales of the first title in the franchise, but has already reached 70% of its predecessor's all-time sales. Our flabbers? Consider them gasted.
Gallery: SSBB gallery four
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