Japan Sees 900,000 First Week Sales For New Mario
December set for clash of video gaming titans.
What will be the hottest selling game over the Christmas period in Japan? Final Fantasy XIII? Possibly, but it’s not such a sure bet anymore - according to Famitsu, Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold 936,734 copies in three days.
Mario’s latest Wii outing was released on 3rd December in Japan. The figures are correct as of 6th December, which is than triple the sales of current software chart topper, Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue (roughly 306,000 units).
Not only is it very likely to dominate the Japanese software charts for the week, but it also outperformed Super Smash Bros. Brawl as the fastest-selling Nintendo Wii game in the country. Time will tell if the phenomenal performance of NSMBWii will translate to a jump in Wii hardware sales, but if nothing else it will set quite the bar for Square Enix to overcome. Game on.
Mario’s latest Wii outing was released on 3rd December in Japan. The figures are correct as of 6th December, which is than triple the sales of current software chart topper, Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue (roughly 306,000 units).
Not only is it very likely to dominate the Japanese software charts for the week, but it also outperformed Super Smash Bros. Brawl as the fastest-selling Nintendo Wii game in the country. Time will tell if the phenomenal performance of NSMBWii will translate to a jump in Wii hardware sales, but if nothing else it will set quite the bar for Square Enix to overcome. Game on.
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Sam 7 Dec 2009 12:06
1/2
Blown my mind.
That is just... awesome.
FFXIII watch out...
That is just... awesome.
FFXIII watch out...
Limitz 7 Dec 2009 13:35
2/2
Honustly? FF13 has 700k pre orders for just the game in japan.... its easly gonna do 1mil first day nevermind 3 days. I dont think NSMBW will come close to the sales that FF13 will. FF13 will sell 2-3 mil easy first week.