Prior to its release in November last year, Nintendo expressed great confidence in New Super Mario Bros. Wii‘s ability to compete in the marketplace. And according to the latest sales charts from Japan’s Weekly Famitsu, it appears that confidence was well-placed.

See, it’s not all doom and gloom for the 360 after all! According to the NPD Group’s data, Microsoft is leading the videogame industry in several areas. They had a big year overall – December hardware sales were on par with the Wii ,while 360 software sales took the lead with games like Call of [...]