Just as we suspected, those giant queues spotted in downtown Shinjuku weren't just there for Devil May Cry 4, Disgaea 3, or spare batteries. They were there for Brawl, which, according to Japanese blogger and sales hound Sinobi, sold half a million units on its first day of release. If Sinobi is correct, that's double what Super Mario Galaxy managed in its opening week, and a figure that could yet see Brawl beat the 900,000 sales racked up by New Super Mario Bros. in its first week of sales.
On a less exultant note, Sinobi also reports that Namco Bandai's Family Ski could only muster 10,000 sales. For shame, Japan!
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