Animal Crossing: New Leaf ships 600,000 copies in Japan, 200k downloads

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is off to a tremendous start in Japan. Approximately 600,000 retail copies were sold in its debut week, with another 200,000 sales coming from downloads on the eShop.

New Leaf is experiencing widespread sell-outs across Japan – download cards included. Nintendo will ship another 100,000 copies in the first half of this week. Later in the week, 200,000 more units will be shipped out.

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