Smash Bros. Brawl busts million mark

Multiple delays for Super Smash Bros. Brawl haven't exactly deadened consumer enthusiasm for the anticipated title. According to a Reuters report citing figures from publisher Enterbrain, the game sold 1.08 million copies in Japan on its first 11 days of sale.

That sets a record pace for Japanese Wii software sales, according to the article. Wii Sports (which is sold as a stand-alone game in Japan but bundled with the hardware in other territories) managed the million milestone 11 weeks after release, while the more recent Wii Fit amassed that many sales in its first seven weeks on the market. After its first week on sale, Super Smash Bros. Brawl had racked up sales of nearly 820,000, according to Media Create.

The multimascot Nintendo fighter will get a chance to match those brawny sales figures when it sees a North American release on March 9, after being delayed from its originally announced December 2007 launch, as well as a follow-up February date.