No one is playing Super Mario 3D World – a historical look at Mario series sales figures

Sean from GamingTrend.com takes a look at historical sales figures for the Mario series.

[Knightshade]

I have to admit, the older I get the less I'm into Mario. Throw me a Metroid title already Nintendo! I bought your Wii U, now give me some games so I can scrape the inch of dust off the damned thing!

[BullyMangler]

lol . you obviously havent played the new mario game 3D world for wiiU . . (;

just yesterday I was playing mario galaxy 2, i had no clue that if i collect the golden metals i get more stars that leads to more NEW levels!. sweeet i thought i was finished!

[FriedGoat]

I liked Galaxy, awesome games. I really hated 3D world on the 3DS though, short levels, short game and really repetitive. It really annoyed me they decided to make a sequel to that instead of a proper mario game.

[cleft5]

I don't really get all of the negative articles about Nintendo as of late. Also, I see plenty of people broadcasting this game. "No one" is one of those phrases that tends to be a gross over exaggeration of the truth.

[abzdine]

i have never been really into mario games but i have still played most of them.
This one seems interesting enough, but only with 2 or more players.

[Necro_559]

I have played it and its nothing special, its way to easy and its the same game we have been playing since 96', i mean its alright but nothing we havnt seen already. It was boring. The WW remake was better and its a remake. Nintendo should have done a Mario 64 type Mario game.

[sinjonezp]

I love mario but it is losing.its appeal. In my opinion. I bought my daughter the mario 3ds bundle.and.i played the game and.found.myself wanting to go back to super mario 64. The issue for me is the age content. Most of us in our laye 20,s and early 30,s grew up on mario and i think we are now overtook by fps and other games. The kids of this new generation never grew up on mario and.they are more into social games or mobile platforms. My daughter played mario for about 20 minutes before she wanted my phone.for an.hour. thats what its coming to. The gap is real and with the older crowd leaning towards mature content and younger kids playing mobile applications, mario is how. Say stuck in.the middle. Its an opinion but recognized through my child, nephews and.nieces

[2muchw1nn1ng]

You reek of insecurity.. All you post is literally angry, passive-aggressive comments against anyone that criticizes Wii u or Nintendo.

Work out your issues, buddy. Then maybe you wouldn't have one bubble to deal with.

[Sarcasm]

^Cleft5

Unfortunately the way things are going, the Wii U is going to be the new dreamcast.

Great overall system, some very excellent games, but just isn't selling.

Which is a stark contrast to its predecessor the Wii which sold like gangbusters.

http://upload.wikimedia.org...

[alphaomega88]

'I/we love Mario, but he is losing his appeal'

Now, lets flip this for the other perspective:
'I/we love/loved FPS's, but they are losing their appeal'

There. See how that can actually fit into lots of other peoples minds, just as the first sentence can? Fact is, play what you like. Mario may not be drawing in tons of new people, but the days when COD/any other unnamed shooters did that is over too. Mario, in the 3d platforming genre, is always of the highest quality. The same cannot be said for the others.

[Chrischi1988]

lol^^ noone plays it, right^^

Mario 3D world is in the top 10 sales chart of the past two weeks and Wii U has a installbase as small as 4,4 million. A lot of dev studios would be super proud, to achive such a percentage of sales compared to the install base.

The bias towards nintendo on this site becomes bigger and bigger^^ Actually the Wii U isnt doing that bad as of now, but whatever, tell lies to feel better, if thats the only way.

[Irishguy95]

Not a fan of Galaxy, WAY to easy. Presents no challenge whatsoever and is thus, a boring game. Don't know about Galaxy 2 never played it.

[clouds5]

That is a general problem with games... Most of them are just a walk in the park. The whole 3rd person cover shooter system makes everything just easy and boring.

[Yi-Long]

The problem isn't the game. The problem is the system, and the (lack of) marketing of the system.

By all accounts, the game is fantastic and one of the very best Mario games ever.

