The market research firm Media Create has announced that Nintendo has sold 400.000 copies of Super Mario Sunshine so far in Japan. That is good news! Chances are big that the game will be sold in big numbers than Nintendo's mega hit Super Smash Bros Melee, which sold over a million copies in Japan.

Also, Mario is still on the no1 spot in the daily Japanese software charts. Check 'm out:

Charts 22-07-2002:
1. Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo) Gamecube
2. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 9 (Konami) PlayStation2
3. Kamaitachi no Yoru 2 (Chunsoft) PlayStation2
4. My Summer 2: Chapter of Sea Adventure (Sony) PlayStation2
5. Saru! Get You! 2 (Sony) PlayStation2
6. Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Aladdin A (Sammy) PlayStation2
7. Genso Suikoden III (Konami) PlayStation2
8. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 9 (Konami) Gamecube
9. Hikaru no Go 2 (Konami) Game Boy Advance
10. Crash Bandicoot Advance (Konami) Game Boy Advance

We will keep you udpated!