Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 Topped The Best-Selling Switch Games... In September?

This is why Nintendo prices the way they do.

I always knew that Super Mario Galaxy was a great game but until playing it again recently I'd forgotten just how good it was.

I find myself playing through it with a constant smile on my face.

It's an absolute masterpiece and it's never looked better now it's in 4K on my Switch 2..... I haven't even got to Galaxy 2 yet which I seem to remember was even better

I've just had a tiny orgasm thinking about it

It's interesting to have all sorts of analysts sharing all sorts of reporting and whatnot ... now just the physical charts don't make much sense to look at, but here we've got some games just physical and some others both physical and digital ... makes no sense whatsoever. So SMG1+2 would still be at the top, but just look at the period ... it's September. Oh yeah, until 4th October ...

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Pretty impressive to top the chart with just the first weekend of sales. Nintendo really is a powerhouse.

I don't think both of those Mario Galaxy games are the best.
I didn't enjoy to play the Wii version I already have.

And it's well-deserved! They hold up beautifully, and my only gripe is that we still don't have a treequel!

More evidence that "vocal backlash online" does not reflect the real world.

Nice to see Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles on number 2 there. Hopefully Square Enix see that and remastered Vagrant Story the same way. Vagrant Story is part of the Ivalice universe so I hope we get that one soon.

Both are great games but I’ve played and beaten them both multiple times.. Still haven’t pulled the trigger on a Switch 2 (even though it’s awesome).. Galaxy 3 would have been a console seller from me or Twilight Princes/Wind Waker or a new 3D Mario game.. my PS5 Pro does 3rd party games better than Nintendo but no one can do Nintendo games like Nintendo.. hopefully we get more first party games over the next few years

do you think the sep sales are pre orders?

Game so good it's number 1 before it's release date

@MoldyPasta I was thinking so too. But it's good to see it sell good so far

@Anti-Matter although you may not like either of them, that is your opinion. But in my opinion, I think both of those Mario Galaxy games are the best.
I did enjoy playing the Wii versions I used to have.

I just finished replaying SMG yesterday, Wii disc in my Wii U on my 75" 4k TV, and it held up really well. Not sure if the Wii U helps with some sort of upscaling of Wii games but I was impressed, and I'm very much a graphics person. Gameplay is still unique with all of the pointing, glad my Wii sensor bar was still on top of my TV after all these years. I still have 33 stars left before unlocking the last area but that's beyond me at this point, would rather just play 2.

It's probably worth the $70 if you haven't played these before and you like 3D platformer games. 👍

I finally bought it when I saw the price going down from 70 € to 55 on Amazon. It still annoys me that I had to get Galaxy twice (I had already got it with the Super Mario 3D Collection) to have Galaxy 2 physical, but at least Nintendo has come back to reality.

@Fazermint Yep. Because if you really look at this "vocal backlash" you'll see 3 things:

1. It's always a minority.
2. There is A LOT of people parroting others.
and 3. Most of them don't even play Nintendo games or own a Switch (2).

@Member_the_game Galaxy is fantastic, but Galaxy 2 has moments that rank among the most beautiful in all of gaming for me. The back half of Slimy Spring and the entirety of Cosmic Cove in particular still make me shake my head in astonishment, as old and jaded as I am.

You know what they say, all toasters toast toast

I have yet to buy Galaxy 2 (I played Galaxy on 3D Stars via Switch 2 in handheld mode and it was better than people say it is, so I'll stick with that one) but I can imagine it's still basically worth $40 since that's how much Metroid Prime Remastered costs and that's a lower tier (to Nintendo, not me) franchise.

Switch 2 was also the top seller in September, so good for Nintendo.

@Anti-Matter dude I had the same experience but when I got 3D all stars it totally changed my perspective.

I'm lefty so the Wii years were a little cruel to me, and having a standard button layout made all the difference in the world in that game.

@nuke13

It just tells us where they rank in September compared to other switch games.

Shhh don't tell them, people here love living in a parallel dimension and blaming others online outside NL for having a narrow view of the situation while theirs is even narrower.
It's an enclosure inside another enclosure, but they still haven't realized it.

Lovely to see Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 pulling some crazy numbers, and even in such a short amount of time! They're two of the best 3D platformers of all time IMO. The first Super Mario Galaxy is still my favorite 3D Mario title.

The sales period makes sense to me, if only because I deal with periods that don't fit perfectly into calendar months at my job all the time. September never means 9/1 through 9/30.

Nintendo really makes a strong case for their evergreen product model with these. Pretty wild how much time has passed and they're still as vibrant and fun as ever, and every bit worth the price of admission.

We need to stop putting stock in so-called online backlash. There's a strong consistent theme now of sales belying all the whinging about prices, releasing old games again, or anything Nintendo. Clearly we're reading people that were never buyers or are obvious Nintendo haters. Comments sections can't filter out these people, so they create a distortion of reality. Yet again, Nintendo knows their audience well. As far back as Super Mario Bros All Stars on the SNES, there's a huge market to play older games again, either with graphical improvements, reasons of nostalgia, or simply because a huge segment of Nintendo's CURRENT market never played such iconic games before. Yes, while you will get some whiners saying "I can still play these games on my Wii wah, wah, wah", these people aren't the target audience. Go pull out your Wii and tape the silly motion detector bar to your new OLED TV, if that excites you. Don't presume everyone's situation matches your own. It doesn't! Let those people that want these games to enjoy them. For myself, someone who boycotted the Wii and WU era, thank you, Nintendo, for reviving all these classic games on the Switch!

@HalBailman

Clearly we're reading people that were never buyers or are obvious Nintendo haters.

"Are those Nintendo haters in the room with us now?"

Seriously, you guys should drop the passive-aggressive “hater” word from your vocabulary. I’m still laughing about being called “an old games hater” just because I criticized NSO.

@SirLink I was clearly talking about "online" overall where we can't filter comments of actual interested Nintendo fans (like this website) with genuine criticism from the never buyers, trolls and haters that bomb general gaming sites and forums. They create a false perception of reality as is evidenced by the world record Switch 2 sales. Please don't quote comments out of context to make a crude and erroneous accusation either. It's rude and disgusting. I'll continue to use "hater" where merited. They exist. I never directed it to anyone here and, on the contrary to your snide accusation, I rarely if ever criticise anyone's opinion on this website because I respect it as valued Nintendo voices.

If someone accused you of being an "old games hater", may I join your club? 🤗 I'm one of the most vehement critics of NSO and often take digs at it. 🤭

No Mario Kart? Is that a first for these charts in several years? Does that mean the digital bundle was still available?