April 22nd, 2009

New Wii World Records!

Each time I want to have a lot of fun with somebody visiting me I go to YouTube. No, I am not advertising here, especially since YouTube began to severely suck lately. The idea is that we're not looking for funny videos on the site, because that's what everybody does and, to be honest, I am tired of funnies. Think about Guitar Hero and some fast track. Dragonforce seems to be the favorite band of those looking for insanely fast tracks, but I really hope to see some fast death/black metal songs added in the future...

Anyway, the idea was that most of those breaking records use the Nintendo Wii - don't ask me why, but probably because most insanely fast gamers come from Asia. Yeah, it seems Karate and gaming have a lot in common...but let's take a look at one of the new Wii world records, shall we?

According to Enterbrain, a Japanese magazine publisher, the Nintendo Wii sold no less than 8 million units in Japan since its launch in the region, back in December 2006. Consider that Japan has a population of about 128 millions, and about 20% of them are over 65, I guess that a kid without a Nintendo Wii there is like one without a bike in other countries...

Famitsu reported that the 8 million units sold milestone has been reached on the 19th of April, and also published the top five Wii sellers in Japan. These are the following:

- Wii Sports - 3,481,469 units
- Wii Fit - 3,301,373 units
- Wii Play - 2,672,811 units
- Mario Kart Wii - 2,218,756 units
- Super Smash Bros Brawl - 1,789,924 units

So far, so good, but I hardly wait to see the first Nintendo DSi sales statistics. I know we're talking about different things here, but there's one plague that could enter the Nintendo world with it - piracy. Anyway, I am sure we won't get any accurate information on that before late 2009...