Nintendo’s highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii has proved it has what it takes, and more! The title smashed records by selling a whopping 820 000 copies in its first week on the Japanese sales charts.

The latest figures from Media Create have been hotly anticipated after rumours about early sales figures leaked from Famitsu. Brawl fans from around the world were whipped into a frenzy with reports that first day sales of SSBB had reached 500 000 copies and that it had sold through 80% of its initial stock. The latest installment in the Smash series was released in Japan on the 31st of January but North American gamers can only enter the brawl on the 9th of March while European gamers are still uncertain about a PAL release date (despite rumours circulating about a 1st of June release date, no official announcement has yet been made).

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