However, it's not enough to convince me to buy into the WiiU. For multiple reasons, which I won't bother listing again.

[The_Villager]

Well then you will be happy to know that Nintendo has just renewed the trademark for Metroid Prime.

http://mynintendonews.com/2...

[Concertoine]

that doesn't really mean anything, just that nintendo wants to retain the rights. theyve been renewing eternal darkness stuff for the past 10 years, no sight of that anytime soon.

[Beastforlifenoob]

That means nothing most companies even if they are not going to invest anything into it in the future they renew the trademark. The reason is because Nintendo doesnt want random people using the games name to make crap games (that actually have nothing to do with nintendo) and then tainting nintendos image.

[ShinMaster]

If it's a third-person Metroid game, sign me up.

[Dehnus]

With me it's the other way around, the older I get the more I start to like Mario, DKC and Zelda games :).

[Concertoine]

you at 80 will be a scary sight

[883]

The older I get, the more I find myself wanting Mario and other Nintendo titles to appear on another brand of console...

[Phil32]

The irony here is that the older I get the more I find games like Call of Duty, Battlefield, and GTA more immature and juvenile. But hey, look at the comments on N4G on average. Immaturity runs rampant, so the industry gives consumers what they want.

[883]

Seriously? Who disagrees with the appeal of having Nintendo titles appear on other brands of consoles? I guess some people are suggesting it is a bad thing to want Nintendo first party franchises available to a wider audience and running on current gen consoles (no I do not believe Nintendo has had a current gen console since GC --- unless we want to count WiiU as being current gen up to the point that XBoxOne and PS4 released). Or, do you just not like Nintendo first party stuff?

PHIL32: I hear ya.

[hellzsupernova]

My mate has a wiiu in the same condition I've never actually seen it going

[betan21]

Agreed

[bangoskank]

@toomuchwinning

Who are you even referring to in your attack? And talk about insecurity: who really gives a flying f@ck about how many bubbles you acquire on this site. You must have a such a robust, fulfilling life to take this site so seriously. Your handle also reeks of immaturity and insecurity. Surely you are winning at life.

[Bobby Kotex]

I'm no Nintendo fan, but that stupid chart is not in chronological order.

[bangoskank]

Firstly, I'm not biased towards sony, Microsoft, or nintendo as each of their systems offer excellent titles that provide hours of enjoyment.
Saying that adults who play nintendo are a minority is absurd. A lot of us grew up playing Nintendo games back in the 80's and still do because the quality of their flagship titles hasn't faltered. On top of that, third party titles like Bayonetta 2, Xenoblade, and others justify owning a Wii U. That said, I can't wait for The Order:1886 and Titanfall. It's about being a gamer an loving video games, not what company is more popular or makes more money.

[joab777]

It is hard for ppl to imagine that Mario isn't quite what it was to all of us in our 30's. I still love Mario but I am not buying a console to play it when I have a 3ds. The kids love it and love playing on the ps3 & ps4. Kids today are different. Once they reach a certain age they wanna play CoD...not Mario. Most ppl I know that play Mario and donkey Kong are my age. I do wonder though how many copies it would have sold as a PlayStation 4 launch game. I know it sounds like heresy but it's troubles obviously are not quality related but consumer base related. And like I mentioned before with the arrival of new consoles, successful handhelds and cheaper ps3's & 360's, I just don't think too many kids are screaming for a wiiU for Xmas...even if there is a new Mario to play.

[popup]

I played Mario in the 80's and have purchased certain historic titles but am by no means a fanatic lunatic but I got this new title on Wii U and it is excellent!

I love the whole artificial world, materials and whole reach out and touch 3d aesthetic. The design of the levels in absolute genius. It's not trying to be realistic and it doesn't need to.

With so many games striving to emulate the film medium, Mario is still a refreshing reminder than computer and console games have their own exclusive and legitimate domain.

The fact that it has not sold many is obviously a concern but, from my perspective, is also a 'sucks to be you' to those missing out.

