Home > Huge Jump in Wii U Sales in Japan - From 2,000 to 38,000
In a huge success for Nintendo's latest home console, the Wii U managed to ship 38,000 units last week. The software primarily responsible for this is Wii Party U, which accompanied New Super Mario Bros. U and Wii Karaoke U in a bundle. It's also been reported that Gamestop and Target are completely sold out of the recently announced Mario & Luigi Wii U bundle. What do you think of this recent boost in sales? Do you think the momentum will continue into the holiday season? You can hit the jump for full media create sales.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
[3DS] Pokemon X and Y (Nintendo, 10/12/13) – 162,347 (2,731,470)
[PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2013 (Konami, 10/24/13) – 52,826 (136,709)
[3DS] Danball Senki Wars (Level-5, 10/31/13) – 50,217 (New)
[3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom, 09/14/13) – 46,729 (2,872,106)
[PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2013 (Konami, 10/24/13) – 38,179 (74,181)
[Wii U] Wii Party U (Nintendo, 10/31/13) – 37,371 (New)
[PSV] Gundam Breaker (Namco Bandai, 10/31/13) – 33,775 (New)
[PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two, 10/10/13) – 32,666 (531,266)
[PSV] Hyperdimension Neptunia Re; Birth 1 (Compile Heart, 10/31/13) – 31,811 (New)
[PS3] Tears to Tiara II: Haou no Matsuei (Aquaplus, 10/31/13) – 24,422 (New)
[PS3] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (Arc System Works, 10/24/13) – 14,307 (86,771)
[3DS] Sentouchu Densetsu no Shinobi to Survival Battle (Namco Bandai, 10/17/13) – 13,563 (76,137)
[PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2013 (Konami, 10/24/13) – 12,866 (37,197)
[PSP] Diabolik Lovers More, Blood (Idea Factory, 10/24/13) – 5,929 (16,411)
[3DS] Tomodachi Collection: New Life (Nintendo, 04/18/13) – 5,421 (1,485,035)
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 5,263 (3,456,116)
[PSP] Shinsou Version: Heart no Kuni no Alice Wonderful Wonder World (QuinRose, 10/31/13) – 4,811 (New)
[PSV] DanganRonpa 1&2 Reload (Spike Chunsoft, 10/10/13) – 4,412 (100,574)
[PSP] Seishun Hajimemashita! (Honeybee, 10/31/13) – 4,352 (New)
[3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life (Namco Bandai, 08/01/13) – 4,156 (305,203)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week's sales)
3DS LL – 58,627 (69,001)
Wii U – 38,802 (2,598)
3DS – 29,749 (40,507)
PlayStation Vita – 27,618 (24,513)
PlayStation 3 – 11,148 (11,460)
PSP – 3,680 (3,807)
Wii – 477 (742)
Xbox 360 – 328 (351)
Source:
Gematsu.com
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Rial Johnson founded Nintendo Castle in 2011 with hopes to build the largest collection of Nintendo walkthroughs, guides, and content on the web. He is an avid gamer with a special place in his heart for Nintendo, but often finds himself writing about games more than actually playing them. You'll likely see him around Nintendo Castle and on social media, mostly managing the front-end content of the site.
