Mario & Luigi: Dream Team sold just 99,972 copies in its first week in Japan with a sell-through rate of 25.49%. This is quite low given the performance of the series’ previous title.
To compare, Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story moved 192,945 units in its first week with a 86.75% sell-through rate. Not only did the DS game sell more, it also did so with a smaller shipment. Consumers who purchased Bowser’s Inside Story were made up of a large audience – including grade school students and people in their thirties.
In its weekly report, Media Create mentions how Pikmin 3 launched one week prior to Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and was also a highly-anticipated release from Nintendo. That may have negatively impacted the word of mouth of the 3DS title.
The full Metal Max 4 website has opened, and you can reach it by visiting this link. As usual, you can view various screenshots – and assuming you can read Japanese – read up on gameplay details.
Nintendo has gone ahead and opened an official announcement community on Miiverse for the Earthbound series. It’s home to the “official source for the latest EarthBound news and information.”
This naturally begs the question: what kind of news could Nintendo have in store for EarthBound?
You can visit the community here.
The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Pikmin 3 – Nintendo
2. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
4. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
5. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
6. Injustice: Gods Among Us – Warner Bros. Interactive
7. Game & Wario – Nintendo
8. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
10. ZombiU – Ubisoft
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Nintendo
3. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D – Nintendo
8. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
9. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity – Nintendo
10. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
UK retailer GAME is handing out a pre-order bonus for Pokemon X/Y. Those who reserve the game will receive a game card holder, pictured above.
Pokemon X/Y launches worldwide on October 12.
News of a brand new title coming from Shigeru Miyamoto first appeared during an interview with Famitsu. Miyamoto has now mentioned the project for a second time, which is “actually getting busier lately.”
Of the new title, Miyamoto said the following in an interview with Nielsthooft:
“I happen to be working on a completely new game even now. The project is actually getting busier lately.”
You can find Miyamoto’s full interview with Nielsthooft here.
