Japan Has Logged Over 1 Million Hours in Super Mario World

**Valigarmander** · 11-22-2010, 10:41 AM

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Sunday, November 21st was the twentieth anniversary of the Super Famicom, the Japanese predecessor to the Super Nintendo. This means that Super Mario World, one of two launch titles, is also 20 years old. To commemorate the occasion, Japanese gaming blog Inside Games looked at the official play statistics from Nintendo for Super Mario World on the Wii's Virtual Console. The numbers are impressive.

According to the report, Japanese gamers have played Super Mario World 1,360,629 times for a total of 1,066,109 hours. That's over 121 years of playtime in just under four years on the digital marketplace. Per user, that breaks down to 13.59 times and 10 hours, 40 minutes.

However, November 21st is also the anniversary of the Japanese release of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. That game originally came out one year after Super Mario World but the two games were released simultaneously on the Virtual Console. Inside Games looked at Zelda's numbers as a point of comparison.

Nintendo's statistics show that Japanese gamers have played Link to the Past 292,454 times for a total of 385,811 hours, a mere 44 years. However, the average gamer played Zelda more times (18.88) and for longer (11 hours, 43 minutes) than Mario.

It's funny, I just replayed SMW the other day.

Glux · 11-22-2010, 11:13 AM

That's cool. I wish each individual Wii kept track of total play times.

I know they do for each day, but I mean all-time.

***Cosmonautical*** · 11-22-2010, 11:29 AM

Is that all?

Robotazy · 11-22-2010, 11:29 AM

And I think to myself.....

Super Mario Woooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrld

**Loot** · 11-22-2010, 03:14 PM

This fails to account for Kaizo and other insane edits.

Antisocial · 11-22-2010, 03:17 PM

^ One million save states, maybe.

Jailbreaker · 11-22-2010, 07:11 PM

Does this seem a bit low to anyone else?

Seriously. It feels like they'd have at least ten times that much, for some reason.

I am nobody · 11-22-2010, 07:53 PM

That's a lot less than what I would've guessed. 1 million hours over 4 years for ~100,000 users aren't exactly mind-blowing numbers.

***CaptHayfever*** · 11-22-2010, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Loot

This fails to account for Kaizo and other insane edits.

Because there a lot of time was spent waiting for Pokey to move faster.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

11-22-2010, 03:17 PM	#6
Antisocial Janitor Join Date: May 2000 Gender: Posts: 11,471 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1,296 Times in 536 Posts	The Wii Remote becomes a lethal projectile. ^ One million save states, maybe.

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Glux Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Home Gender: Posts: 7,121 Thanks: 647 Thanked 360 Times in 236 Posts Blog Entries: 3	That's cool. I wish each individual Wii kept track of total play times. I know they do for each day, but I mean all-time.

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Is that all?

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Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	And I think to myself..... Super Mario Woooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrld

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Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	This fails to account for Kaizo and other insane edits.

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Jailbreaker Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Not in jail anymore, yay! Gender: Posts: 3,482 Thanks: 1,074 Thanked 185 Times in 118 Posts	Does this seem a bit low to anyone else? Seriously. It feels like they'd have at least ten times that much, for some reason.

11-22-2010, 07:53 PM	#8
I am nobody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Over there. Gender: Posts: 5,515 Thanks: 309 Thanked 365 Times in 242 Posts Blog Entries: 7	That's a lot less than what I would've guessed. 1 million hours over 4 years for ~100,000 users aren't exactly mind-blowing numbers.