Mario Kart Wii Races Past 30 Million Sales Milestone

Awesome. Cheers to Nintendo for making great games (although MKWii sucked).

Its good to see it selling so well as IMO its the best game in the series but the EU release date is wrong. It came out on the 11th April 2008, not the 10th. I remember getting this awesome game for my birthday on the day it came out.

Fantastic.

I hope they don't beat super mario brothers (was it 1 or 3?) as best selling Nintendo game of all time. SMB was a classic! I'll be sad to see the record go...

EDIT: Crap, nevermind, Wii Sports already did that.

Well deserved.

It may be the worst in the series, but it was still awesome.

WHAT THE--and I thought Super Mario Galaxy was WAY better than NSMB Wii...don't get me wrong, I like both but I personally loved Galaxy better. But I seriously have no words to describe how much I was breath-taken the first time I played Super Mario Galaxy 1. In my opinion, there will never be a game that tops SMG 1 and 2 EVER! Not even another Mario game. Gravity was the best thing that hit Nintendo...anyone feel the same way?

@Jumbif

In my opinion, MK Super Circuit was the worst in the series, and not even good. -_-

I'M ONE OF THE 30 MILLION!!!!!!
in my opinion super mario kart that i got off virtual consle service i didn't like it sure it was a classic but the controls are so annoying!!! Xp

Nah, Mario Kart Wii is way better than Mario Kart 7.

I agree with DarkSquid. 12 player with practically no lag. And it has no stupid Maka Wuhu glitch.

12 players was one of the reasons why MKW's item balance sucked...50% more players = 50% more items hitting you. As far as I know there is practically no lag in MK7 as well, and it runs at 60fps which makes it even more impressive. And MK7 has no stupid Grumble Volcano glitch, Mushroom Gorge glitch, or Wario's Gold Mine glitch.

Im not surprised. Mario Kart Wii is the best mario kart title. (besides the Snes one)
1. you can actully steer
2. you can ride motercycles.
3. the tracks are awsome!

Does anybody still play MKWii? Hahaha XD.

@Stardust I still count SMB as the best selling game ever. It would be unfair to count Wii sports as it came with every Wii for a long time.

Wow ! Makes me wish i could play all of its tracks on the 3DS.
Also a welcome excuse to look at the all time best sellers list again.
@mariofanatic128: Wasn't SMB also bundled with the majority of NES's ?

Shame though that the best of the three (Super Mario Galaxy) has had the least amount of sales.

Is okay, I thought that Skyward sales would be higher but are not bad.

@battleTOAD I don't think it was with as many NES's as Wii sports was with the Wii but I'm not completely sure.

The success is mixed bag. It sends a strong message that Nintendo doesn't need a robust lobby and matchmaking system that MS/Sony provides. It also was a blackhole of sorts, negating most other racing games on the wii. And (maybe it's personal taste), but without a ghost item from 64, too much was sacrificed on the altar of last minute wins and rubber band competitions. Still a good game, but frustrating.

I am not one of the 30 million!

I decided to skip that one and get MK7 instead. And so far I feel I made the right choice: No Waluigi, no babies and all of my friends agree in that the AI is a lot more manageable in 7.

I had no idea SMG1 had reached the 10 million mark. I agree with Alex C, I would not mind if EAD Tokyo takes over the Mario games from now on. Also great numbers for Skyward Sword so early in its shelf life.

Incredible sales, good job Nintendo!
Mario Kart 64 is still my fav though:)

The reason for the high Mario Kart sales is because it's bundled. Or it was bundled. I'm not sure if it is bundled with the new Wii.

All the more reason they should start launching their systems with Mario games again.

No surprise - it IS a mario kart game bundled with the system

There's ALWAYS money in the banana stand.

I'm not sure which I like more honestly. To me MKW and MK7 seem to have an equal amount of pros and cons in different areas.

Mariokart wii, I love the motion control steering with the wii wheel brilliant. Mariokart 7 i sometimes use the gyro as i find it more challengingi just wish you could do it 3rd person as well. The 3d is awesome.

Mario Kart Wii DID NOT suck. It's this title in the series that got me into after ignoring it since the first SNES game hit in the '90s.

I still play it online to this day.