[RobbyGrob]

I'm the same with all of Nintendo.

[FACTUAL evidence]

Everyone complaining how easy this game is, go play knack.....you'll be great-full for mario's "easiness".

[XisThatKid]

The older I get the more I realize I see Mario the same...barely interested.

[iamnsuperman]

The graph isn't in chronological order. That alone brings the article into disrepute. It needs to be in order to show if demand has fallen.......

[Ol_G]

how can anyone disagree with this they place the highest selling mario's in the front and and titles that sold worse in the back like snes versions that's not really indicative of declining demand

[MrTrololo]

That is really bad for Nintendo. Mario were known for its system seller for Nintendo console. Not even super mario 3d world can save the wii u.I am worried about X and Bayonetta 2.

[Chrischi1988]

Mario 3D world was in the top 10 of weekly game sales the past 2 weeks. Considering the install base of Wii U, that is a very good number. Considering that Nintendo games sell over long periods of time, not like a CoD, where you get a new one every year, it is even greater.

Nintendo has Mario as is mascot, so they use him in a lot of different games, to act like, they are all the same is delusional, just because the others dont have such a successful mascot.

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

You should fill bad for x because hardly anybody played xenoblade lol.

If ppl think x is going to sell systems better thank gamestop exclusive deal for it not.

Now they want almost a 100usd for it smh.

I have xeno but it wad limited print.

[Zodiac]

That graph has 3D World sales at 50K. ummm no lol

The graph is poorly done, too. At least have an attach ratio listed as well.

Also, what iamnsuperman said is true as well.

[admiralvic]

While the premise of this article is good, the execution is very poor. For starters, the chart goes in terms of sales, instead of chronological order. This makes the chart largely useless, since it doesn't show any rise or fall, just fall. The other problem is that the article seems to either be against Super Mario 3D World or just poorly researched.

The thing is, the chart lists Super Mario 3D World at 0.05 on a scale of 1 million. This would put the sales, according to the article, at 50,000 units. According to just the Japanese week 1 sales ( http://www.neogaf.com/forum... ), which were released weeks ago, we know the game sold at least 100,000 (I rounded up) copies. According to a less accurate, but equally informative source, VGchartz puts the game at 710,000 worldwide sales. This means the sales chart they're using is at least 1/14th what some easily found numbers suggest. This alone makes the article pretty worthless and rather moot.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Thank you, bubble up. Set that response into the article's main page, too.

[animegamingnerd]

don't forgot digital sales for all we know they could be even higher then physical sales or add like anohter 50.000 to the already sales since we don't know how much it sold digitally

[herbs]

This is a Bull$hit article...

[sloth3395]

im playing the game and having fun with it

[thezeldadoth]

best game of the year, doesn't matter how much it sold.

[G20WLY]

*best game of the year for the under 10s.

There, fixed for you. Not that older people can't have fun with it, particularly if you're playing it with your kids (who may not have seen it all before), but your claim (while I understand it's an opinion) is plain mental (in my opinion). :)

[deafdani]

I love GTAV and Last of Us. And let me tell you, Mario 3D World is just as good as those two games.

If you can't look past its cartoon graphics, then you're a insecure and immature dude.

[thezeldadoth]

you must have some masculinity issues

[G20WLY]

^lol, I'm not sure how you arrived that conclusion! If you saw me I doubt you'd assume that. Though I suspect you're just being overly protective and attacking me through sheer infatuation of a video game...

From both of your replies, I could make a better-founded assumption that you suffer from immaturity issues, but I'd be sinking to your level then, huh... ;)

Since I've apparently upset you, I'll clarify; it's nothing to do with the looks, nor did I ever infer it was. Mario games used to be challenging and lengthy - Mario 3 was the peak, for me. For many iterations now, I've found no challenge in them whatsoever, though I'll admit, I haven't even bothered with the last couple, until I gave this one a chance and again, found the challenge dumbed down.

