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The 3DS has sold over 5 million units sold in the US, according to Nintendo. That statistic is based on data collected by NPD Group.

Other notable updates include:

  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D became the third Nintendo 3DS title to sell more than 1 million units, joining Super Mario 3D Land (2.1 million units sold life to date) and Mario Kart 7 (1.75 million units sold life to date).
  • For the month, two of the top five and nine of the top 25 best-selling software SKUs play on Nintendo platforms.
  • For the second month in a row, Nintendo held a 75 percent market share for portable hardware in the United States.
  • Nintendo sold more than 400,000 total hardware units in June and saw double-digit growth across each of its product lines compared to May. This includes more than 155,000 Nintendo 3DS systems, more than 150,000 units of the Nintendo DS family of systems and nearly 95,000 Wii consoles.

You can find Nintendo’s entire response to the June 2012 NPD below.







This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

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Johnny Kung Fu™ – The evil Mr. Wang Gang has kidnapped Johnny’s girlfriend. Become a kung fu expert and fight to rescue her in this old-school action game that mixes the old with the new. (For Nintendo 3DS™)

Kirby’s Pinball Land™ – The Nintendo eShop “8-bit Summer” series continues with this classic Kirby™ game from 1993. It’s a pinball race to check out surprise enemies and pitfalls in a number of fast-paced, uncharted worlds. (For Nintendo 3DS)


Activision has announced its San Diego Comic-Con 2012 lineup.

For Nintendo fans, Transformers Prime will be playable. It’s coming to the Wii, 3DS, and DS.

More details can be found below.


01./01. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) {2012.06.23} (¥4.800) – 184.648 / 2.167.166
02./00. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV: Denshou no Kyojin (Atlus) {2012.07.05} (¥6.279) – 95.506 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost (Level 5) {2012.07.05} (¥4.400) – 54.354 / NEW
04./00. [PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.230) – 38.640 / NEW
05./00. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) – 29.630 / NEW
06./05. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D # (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (¥5.490) – 27.827 / 794.207 (-43%)
07./00. [PS3] Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (Ubisoft) {2012.07.05} (¥7.770) – 23.319 / NEW
08./00. [PS3] Max Anarchy (Sega) {2012.07.05} (¥7.980) – 21.916 / NEW
09./02. [PS3] Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of the Land of Twilight (Gust) {2012.06.28} (¥7.140) – 13.785 / 74.333
10./03. [3DS] Culdcept (Nintendo) {2012.06.28} (¥4.800) – 12.019 / 67.488
11./13. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (¥5.800) – 11.150 / 472.324
12./15. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) {2012.05.24} (¥4.800) – 8.715 / 218.263
13./11. [PSV] Persona 4 Golden (Atlus) {2012.06.14} (¥7.329) – 7.883 / 189.749
14./06. [PS3] Resident Evil Chronicles HD Selection (Capcom) {2012.06.28} (¥4.990) – 7.728 / 41.121
15./13. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2012.06.07} (¥4.980) – 7.609 / 185.013
16./04. [PS3] Robotics;Notes # (5pb.) {2012.06.28} (¥7.140) – 7.511 / 62.264
17./00. [360] Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (Ubisoft) {2012.07.05} (¥7.770) – 6.489 / NEW
18./08. [PSV] Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (Konami) {2012.06.28} (¥4.980) – 6.458 / 26.597
19./19. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) – 5.783 / 1.643.564
20./16. [PSP] Kenka Bancho Bros: Tokyo Battle Royale (Spike) {2012.06.21} (¥5.229) – 5.714 / 38.809

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Future copies of 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors will be re-braded. The cover will now feature the label “Zero Escape Volume 1: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors”.

Virtue’s Last Reward is the second “volume” in the Zero Escape series. It’ll be released in October.

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS – 52,421
PS3 – 14,536
Vita – 13,758
PSP – 10,999
Wii – 6,818
PS2 – 1,123
Xbox 360 – 967
DSi LL – 560
DSi – 550

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 66,391
Vita – 25,636
PS3 – 17,292
PSP – 10,674
Wii – 6,987
PS2 – 1,250
Xbox 360 – 1,156
DSi – 840
DSi LL – 728



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