Most pirated 3D platform videogame

- Who
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo, 2010)
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- June 2011
According to downloading news site Torrentfreak.com, which collates data annually from all public BitTorrent trackers, Super Mario Galaxy 2 was downloaded over 1.4 million times from its release on 23 May 2010 to the end of December the same year. This beat the 1.1 million times New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, 2009) was downloaded.
Trivia
Does New Super Mario Bros. Wii prove that 2D is better than 3D when it comes to platformers? Whatever your preference, it is comfortably the biggest-selling platformer of its generation, having outsold both Super Mario Galaxy titles put together. With sales of 22 million copies and counting, it’s the third biggest- seller of all time in its genre, beaten only by New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo EAD, 2006) on the DS and the original Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo, 1985) on the NES. The 2D vs 3D debate goes on...