I must also provide this bit of information. If you look here at the Customer Reviews on Game Stop, you'll see 215 reviews averaging 4 out of 5 stars! And reading through them you can see that lots of old people really like this game. But really, it's the average of 4 out of 5 stars.
Also here at Amazon is the same thing. Average rating of 4 out of 5 for customer reviews. And here is the same thing i noticed with age: "We are a two adult, no children household. We look for Wii games that are suitable for many players (we like to have friends over to play), and that are very engaging, and fun. We don't like war/shooter games or games that are too juvenile. We also try to find games that are structured around the unique Wii experience. (Ie, we don't buy racing games and others that... Read the full review › "
@Just_Ben, "Brain Training was by far Game of the Week in the last Chart Track sales update from the UK, selling more copies across a seven-day period than any other in the country. However, this week the big winner is Mario & Sonic on Wii, thanks to Sega’s on-going marketing campaign. The game has topped the All Formats chart, beating the No.2 game by just 330 sales units, rising 39% over last week’s total (which itself had been a new record for the fastest selling Wii game over seven days – seems that record did not last long and the bar has been set much higher!). Retailer bundles also helped the Olympic-themed title, making it Sonic’s first No.1 since Sonic Mega Collection Plus back at the start of 2005 and Mario’s first since way back in 2002 when Super Mario Sunshine hit the top on GameCube." - link
"The game’s sudden rise to the top can be attributed in large part to its inclusion in several unofficial retail hardware bundles – generally the only way the supply constrained Wii is now sold in the UK. Similar bundles also accounted for the sudden re-appearance of Mario Party 8 at number four in the charts, as well as Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 at number twenty." - link
Okay so perhaps i exagerated on the impact of the retailer bundles, however the fact it is #1 in UK for first week in December is still not to be overlooked. Coupled with the 330,000 sold in the USA in November, the game is probably over 1 mil already. Also, being number 1 in the UK for a week...how many games does that mean?
This game has been selling very well around the world. And apparently it's being bundled in Europe which has helped it overcome NFS:PS (in UK) which was predicted to be the number one selling game over there for December. I think the lifetime stock should be over 200DKP easily. I think it has huge appeal for parents buying Wii's or Wii games for kids 5 to 10 years old here in the USA. And the bundling of course will help because they must have bundled at least half of their Wii's (400k) for the season so that's...i don't know...over 2million life time :p
The Sega published Wii-exclusive title claims a personal best weekly sales figure, up 39% on last week, making it far and away the best performing Wii game over any 7-day period. Sega’s All Formats gold medal win can be seen as ‘wind assisted’ due to it being a major part of several Wii retailer bundles.The All Formats Top 5 is very competitive this week with just 8,000 units separating ‘Mario and Sonic’ at No1 and ‘FIFA 08’ at No5.
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Also here at Amazon is the same thing. Average rating of 4 out of 5 for customer reviews. And here is the same thing i noticed with age: "We are a two adult, no children household. We look for Wii games that are suitable for many players (we like to have friends over to play), and that are very engaging, and fun. We don't like war/shooter games or games that are too juvenile. We also try to find games that are structured around the unique Wii experience. (Ie, we don't buy racing games and others that...
Read the full review › "