I'm sorry if you don't like my opinion, but perhaps don't jump to conclusions regarding my reasoning next time. I don't need blood to enjoy - far from it.

[Thepcz]

right next to sonic

[lnvisibleMan]

We should hire those firefighters used in 1960s civil rights movement and get them to turn the hoses on you.

[KillerPwned]

Hm odd I just played Super Mario 3D World last night and with friends we all had a blast. Excellent drinking game and I have almost 100% the game. So no people are playing this game.

This is just another crap article trying to bad mouth a Console/Company as usual for hits.

[kwandar]

Yeah - read the headline and thought huh? My daughter and all her friends were playing it like .... an hour ago!!

[Dehnus]

Aaah, another day, another "NINTENDO IS DOOOMED!" article that is linked on N4G. Sony fanboys... you're fear of all things Non-Sony is starting to become hilarious :).

[thezeldadoth]

it really is hilarious. they hate xbox one, the hate nintendo, they're angry about steamOS, since AMD put their card in the ps4, they've also developed an unfounded hatred for Nvidia, its getting quite sad.

[TheGreatXavi]

The same can be said about Nintendo fanboys. YOu fear all things non Nintendo its starting to become hilarious. YOu hate Xboxone, hate PS4, hate PC, hate Steam OS.

Huh you dont think like that?

Yeah, because you never think that all those people hating on Nintendo and everything arent Sony fanboys? ANd if there is really Sony fanboys act like that, its just small part of Sony fanboys?

Huh? Never think like that? You think all SOny fanboys are bad huh? You never read how Nintendo fanboys always mocking Playstation huh? But I never think all Nintendo fanboys are like that because I know everybody are different?

You know what? I'm Sony fanboy. I dont hate NIntendo. I hope Wii U would be succesfull. Maybe I will buy Wii U after Monolith's X released. I dont hate Steam OS, in fact I have a plan to buy Steam Machine. I dont hate NVIdia, in fact I build by PC with GTX 770. Why would I hate those? I dont hate Microsoft I have plan to buy Surface Pro 2 in fact.

Sorry for my broken English. I just want to say, the way you make its Sony fanboys that wrote this, say this, that all SOny fanboys hate everything, make you the pathetic and hypocrite one. Maybe, Maybe, Maybe, those annoying fanboys are just small part of the fanboys and most fanboys, whether they are Sony's, Microsoft's, and Nintendo's, are actually good people? Never think like that huh?

[eferreira]

Another person thinking that just because it's just showing sales numbers that this article and every non sony bad news article is written be a Sony fanboy. Grow up.

[cyphertech]

Really? Nobody? Hyperbole is getting crazy around these parts.

[Activemessiah]

No one? lol!! love the exaggeration :D

[JackieCruise69]

I guess I'm 'No one'then.
And so are 200,000+ other people.

[mt]

the only is falling you ablility to make historical graphs.

there is no logic in the graph. you are trying to fool people by randomly distributing the data to make it looks like it is Mario series is falling chronologically.

[linkenski]

Mario games are always interesting no matter how old I am, but the concept of 3D World is just not original or intriguing. I already played 3D Land and it was good but not AWESOME like Galaxy was and to see 3D World end up as the main console Mario game is the reason I haven't bought either a Wii U or the game itself yet.

[mii-gamer]

3d world is miles ahead of 3d land. In fact, 3d world can hold its own against the galaxy games - i would go far to say on par with the galaxy duo's.

[Chrischi1988]

There has not been one game the past 4 years, that made me and my friends sit down and play thru together in 4 player coop and play it, like a drug addicted, who abuses his drugs. I bet, most of the haters, never really played that game, they dont even want to try it, because of blind fanboyism. Normally we play CoD or Battlefield, but that game, truly is great and if you are in world 7-10 you have plenty to do and it is very hard, To say it is too easy is wrong, it is easy at the beginning, just like any other game.

