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 ===Sales===
-''Super Mario Galaxy'' was a commercial success, selling 350,000 units in Japan within its first few weeks of sale.<ref>Kohler, Chris. "[https://www.wired.com/2007/11/super-mario-gal/amp ''Super Mario Galaxy'' Makes Sales Splash In America]." ''WIRED'', 21 Nov. 2007. Accessed 21 Mar. 2021.</ref> In the United States, the game sold over 500,000 units within its first week of release, earning it the highest first-week sales for a ''Super Mario'' game in the country at the time.<ref name=raby>Raby, Mark. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122419/http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Wii-Mario-Nintendo,news-26933.html Super Mario Galaxy sees record first week sales]" [archived from [http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Wii-Mario-Nintendo%2Cnews-26933.html the original]]. ''Tom's Hardware'', 27 Nov. 2007. Accessed 21 Mar. 2021.</ref> Within its first two days on sale in the United Kingdom, the game was the fifth best selling piece of software.<ref>Martin, Matt. "[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/super-mario-galaxy-breaks-500k-sales-in-first-week Super Mario Galaxy breaks 500k sales in first week]." ''GamesIndustry.biz'', 21 Nov. 2007. Accessed 8 Jan. 2024.</ref> In 2008, [[Nintendo]] reported that the game was one of the titles that significantly contributed to a rise of console sales for the proceeding fiscal year.<ref>[[Nintendo|Nintendo Co., Ltd.]] "[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/annual0803e.pdf Analysis of Operations and Financial Review]." ''Annual Report 2008'', 2008.</ref> ''Super Mario Galaxy'' has the ninth best lifetime sales of all [[Wii]] software and the third best of software to have never been bundled with the console, having sold 12.8 million copies worldwide as of September 30, 2023.<ref>[[Nintendo|Nintendo Co., Ltd.]] "[https://web.archive.org/web/20231205011609/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wii.html IR Information : Financial Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units - Wii Software]" [archived from [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wii.html the original]]. ''Nintendo Co., Ltd.'', 30 Sept. 2023. Accessed 8 Jan. 2024.</ref>
+''Super Mario Galaxy'' was a commercial success, selling 350,000 units in Japan within its first few weeks of sale.<ref>{{cite|author=Kohler, Chris|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/11/super-mario-gal/amp|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' Makes Sales Splash In America|publisher=''WIRED''|date=21 Nov. 2007|accessdate=21 Mar. 2021}}</ref> In the United States, the game sold over 500,000 units within its first week of release, earning it the highest first-week sales for a ''Super Mario'' game in the country at the time.<ref name=raby>{{cite|author=Raby, Mark|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122419/http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Wii-Mario-Nintendo,news-26933.html|title=Super Mario Galaxy sees record first week sales|deadlink=http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Wii-Mario-Nintendo%2Cnews-26933.html|publisher=''Tom's Hardware''|date=27 Nov. 2007|accessdate=21 Mar. 2021}}</ref> Within its first two days on sale in the United Kingdom, the game was the fifth best selling piece of software.<ref>{{cite|author=Martin, Matt|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/super-mario-galaxy-breaks-500k-sales-in-first-week|title=Super Mario Galaxy breaks 500k sales in first week|publisher=''GamesIndustry.biz''|date=21 Nov. 2007|accessdate=8 Jan. 2024}}</ref> In 2008, [[Nintendo]] reported that the game was one of the titles that significantly contributed to a rise of console sales for the proceeding fiscal year.<ref>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo|Nintendo Co., Ltd.]]|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/annual0803e.pdf|format=PDF|title=Analysis of Operations and Financial Review|publisher=''Annual Report 2008''|date=2008}}</ref> ''Super Mario Galaxy'' has the ninth best lifetime sales of all [[Wii]] software and the third best of software to have never been bundled with the console, having sold 12.8 million copies worldwide as of September 30, 2023.<ref>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo|Nintendo Co., Ltd.]]|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205011609/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wii.html|title=IR Information : Financial Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units - Wii Software|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wii.html the original|publisher=''Nintendo Co., Ltd.''|date=30 Sept. 2023|accessdate=8 Jan. 2024}}</ref>
 ===Accolades===