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Retro-Edit: Super Mario Brothers Returns

Retro-Edit: Super Mario Brothers Returns

By Piers Fawkes on July 18, 2006

One of the trends we track in the left hand bar is the Retro-Edit trend where we see a prevalent look back to the past – both borrowing from that time and using old products from that time. It doesn’t have to be that long ago, thought. This story about the sales of the Super Mario Brothers game just shows how popular old-school (inspired) gaming is. Reuters says:

Nintendo of America’s “New Super Mario Bros” grabbed the No. 1 spot on the U.S. video game sales chart in June for the second month in a row with 453,000 units sold, according to market research firm NPD Group.

Technology News Article | Reuters.com

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