Oh no, it has finally happened. The legendary NES packed in Super Mario Bros video game which once held the title as the Best Selling Game of All Time for so many years has finally been bumped off the top by none other than the game that introduced us all to the wiggle-waggle concept, turned senior citizens into gamers, hooked your girlfriend to the TV longer than you, allowed grandma to give you the ass-whopping in bowling, and changed the way we play games forever, Wii Sports.

If we all go by the ever so trustworthy VGChartz, Wii Sports has over taken Super Mario Bros by selling a grand total of 40.52 million copies, while Super Mario Bros has only sold a pathetic 40.24 million copies. Of course, the fact that both of these games came packaged in with the console (at least in the US it does) had nothing to do with it “selling” so much. In which case, one of those Pokemon games would actually be the highest selling game of all time. A fella on N4G mentioned that had Sony packaged a game with the PS2, whatever game it may be would have more than double the “sales” that were made by Wii Sports. Sucks they didn’t think of that, huh?

Oh yah, incidently the Top 10 best selling games of all time happened to be dominated by Nintendo. Guess they’re doing something right?

1. Wii Sports, Wii - 40.52
2. Super Mario Bros, NES - 40.24
3. Pokemon Red / Green / Blue, GameBoy - 31.38
4. Tetris, GameBoy - 30.26
5. Duck Hunt, NES - 28.31
6. Pokemon Gold / Silver, GameBoy - 23.11
7. Nintendogs, DS - 21.37
8. Super Mario World, SNES - 20.61
9. Wii Play, Wii - 19.68
10. Super Mario Land, GameBoy - 18.14

Now, everyone once in a while you’d catch a bit of news somewhere about criminals doing the dumbest things before getting caught. Usually these are true because they are often caught on camera actually performing their acts of stupidity. Well in this case, I got a piece of news thats so seemingly ridiculous that I wasn’t sure if it was real or not, but being it so hilarious also I just had to make note of it also.

So a fella name “HUELEN10″ from the NeoGAF forum posted a story about a neighbor lady who just bought a Wii for her kids during the recent Christmas. She asked him for games she should get for the system and he recommended some retail games and the Sonic the Hedgehog Virtual Console game. Naturally she wouldn’t understand so he explained to “put in her credit card when prompted on the Shop Channel, and get the amount of points she wanted.”

And guess what she does next? Yep. Slides the credit card right into the disc slot, apparently damaging the card ( though I’m not quite sure how possible this is…nor am I going to try and find out either) and the Wii along with it. So with that not working, she apparently jams three more credit cards into the Wii wondering why she isn’t getting the “points” she needed. Now shes got three damaged credit cards and a broken Wii. Angrily, she calls up HUELEN10 and demands he pays for the repairs.

So we’ve heard reports of the Wii overheating or breaking down for various reasons, but this is definately the first time I’ve heard of any consoles breaking down due to credit card. Perhaps she’s still stuck in the late 80s when game consoles like the Sega Master System and TurboGrafx-16 had games that were stored on actual credit cards-like format (HuCard anyone?) !

The thing about this particular story is that it can be totally made up, OR it can actually have occurred because if life has taught me anything its that people can do, have done, and will continue to do the stupidest things in the world. Nonetheless, another year has gone by and my job still sucks.

Damn, Brawl rocks.  I did a lot of unlocking today. Hope to get more characters.  Sadly, my online play lags from time to time.  Did anyone else have this problem?   How many people read this blog?  Oh well, it’s great fun to be a part of.

Next on my list is Insecticide.  It shipped today.

How many of you have been brawling it up?

Glad that Brawl came around just in time for my birthday this year.

Also check out Insecticide, it looks like a great detective style action/mystery that sort of combines platforming action with Ace Attorney type gameplay.

Insecticide, I will be checking this game out tomorrow.

News from Gamepolitics.com:

Some child advocates are saying the the Wii is violence training.  They have been saying this since Manhunt 2.  Their claim is that the Wii Remote allows us to act out the actions seen in the game.  We all know that hitting the B button on the Wii Remote is just like pulling the trigger on a gun, in fact, I don’t even have to walk anymore, I just use an analog stick.

Violence has always been around, even before video games.  It was in the Bible, it was in Homer and it still exists today.  I have been playing video games for years, and I am not immune to violence.  I feel horrible when anyone dies, it doesn’t matter how many times I have shot someone in Grand Theft Auto.  Playing video games does not teach me how to kill.

People, need to educate themselves.  I have said it before, and I will say it again…part of the responsibility of being a parent is understanding what your kids are playing and doing.  Some are not ready for that, and there is no excuse for not learning what your kids are playing.  I understand that kids will lie and keep secrets, but it is the parents job to learn what a video game is and what the ratings mean then decide what game is right for their kid.  Then again, these are some of the same parents who seem to think that Gamestop is another word for daycare.

With that, I off to play Super Mario Galaxy I am training to be an astronaut.

Article here: Wii Violence Training

We do according to a local Baltimore station.  ABC2 News had a recent story about sports type injuries caused by the Wii.  The problem here is the news outlets, if it causes any kind of worry whatsoever…print it.

It’s old news by now that TVs have been broken by flying Wii Remotes and people have received minor injuries from aspiring major league batters.  Now people are hurting themselves because they pitch too hard.  According to the report, one guy was out of work for over a month because of his injury.

Fear mongers rejoice, you have  a new target.  The Wii could put someone out of work for months.

P.S. Don’t let go of the Wii Remote when you swing.

Story here: Wii Have A Problem