Now in one of the most strangest turn of events since the success enigma of Wii Play, the “quiet” release of highly anticipated Super Mario Galaxy in Japan was…unimpressive? Super Mario Galaxy went on sale last night in Japan where according to Joystiq.com, the long lines everyone was waiting for was for “Ace Combat 6″. WTF? This is quite a stark contrast to what many were expecting, like the same chaotic mob-like scene from the days of Dragon Warrior 3 for the NES. CVG.com reports that Ameblo, a Japanese gaming site states that Super Mario Galaxy only shift 130,000 copies during launch day, which is a surprisingly small number for what many considers to be Nintendo’s biggest hardcore game to date. Plus its “a Mario”!

While the numbers are a bit low for a game of this caliber, but to put it in perspective, we often tend to look at Japan as the be-all trend for what the video gaming world should be. Which should not be the case. Their concepts and taste in gaming over there is nothing like here, Europe, or anywhere else so I wouldn’t expect the sales to be the same anywhere else. Plus, we’re only counting the numbers on a tiny country island, as opposed to continent-sized locations like North America, Australia, and Europe so it would make perfect sense that the numbers would be smaller! But then again….it’s A Mario! It’s Japan’s number foreign mascot….!

Needless to say, I wouldn’t worry too much about the numbers until we see it here. I’m going say it’ll make over 700,000 sales by it’s first week in the US alone. Less than two weeks to go people, less than two frickin weeks!