Super Smash Bros. Brawl Pummels Japanese Competition

In its first day out of the chute, Super Smash Bros Brawl for the Wii sold north of 500,000 copies in Japan, shattering sales figures for all other platforms combined. By comparison, Super Mario Galaxy sold just 130,000 on its day-one Japanese opener. If that's a glimpse of the action to come when the game arrives somewhat tardy in the U.S. on March 9, Nintendo has a geyser on its hands.

It's my party and I'll brawl if I want to...

It still won't solve Nintendo's potentially serious third party problems, but I had no idea the Smash Bros. series was this popular. Maybe that explains the U.S. enthusiast press running stories with puffed up headlines like "Brawl Revelations Reach Critical Mass" or the parade of amusing rumors presently under the fanboy-scope.

Other wild and wooly Double-S-Double-B stories:

- SSBB ships on a dual-layer DVD that's apparently playing havoc with all you dirty Wii owners. Nintendo is offering to clean all affected Wiis (in Japan) for free if they're sent to its Kyoto service center with a warranty card and copy of the game. Question: Why not just use a standard DVD cleaning disc? Is there something more going on here in terms of the Wii's compatibility with dual-layer DVDs?

- Did you hear about the virtual console that's set to debut in SSBB and offer a half dozen classic Nintendo games? Well, demo versions anyway. Look for abbreviated versions of Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Ice Climber (Ice Climber? Huh?), Kirby's Adventure, Super Metroid, and Star Fox 64, though SSBB developer Masahiro Sakurai coyly suggests others may be available.

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