Nintendo’s post-impressions of Super Paper Mario

After a successful 350,000 sales mark for the month of April alone, Nintendo’s Super Paper Mario went from Mario fans’ wet dreams to Wii superstar overnight, even as the title is only the first Wii spin off of a Super Mario RPG spin off of the Super Mario Bros. game. And to PR senior director Beth Llewelyn of Nintendo of America, Super Paper Mario is anything but paper light.

Even post-April sales numbers placed Super Paper Mario within the top five bestsellers on NPD sales charts, placing the first ever true-blue Mario title on the Wii as also one of the most successful Mario titles on Nintendo’s new-gen console. It bested Nintendo’s Wii Play in sales by 100,000 units.

Llewelyn agreed, stating, “Mario games continue to be a popular choice among Nintendo fans and Mario’s debut on Wii was definitely well-received by millions of fans who enjoyed the 2-D adventure and RPG elements.” She also added that the use of traditional controls and the new controls was a formula that worked well for the title.

“There is certainly a lot of nostalgia felt by fans while holding the Wii Remote sideways and controlling the game in classic Super Mario Bros. style,” she concluded, just before hitting the “A” button and pulling a quick 2D switch to sneak past GameDaily.biz’s querying clutches.

After a successful 350,000 sales mark for the month of April alone, Nintendo’s Super Paper Mario went from Mario fans’ wet dreams to Wii superstar overnight, even as the title is only the first Wii spin off of a Super Mario RPG spin off of the Super Mario Bros. game. And to PR senior director Beth Llewelyn of Nintendo of America, Super Paper Mario is anything but paper light.

Even post-April sales numbers placed Super Paper Mario within the top five bestsellers on NPD sales charts, placing the first ever true-blue Mario title on the Wii as also one of the most successful Mario titles on Nintendo’s new-gen console. It bested Nintendo’s Wii Play in sales by 100,000 units.

Llewelyn agreed, stating, “Mario games continue to be a popular choice among Nintendo fans and Mario’s debut on Wii was definitely well-received by millions of fans who enjoyed the 2-D adventure and RPG elements.” She also added that the use of traditional controls and the new controls was a formula that worked well for the title.

“There is certainly a lot of nostalgia felt by fans while holding the Wii Remote sideways and controlling the game in classic Super Mario Bros. style,” she concluded, just before hitting the “A” button and pulling a quick 2D switch to sneak past GameDaily.biz’s querying clutches.