Who da man?

Ninjaa · September 5th, 2002

MARIO OF COURSE!!!!!!!

Here it is, right from Nintendo.

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REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 5, 2002 – The world’s favorite plumber has returned with a bang! During its first 10 days of availability, Super Mario Sunshine for Nintendo GameCube is already a smash hit, selling through more than 350,000 games. This is a total not achieved by any competitor, including Xbox’s popular Halo or Playstation 2’s Grand Theft Auto 3 until a month or more on store shelves.

The immediate popularity of Super Mario Sunshine, which chronicles the chubby plumber’s attempts to clean up a lush tropical island, is also creating a significant demand for its host system. During its first week, Nintendo’s retail partners cited jumps in Nintendo GameCube hardware sales averaging 50 percent, with some accounts reporting that system sales had more than doubled.

“This launch is historic—promising to break longstanding records,” says Peter MacDougall, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Nintendo of America Inc. “So far, sales rates for Super Mario Sunshine are running 36 percent ahead of even Super Mario 64 six years ago—and that game went on to sell more than 10 million units worldwide.”

Super Mario Sunshine is already one of the 15 top selling console games for all of 2002, but will face stiff competition from other eagerly anticipated Nintendo GameCube titles through the remainder of 2002. While Mario’s record of more than $7 billion in worldwide game sales knows no limitations in demographic or national appeal, older Nintendo GameCube fans will have a particular feast of choices throughout the fall.

In the first half of November, both Resident Evil Zero and Metroid Prime arrive exclusively for the console, along with Star Fox Adventures later this month. These will be accompanied by a host of companion teen- and mature-rated titles before the holidays, including: Medal of Honor: Frontline and James Bond 007: Nightfire from Electronic Arts; Turok Evolution and BMX XXX from Acclaim; Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee from Infogrames; Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 from Activision; Bloodrayne from Majesco; Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance from Midway; and a long list of sports, racing and other extreme sports titles.

As the worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co. Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home video game systems. The systems include Game Boy®, Nintendo® 64, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube. Since the release of its first home video game system in 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 1.6 billion video games worldwide, creating enduring industry icons such as Mario™ and Donkey Kong® and launching such franchises as Zelda™ and Pokémon®. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere.

For more information about Nintendo GameCube or any other Nintendo product visit the company’s Web sites, www.nintendo.com or www.supermariosunshine.com

Hydra · September 5th, 2002

MARIO DA MAN!

SomeUserGuy · September 5th, 2002

mario is funny.

**_E_** · September 5th, 2002

lol,.......i used to see mario on tv when i was a kid,...........yeah, mario sunshine might be a good game,.......but who wanna play as a plumber and go to the sewers looki for bad dudes to kick their @sses? :> no offence nintendo Jedi, but this is my personal opinion!

SomeUserGuy · September 5th, 2002

he's a plumber. anything they do with him is gonna be hilarious.

**_E_** · September 5th, 2002

hahaha,......thats the point , the game is awesome with its 3D and maybe its storyline,....but a PLUMBER as a main character??!! oh, gimme a break! i am not going for the plumbing buisness!

Lizking · September 5th, 2002

I think its a bit of a let down. i was expecting another mario 64, but this is just banjo-kazooie with a different shell.

**_E_** · September 5th, 2002

Lizking,.....N64 is ,...ahhh,..........dead.....

Lizking · September 5th, 2002

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Originally posted by Kingstar
Lizking,.....N64 is ,...ahhh,..........dead.....

No ****, but that doesnt mean anything. Mario 64 was the template for what a 3d platformer should be. Banjo-Kazooie was a cheap ripoff of it, with a few added things, to make it "better", which really just made it lame
Mario sunshine plays more like BK with more polygons. I honestly kept trying to find Jinjos.

Decoy_Octopus · September 5th, 2002

Sunshine kicks major ass. Its the platform game of all platform games. in the land of platform games, mario is king.

Lizking · September 5th, 2002

I still think mario 64 is better. sure, SMS has nicer graphics, but it just doesnt feel like a mario game.

Ninjaa · September 5th, 2002

eh? Mario Sunshine is Mario 64 with some pretty hefty improvements! I don't see how anyone could say that Mario 64 is better, or that it feels like Banjo Kazooie, as it is still Mario 64 at its core.

Vidhath · September 5th, 2002

Hmmm
i thought that the final fantasy games sold ****loads of copies

Ninjaa · September 5th, 2002

Yeah they did, but they were never a match for Dragon Quest, Pokemon, or Mario. They consistently sold better.

And let's not forget FFXI. hehe. *snort*

They might have sold maybe 100,000 copies by now.

Vidhath · September 5th, 2002

Ya but it said that no other game sold anywhere near as much and as fast as mario sunshine, i thought ff7,8,9 for psx did in the millions

Ninjaa · September 5th, 2002

Well, yes. FF7 for example sold 1.8 million copies in its first weekend.

But Starfox 64 was the first game ever to break 1 million copies in a single day. (And what a great day that was).

But selling this much in such a short time is still no small task, and is well worthy of recognition, and will likely still break records.

