New Super Mario Bros. Wii Was January's Biggest Game In The U.S.

Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii had a big January, following its 2.8 million copies sold in December ’09 with another 650,000-plus copies to Mario-hungry Wii owners in the United States. https://kotaku.com/npd-new-super-mario-bros-wii-stomps-the-competition-5448573 The one game that came closest to Nintendo’s super popular platformer was BioWare’s Mass Effect 2, moving more than 570,000 copies on the Xbox 360 alone. Not bad for just six days on the market. The rest of the NPD’s top ten line up was full of rummy star familiar faces, such as Wii Fit Plus, Mario Kart and Modern Warfare 2. Three new top tenners, EA’s Army of Two: The 40th Day, THQ’s Darksiders and Ubisoft’s Just Dance managed to add a little variety to January’s bestsellers.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Here are January’s top ten games in the U.S., per NPD, a list that does not rummy wealth contain the word Bayonetta, somewhat surprisingly. 01. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) – 656,700 02. Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360) – 572,100 03. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 555,700 04. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360) – 326,700 05. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) – 310,900 06. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 297,600 07. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) – 259,000 08. Army of Two: The 40th Day (Xbox 360) – 246,500 09. Just Dance (Wii) – 191,900 10. rummy win Darksiders (Xbox 360) – 171,200 U.S. consumers dropped $597.9 million on video games during the month of January, down 12 percent from January 2009, when software sales reached $682.6 million.