[deafdani]

I think exactly the same as you regarding 3D Land. It's a good game, but nowhere near any other 3D Mario title.

That said, 3D World is amazing. For me, it's even better than Galaxy 1, but still not as good as Galaxy 2. But then again, Galaxy 2 is a hard one to top.

[Dunban67]

I think some of you need to look up the difference between "Literal" and "figurative"

It is a good article w good data

[admiralvic]

How is the data good if you can look at, well any site that reports any sort of figures on sales and see Super Mario 3D World sold over 50,000 copies?

[Donnywho]

I'm waiting until Wii-U is dirt cheap.

[LAWSON72]

Damn I had no idea the new super mario bros games did so well

[No_Pantaloons]

As others said the graph isn't in chronological order so it really invalidates the whole point of the article.

[ATi_Elite]

Super Mario Worlds 3D is over 700K units sold.

Will easily be over 1 million after the Holiday!

Graph should have went in chronological order instead of sales order.

[heliumhead2030]

I say finally Nintendo starts to Die. I always figured people just bought Mario and Zelda games out of nostalgia, but people will only buy the same game so many times.

[Phil32]

Your ignorance is astounding and embarrassing simultaneously. Congrats. Spoken like someone who doesn't play Nintendo games and just uses whatever talking point of the hour to form some horrible argument with no facts. If you're saying Spirit Tracks is the same as Skyward Sword or New Super Mario Bros. U is the same as Super Mario 3D World, then you are beyond worth talking to. You're just willfully ignorant. Pathetic, and willfully ignorant. :)

Oh, and you're pathetic for coming across as enjoying a company doing poorly-- especially something as important to the industry as Nintendo is. But hey, as long as you can be happy towards an important part of the industry doing badly because you're a fanboy, then who cares?

[deafdani]

Mario 3D World has sold more than 700,000 copies so far. The Wii U's user base is at around 4,300,000 users.

Do the math, dude. That's a crazy high attach rate. This article is factually wrong. Dead wrong.

[mii-gamer]

Wow that was embarrassing for the author. Kinda feel sorry for him

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Small install base, low sales. It's not rocket science. Agenda sites and a certain message board are trying to spin this as hard as the can, and we all know why.

[young7yang]

I love this game. One of the best Mario games ever!

[StrawberryDiesel420]

I'd rather play games like GTA5, Last of Us & Dark Souls 2...

[Underworld]

Honest question for the people that play Mario. Why do you like it so much? I played Mario when I was a kid but I lost interest in those games a long time ago. For me the Mario games are very overrated. I watch gameplay videos of the Mario games, including Mario 3D World to try and get excited about it and help convince me to get a Wii U, but they just look the same and boring to me.

One of the reasons I don't buy Nintendo consoles anymore is because of how much they rely on Mario and their other old franchises. I'm interested in giving the Wii U a go but I just can't, I'm not into Nintendo's exclusives. They need to focus on creating some brand new IPs that will attract people like me and stop relying on Mario games so much.

I'm not just trying to bash Nintendo, it's just how I feel.

[NightStalker33]

For me its the same reason I bought Sly 4 and got pissed that I missed out on Banjo 2.
It's not because of Mario, it's because of platforming, which Mario is known for being dominant in.

[BOWZER35]

People should be playing it, or at least try it out. It's a great game, really challenging at times. Other times it's really easy, but if u play with another good player it's really fun.

[Tzuno]

Nintendo is the only one that make that kind of games and people forget to have fun with such titles. These days 3d shooters have brainwashed gamers. I remember Snes days playing Donkey Kong Series and let me tell you that was fun.

[XisThatKid]

Why no one want dungeon crawler Mario?

[PrimeGrime]

I honestly just think they released at a really bad time. Horrible idea to release the game the same day the Xbox One launched and even worse idea to release the game the same day you release a new Zelda 3DS XL and game also.

