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I found a what I think is a flaw in the methodology and started to write a comment, but it turned into its own article. If you've ever wondered what the entropy of the Mario colour sequence is, let's find out! https://entropicthoughts.com/the-most-mario-colour-revisited

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Wow, your website's design (and content) really remind me of Gwern.net or LessWrong. Were those the main inspiration?

You could, if you wanted to, add 13.47 million sales of 3D World to your chart. That might change some numbers, but not in your favor.

“As of March 2024, Bowser's Fury has sold 13.47 million units worldwide in association with the Switch version of 3D World, making it one of the best-selling games on the console.”

Also your Sparks of Hope number only represents physical copies sold in the first week in Japan only. It’s about 3 million now.

Might be worth double-checking your numbers across the board.

Drat! I did not intend for this to become a long quest for accuracy. I do welcome the corrections, though.

It’s a little funny that the reason you wrote your own was because you found mine to be flawed, only to find out there were flaws in your own that might swing the whole conclusion you were hoping for!

To be clear, I'm not as invested into the conclusion as it may seem. The jabs in the direction of Mario 64 are mainly an attempt at humour. My actual preference is for the early white non-polygonal title designs.

But yes, this is Muphry's law in action. ;)

I read this, and then a couple others of your posts -- I love your approach and interests, internet stranger! When I "grow up" I want to be more like you

edit: I'm also a big fan of your obvious love and devotion to your wife :)

I'm curious why you have your post set to be posted on 2025-06-24 instead today? Is that to maintain a post schedule?

Yes, I write in intense bursts, and I have previously gotten feedback from RSS subscribers that it's hard to keep up when long periods of silence are followed by a dump of ten articles in two weeks. So I try to splay publish times a bit.

(Also far from all of the articles in that six-month queue are finished, but far along enough that I've picked a publish date for them.)

I found what I think is a flaw in your methodology: you did not use the Mario font in your post.

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