Nintendo Rumour | NEW Super Mario Bros. Fever Grips Japan

There are reports from Japan, as reported on Nintendojo FR, that retailers have predicted such strong sales for the forthcoming NEW Super Mario Bros. that they have requested a whopping 1.3 million units from Nintendo for the first shipment of the game. Now, whilst this is not a certain indication of how the game will actually sell, retailers normally know how large demand is set to be and this could result in one of the fastest selling Nintendo DS games launching in Japan on 25th May. cvxfreak of GameScience has also stated that there are currently rumours circulating Japan that to tie-in with NEW Super Mario Bros. there will be a Famicom-themed Nintendo DS Lite heading to the market. However, other than his talk of this, currently no other rumblings have reached Cubed3's ears, although it would be an extremely clever move by Nintendo considering the Famicom Mini version of Super Mario Bros. from the NES has already sold well in excess of a million units thanks to the celebration of the original 8-bit Famicom / NES.

American gamers only have to wait until 15th May for the first true Mario 2D platformer since Super Mario World, whilst Europeans will have to patiently wait until 30th June.

Update: On a side note, Nintendo of America have added another video to the official website for this week's update - definitely worth checking out!

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