Hell that was my main reason why I just got SM3DW and wasn't able to buy it at release, cause I had to get Tearaway and replace my XL with the new shiny gold one plus I was dying to play Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, amazing game by the way, so refreshing and fun.

I haven't had this much fun in a Zelda game since A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time.

Really wish they would patch in online co-op for SM3DW. Sadly I have no one to play with cause all my friends are far away and live no where near me.

Not a huge deal, still super fun, I really hope they make something more along the line of Mario 64 or Sunshine though, those were my favorites. Galaxy was great also but I just personally love 64 and Sunshine too much.

[Gregard]

I know it seems weird that they released their big titles the same day as ps4/xbox one launch, but to be honest, they HAD to put something out there to stay in the game. They needed big titles for the holiday season, and I think they managed that. (Actually, for ME, these two titles are the best games to get this fall).

The sales will probably be overshadowed by ps4/xbone sales, but imagine how bad the holiday season would have been for them if they didn't have these.

Besides, even though 3D world sales won't break any day one / week one / etc. records, I'm sure in the long run it will do good. Especially when the install base gets larger with the help of the other big titles coming next year.

[PrimeGrime]

I understand that, I never said they had to wait forever. It just would have made more sense to release Super Mario 3D World a little earlier like maybe a month before the Xbox One released or even early this December I think would have been better.

Releasing it the same day as a new Zelda game and a new bundle along with a brand new console wasn't a good idea.

Nor was it for Tearaway, as Tearaway is a great game also but got completely lost in all the other stuff being released that day.

3DS already conflicts with the Wii U enough because of how well it sells, they should have known to separate the two because Zelda: A Link Between Worlds has sold just as much as Super Mario 3D World which basically proves what I am trying to say.

Just would have been better to give it more space.

[RobbyGrob]

Back in the day we didn't have a choice. Now we do. There's loads of games i'd much rather play over Mario World, regardless of how good it is. Quality isn't everything.

[darkstar18]

did you really...oh god you're soo right. who wants a quality game?? when we can have games like BF4 that crash every 5 min..at leats the graphics are good. Or how about KZSF and Ryze boring and repetitive gameplay...BUT THE GRAPHICS MAKE UP FOR ATT THAT RIGHT? Yeah who needs quality games anymore. -_-

[RobbyGrob]

You're an idiot. Naturally i didn't mean that lack of quality is anything desirable. What i said was that quality isn't everything; the genre and personal taste ways in more. Thus, it doesn't matter how good Mario World is if you don't like what the game is. Just because you're a gamer it doesn't mean you're supposed to like all games nor all genres.

[nosferatuzodd]

I grew up in the 90s and I love super Mario still every time it play it remind me of when I was a kid and my dad bring this game home for the first time anyone who say they don't like Mario is lying

[mmj]

It's because Wii U is overpriced, if this had been released on the original Wii or 3DS it would be selling like hotcakes.

It's not that people don't want Mario, it's just that people won't pay so much for a Wii U regardless of what games are on it.

[bigfish]

Nintendo should sell Retro Studios to Sony, so we see a Metroid prime game on PS4 and that those poor souls at retro studios can get some money....

[CaptainN]

One that makes no sense as Retro is one of Nintendo's top game development studio's. Two,even if for some odd reason they decided to sell them, Retro doesnt own the Metroid franchise. Three,what does Retro have to do with Mario at all,stay on topic!

P.S. Why do you believe Retro makes no money? Nintendo has so much money in bank, moreso then Sony's gaming division...so really this is such a horrible troll comment!

[Rustynail]

Their competitors are giant worldwide multi billion dollar corporations, they have money too and are gonna do what it takes to stay ahead of the game, leaving Nintendo behind. People aren’t going to buy a system that has less of what they want unless they’re diehard fans of those specific games, and in many cases they’d have to be such huge fans that the idea of paying 300$ just to play that one game with a big maybe for anything else they’d want to play in the future would be acceptable to them. Their competition are always ready to throw dollars around to get the software people want and in Microsoft's case spend millions of dollars to get the software people want, are Nintendo willing to do that? Are they just gonna say ''we have money in the bank''? Because quite frankly nobody gives a shit how much money they have. Nintendo is on the path to irrelevance as a console maker. Unless they stop pretending that gimmicks and a low price will make up for not having the games people want to play, they’re going to become the next Sega if they don't get their act together.

