411 Games Fact or Fiction 11.16.09: New Super Mario Bros. Sales, God of War, Guitar Hero 3, More

Posted by Adam Larck on 11.16.2009

Can New Super Mario Bros. Wii outsell Modern Warfare 2? Will you buy the God of War Collection? Was Guitar Hero 3 the best in the series? 411’s Ramon Aranda and Adam Larck take on these questions and more in this week’s 411 Fact or Fiction: Games!



Welcome back to another week of Fact or Fiction. Ramon was out this weekend covering the Pacquiao vs. Cotto match (check out his recap here and this week's column detailing the weekend here), but is still helping out with one side this week. I'll be taking the other.

Anyways, let's get to it!

1: New Super Mario Bros. Wii can outsell MW2.

Adam Larck: Fiction - I really think MW 2 has too much of a strong hold on the sales to be upset by New Super Mario Bros. I mean, MW 2 sold around 5 million copies on the first day alone, and is still currently racking up sales. I think NSMBW will do well for the Wii, but won't pull the numbers that MW 2 has. There was just too much hype and anticipation for MW 2 to increase the sales that Mario just hasn't seemed to generate.

Ramon Aranda: Fiction - I agree with Adam that the hype was over the top and the game is doing ridiculous sales numbers. As good as I expect NSMBW to be, I don't see it doing that well. Plus MW2 kicks major ass.

Score: 1 for 1

2: The toughest Ganon to beat is the one from Ocarina of Time.

Adam Larck: Fact - From what I remember I ran into quite a bit of difficulty with this one until I finally figured a pattern out. Until his pattern of attacks finally clicked in my head of where and how to dodge, I was trying to take his attacks head on and just strafe around him. Wasn't my best idea. Overall, though, I think the challenge that Ganon offered in OoT hasn't been matched by another Zelda.

Ramon Aranda: Fact - OoT Ganon is no joke and although I used to have problems with the first game, it doesn't compare with Ganon/Ganondorf. I figured him out too finally but for that first experience...he was tough!

Score: 2 for 2

3: You will buy the God of War Collection.

Adam Larck: Fact - I am doing this question with the assumption that I will have a PS3 by the end of the year. I was a big fan of GoW when the games first came out on the PS2, and a version of the game with updated graphics still seems like a lot of fun. Plus, I like the idea of being able to collect trophies for the games as well.

Ramon Aranda: Fact I never did play the GoW games originally but they did look pretty gnarly. Now that my fiancée has a PS3 I feel the need to go play them. The enhanced graphics will be a nice touch and they were some of the few games that tempted me to get a ps2 ...I'll be picking the collection up on day 1 for sure. I hear I missed out with the originals so I won't again.

Score: 3 for 3

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4: Your favorite Guitar Hero was GH3.

Ramon Aranda: Fact - Sure the first one was a great surprise but to me, nothing beats the soundtrack of #3. All those classic rock tracks are bad ass by themselves but rocking out to them was kick ass ...to me there's no better soundtrack period.

Adam Larck: Fact - I agree with Ramon here. I actually didn't play the first one until after I had played the third one (didn't get into the games till after GH2 hit the Xbox 360). Even after playing all of the rest, I still think the third had the best soundtrack out of the series. Even the bonus tracks were great to play. For Guitar Hero fans, GH3 is where it's at.

Score: 4 for 4

5: You would choose Battlefield 3 (if and when released) on the PC over a possible console version.

Ramon Aranda: Fact - Maybe it's because I have a soft spot for the BF2 which I worked on at EA along with the Special Forces expansion, but it just feels right on the PC. I have enjoyed the other console versions, but the gameplay is unmatched.

Adam Larck: Fiction - I'll be honest and admit that I'm not a big PC gamer. I like to play MMORPGs on it, but never have been able to get into shooters. If it ever does get released, I wouldn't mind checking it out on one of the consoles, but I'll leave the PC version to Ramon.

Score: 4 for 5 Finally! A disagreement.

6: Those Top-20 arcade machines (they had 20 Nintendo games to choose from) were awesome.

Ramon Aranda: Fiction - Yes they were kinda cool in that you had a bunch of games to choose from on one cabinet but you also had a time limit and that my friends, sucked balls. Also the game library wasn't always that great and more often than not they were dirty as shit. Damn Cheetos-fingered children!

Adam Larck: Fiction - When I've seen these machines they always featured one or two decent titles then all the rest were obscure or mediocre. The decent titles that were on there I normally owned at home, so I never could justify playing these games at an arcade. Plus, like Ramon said, the time limit that was installed on these to keep taking away quarters was complete BS. If we're good enough to keep playing, then let us play!

Final Score: 5 for 6

We finish off the week with a bit of disagreement, but an overall friendly 5 for 6 on the topics. Now it's your turn to give us your thoughts. Fact or Fiction? Let us know!