There are five million mini-Marios in our hands

27 Jan 2012 at 14:29:35 by John Robertson

Super Mario 3D Land has become the first Nintendo 3DS game to exceed five million sales, making us all a little guilty for the proliferation of the fat, ugly little plumber.

The platform is the best selling game on the handheld by a decent margin, with Mario Kart 7 in second with sells of just over 4.5 million. Next is even further behind, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D with 2.49 million.

Compared to games on the original DS those numbers are lacklustre, though. New Super Mario Bros. chalked up over 28.7 million copies and Mario Kart DS 22.3 million.

Of course, the 3DS has a long way to go before it reaches the DS' age.

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