[Rustynail]

No, they should sell it to Microsoft...

[level 360]

Mario has always catered to kids and the young at heart.

Like Mickey and company has with Disney.

It's not really the game that's at fault here, it's just Nintendo not being able to diversify much.

All I'm saying is maybe Nintendo needs to set-up a subsidiary ( could be differently branded ) that would put all Mario stuff in one arena and a new one with a more mature content at the other but still be under the Nintendo umbrella.

[BigTrain]

In reference to the WiiU system selling the article reads,

"The question is, what will it take to make that happen?"

It will take dropping the price of the system down to the price it should have always been and that's $199 or $250 at the most. Nintendo's last powerful console was the Gamecube and that system came out around that price range if I remember correctly. From that console on though, they came out with significantly less powerful consoles but raised their introductory price. It worked with the Wii because it introduced a new way to play games, even though the Wii was a redesigned Gamecube for the most part. Now they're trying to do the same thing and repeat the same success as last gen by taking the Wii and giving it HI DEF capabilities and marginally increase the systems power. The world at large sees it for what it is: Nintendos second attempt to make a financial killing. No thank you. Not when I can save $100 more dollars and get a real next gen console like the PS4. Drop the systems price already!!!! It's that simple

[kambeix]

Just one thing... Wii U has about 6 times the CPU power of Wii, not to mention Latte GPU vs Hollywood. Very inferior compared to PS4 and XBone, but nowhere near "marginally better" than Wii.

[mochachino]

They can't drop the price, they blew the hardware budget on the controller, which apparently isn't decreasing in manufacturing costs as quickly as regular hardware does due to the screen.

[finite]

I have this game and i love this game, plus basing this article in sames of this game now when its only been released is just stupid...

[CaptainN]

That's funny, I just got finished playing it and am now typing this from the Wii-U Gamepad!! So I must be all alone and all those Mii's running around in my game must be my imagination!

[modesign]

nintendo appealed to generation X, and now have lost the appeal to the millenials, sony and micro secured the hearts of the millenials.

[Rustynail]

You're obviously gonna be having problems if 1-2 above average kid games is all you can offer on a console for a 1 year period.

[mochachino]

I was thinking of buying a Wii U for the game until I found that it only supports local multiplayer.

Indie games like Trine can support online co-op but a AAA Nintendo game doesn't!?

[for we are many]

Well, My family and I couldn't be happier when we played this game, it's a true masterpiece in every category. I guess if someone calls him/herself a "gamer", they owe it to themselves to play this game.

[TuxedoMoon]

Not a lot of people have a wii-u. That's why no one is really playing the game. Plus Xmas is right around the corner, so that might bump their numbers.

[Ridah]

Hi everyone, I'm the author of the article. I appreciate the feedback and updated the chart to reflect sales in chronological order as well as the numerical error that indicated 3D World had sold 50,000 units - I intended for it to show as 500,000 units.

If you consider the sales data for both the hardware and the game itself, I believe you would come to the same conclusion as me which is that Mario 3D World is trending towards beings the poorest selling Mario game (not including re-releases, RPGs, sports games, etc.) in the series.

I'm aware that Nintendo games tend to have more "legs" than a typical third-party game, and I acknowledged in the article that the trend may change with the proper promotional device. But as it stands, Super Mario 3D World has not done much, if anything to change the course of the Wii U and is likely not going to be experienced by even a fraction of the people that experienced, say, 3D Land.

This is the reason I ask - what will it take for more people to get their hands on 3D World? It's a shame for such a great game to get overlooked because no one is willing to buy a Wii U to experience it.