Vidhath · September 5th, 2002

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This is a total not achieved by any competitor, including Xbox’s popular Halo or Playstation 2’s Grand Theft Auto 3 until a month or more on store shelves.

what des this mean then? only competitors on next gen systems?
well then what about ffx on ps2?

Decoy_Octopus · September 5th, 2002

Blasphemy, Lizking! Mario Sunshine is a thousand times better than Mario 64!

Ninjaa · September 5th, 2002

Yeah, FFX I think holds the previous record.

But Halo and GTA3 were killed like the *****es they are!!! Woot!

Vidhath · September 5th, 2002

I havent played GTA3 yet.. its sitting in my cd case...
i did finish warcarft 3 tho! yay!

September 5th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	MARIO DA MAN! __________________ Mobo: Asus A8V Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ RAM: 1024MB DDR400 Dual Channel Graphics: nVidia Geforce FX 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 HDD: 260GB OS: Windows XP SP2

September 5th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
SomeUserGuy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USA Posts: 640	mario is funny. __________________ Yea.......

September 5th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
_E_ Administrator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: somewhere Posts: 8,590	lol,.......i used to see mario on tv when i was a kid,...........yeah, mario sunshine might be a good game,.......but who wanna play as a plumber and go to the sewers looki for bad dudes to kick their @sses? :> no offence nintendo Jedi, but this is my personal opinion! __________________ -= Now watching=-

September 5th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
SomeUserGuy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USA Posts: 640	he's a plumber. anything they do with him is gonna be hilarious. __________________ Yea.......

September 5th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
_E_ Administrator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: somewhere Posts: 8,590	hahaha,......thats the point , the game is awesome with its 3D and maybe its storyline,....but a PLUMBER as a main character??!! oh, gimme a break! i am not going for the plumbing buisness! __________________ -= Now watching=-

September 5th, 2002	#7 (permalink)
Lizking AAAAAAaaaahhhh....BOOM Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Carbonmonoxidia, The capital of Silicon Valley Posts: 635	I think its a bit of a let down. i was expecting another mario 64, but this is just banjo-kazooie with a different shell. __________________

September 5th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
_E_ Administrator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: somewhere Posts: 8,590	Lizking,.....N64 is ,...ahhh,..........dead..... __________________ -= Now watching=-

September 5th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Decoy_Octopus Master of Disguise Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Here... again... Posts: 1,508	Sunshine kicks major ass. Its the platform game of all platform games. in the land of platform games, mario is king. __________________ "I contend that any game that draws people in is a good thing, because the more people play computer games, the more the hobby becomes legitimized and loses its social-retard status."- Jeff Green

September 5th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
Lizking AAAAAAaaaahhhh....BOOM Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Carbonmonoxidia, The capital of Silicon Valley Posts: 635	I still think mario 64 is better. sure, SMS has nicer graphics, but it just doesnt feel like a mario game. __________________

September 5th, 2002	#12 (permalink)
Ninjaa Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 0	eh? Mario Sunshine is Mario 64 with some pretty hefty improvements! I don't see how anyone could say that Mario 64 is better, or that it feels like Banjo Kazooie, as it is still Mario 64 at its core.

September 5th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
Vidhath The (V)ighty \|>uffleHuff Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 607	Hmmm i thought that the final fantasy games sold ****loads of copies __________________ The (V)ighty \|>uffleHuff rulez all.

September 5th, 2002	#14 (permalink)
Ninjaa Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 0	Yeah they did, but they were never a match for Dragon Quest, Pokemon, or Mario. They consistently sold better. And let's not forget FFXI. hehe. snort They might have sold maybe 100,000 copies by now.

September 5th, 2002	#15 (permalink)
Vidhath The (V)ighty \|>uffleHuff Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 607	Ya but it said that no other game sold anywhere near as much and as fast as mario sunshine, i thought ff7,8,9 for psx did in the millions __________________ The (V)ighty \|>uffleHuff rulez all.

September 5th, 2002	#16 (permalink)
Ninjaa Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 0	Well, yes. FF7 for example sold 1.8 million copies in its first weekend. But Starfox 64 was the first game ever to break 1 million copies in a single day. (And what a great day that was). But selling this much in such a short time is still no small task, and is well worthy of recognition, and will likely still break records.

September 5th, 2002	#18 (permalink)
Decoy_Octopus Master of Disguise Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Here... again... Posts: 1,508	Blasphemy, Lizking! Mario Sunshine is a thousand times better than Mario 64! __________________ "I contend that any game that draws people in is a good thing, because the more people play computer games, the more the hobby becomes legitimized and loses its social-retard status."- Jeff Green

September 5th, 2002	#19 (permalink)
Ninjaa Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 0	Yeah, FFX I think holds the previous record. But Halo and GTA3 were killed like the *****es they are!!! Woot!

September 5th, 2002	#20 (permalink)
Vidhath The (V)ighty \|>uffleHuff Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 607	I havent played GTA3 yet.. its sitting in my cd case... i did finish warcarft 3 tho! yay! __________________ The (V)ighty \|>uffleHuff rulez all.

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