Aeropodcast #118: Congressional Hearings You Know Where

Submitted by Shane Whitehouse on January 31, 2010 – 1:49 pm17 Comments

nintendo_wii_1 This week on the Aeropodcast, we had Joe and Joe discussing the insane numbers that Nintendo did during the month of December. The fact that the Nintendo Wii outsold the PS3, PS2, PSP and Xbox 360 combined was amazing. We also went back in time and reminisced about our very own Koss and his thoughts on the Wii’s sale trends through the holiday season. It was not pretty.

Also, we had a discussion about community, as we noticed a lot more of our listeners hitting up the forums this week, and that is great. However, we stressed the need for more of our listeners to show up and take part in a growing community.

As always, the podcast is mixed together by our very own Stephen “Kid Capri” Munn and his very own wheels of steel. Our bumper music, Droid Girl, is provided by Lazyitis, and make sure to visit their MySpace page.

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Tags: december 2009, glowy, insane sale numbers, inteface, lost, mass effect, natal, Nintendo Wii, npd, sick day, testicles

Jordan_Snyder

That is really coincidental. I just made a post in the forums about how more people need to partake in the community. Great minds think alike.
http://kaya122.wordpress.com kaya122

Im having trouble downloading it on zune
http://kaya122.wordpress.com kaya122

and also the derict download link isnt working ether
StephenJMunn

Our apologies. We're working on the issue.
http://kaya122.wordpress.com kaya122

Finally downloaded and the podcast ends at 6 min.
Jordan_Snyder

Same here. I'm using iTunes, though.
Jordan_Snyder

Take your time. I'm not going anywhere.
http://www.fourhman.com Joe Fourhman

We here at Aeropause hope you enjoyed those six minutes.
StephenJMunn

Yeah, I'm still trying to upload the file and it keeps stopping, when it connects at all.
Jordan_Snyder

Six minutes is about all I can take of Fourhman anyway. I bet you didn't know this, but I actually have to take breaks at six minute intervals during every episode to vomit. JK, love ya Fourhman.
http://www.aeropause.com mclazyj

Uploading it as we speak. Should be done shortly.
http://www.aeropause.com mclazyj

Apparently, I completely forgot to uploading it during my post creation and what not. My mistake. By the time you read this, it should be downloading accordingly.
http://www.fourhman.com Joe Fourhman

Like Red Hots, Rod Stewart, and Animal Crossing, I am best in small doses.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Sadowski/506807615 Tony Sadowski

I love Wii-focused Aeropodcast. I love hearing you fumble to understand why New Mario Wii is such a hit/bigger than Galaxy. I love that Koss was MIA for his public shaming.

I like when I'm mentioned, too. Always, not just on this podcast. Truly, I'll pay attention to anything that talks about me. It's my favorite subject…next to Nintendo's chronic success and its devastating impact on all who dare question TEH BIGG ENNNN!
http://www.fourhman.com Joe Fourhman

I don't think anybody predicted that NSMBW would sell as well as it has. It arrived in a busy holiday season, was not included in many platform-agnostic GOTY lists, and was at the tail end of a dull year for Nintendo. Galaxy had huge hype behind it and was cock-of-the-walk for months. With NSMBW, most of the online discussion was solely about the plusses/minuses of the Super Guide feature.

But the casualies came out in force. It will be interesting to see if Galaxy 2 tops both of them, thanks to the increased numbers of Wiis out there, or if the genuine reason behind NSMBW's success was due to the intense similarity to the classic Mario games (thus not as threatening to non-gamer/lapsed-gamer/casual gamer Wii owners.)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Sadowski/506807615 Tony Sadowski

I love Wii-focused Aeropodcast. I love hearing you fumble to understand why New Mario Wii is such a hit/bigger than Galaxy. I love that Koss was MIA for his public shaming.

I like when I'm mentioned, too. Always, not just on this podcast. Truly, I'll pay attention to anything that talks about me. It's my favorite subject…next to Nintendo's chronic success and its devastating impact on all who dare question TEH BIGG ENNNN!
http://www.fourhman.com Joe Fourhman

I don't think anybody predicted that NSMBW would sell as well as it has. It arrived in a busy holiday season, was not included in many platform-agnostic GOTY lists, and was at the tail end of a dull year for Nintendo. Galaxy had huge hype behind it and was cock-of-the-walk for months. With NSMBW, most of the online discussion was solely about the plusses/minuses of the Super Guide feature.

But the casualies came out in force. It will be interesting to see if Galaxy 2 tops both of them, thanks to the increased numbers of Wiis out there, or if the genuine reason behind NSMBW's success was due to the intense similarity to the classic Mario games (thus not as threatening to non-gamer/lapsed-gamer/casual gamer Wii owners.)