Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has talked a little about the sales success of the excellent Super Mario Bros. Wonder which received great review scores across the board when it released last year. Mr. Furukawa revealed that sales of the charming platforming adventure have grown at a faster pace than previous games in the Mario series. He also said that Super Mario Bros. Wonder served as a major driver of Nintendo Switch hardware and software sales towards the end of 2023.
“During this fiscal year’s holiday season, Super Mario Bros. Wonder served as a major driver of sales and at the same time, titles from other software publishers have also sold well, and sales overall have grown with a good balance between new and evergreen titles as well as between Nintendo and other software publishers’ titles.”
“Sales of Super Mario Bros. Wonder have grown at a faster pace than previous Super Mario titles. The game itself has been well-received in terms of its content, but I think another factor is that it is a title that can be played by two or more people. Around half of the people who play this game do so in multiplayer mode, so I think the title suited the need for a game that many people can enjoy with family and friends during the year-end holiday season, when people get together. In addition, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is available for streaming around the world. So even though the theatrical release is over, the number of people who have seen the movie for the first time continues to increase, and we believe this has also helped drive the good sales of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.”
This game is best 2D mario game i ever play (second best is new super mario bros 2 for 3ds).
7 worlds + one secret world for hard levels. Great music and level design. Easy for new players but with challenges for pros. Final-final test maybe need one last checkpoin in start of invissible part (or no checpoints for real last challenge 😅👍).
Mario wonder is 2D version of odyssey. Flovers talk to you everytime in every levels :) Must buy title.
I’m very surprised the sales are continuing to grow at a higher rate then other 2D Nintendo games.