Nintendo News | Mario Runs Riot in the US As Well!

Sales of Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros. are nearly on their way to the two million mark in Japan after just four weeks, but the success does not end there as the game is going strong in the US as well!

There is good news for Nintendo all round right now. Currently its New Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo DS has surpassed 1.6 million sales after only four weeks of release in Japan, whilst the Nintendo DS Lite is continously outselling all other systems combined in that territory. But the success has also filtered across to the Us, with the first true Mario 2D title since 1991's Super Mario World topping the US chart for May.

But Nintendo has now confirmed, following its announcement that the DS Lite sold more than 136,500 units just two days after its 11th June launch, that New Super Mario Bros. has eclipsed the 500,000 units mark after its original release on 15th May. And with sales reportedly doubling after the DS Lite's release, higher sales are on their way!

Make sure you read Cubed3's review of the US version here and stay tuned for more coverage as the European launch on 30th June draws ever closer.

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