Update: Precise data from Famitsu is in. Wii U sold 308,570 over the weekend. Other sales:
New Super Mario Bros. U – 170,563 units
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – 110,159 units
Nintendo Land – 78,461 units
Gamekult is reporting, via Famitsu/Enterbrain, that the Wii U sold 307,471 units in Japan over the weekend.
Nintendo launched the new console on Saturday. If Gamekult is correct, Wii U managed to hit the 300,000 units sold mark in two days of availability.
The site also shared the following software sales data:
New Super Mario Bros. U – 160,140 (57.6% sell-through)
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – 106,454 (72.6%)
Nintendo Land – 66,583 (30%)
ZombiU – 10,680 copies (28.8%)
Warriors Ororchi 3 Hyper – 7,252 copies (16.2%)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition – 4,951 copies (16.9%)
Nintendo Land’s sales are rather disappointing so far. Remember: the game isn’t bundled in either the Deluxe or Basic sets.
Wii U’s initial hardware sales stack up somewhat similarly to the Wii. When the old system hit store shelves in 2006, Media Create data revealed that it sold 350,358 units during its launch weekend. Top titles were Wii Sports (176,000 units sold), Wii Play (174,000 units sold) and Twilight Princess (139,000 units sold).
Today, Namco Bandai opened the official website for Project Versus J.
There’s not much to see at the moment other than a few silhouettes. Toriko, One Piece’s Luffy, and Dragon Ball Z’s Goku are featured on the page.
You can find the teaser site here. An update will hit the site on December 17.
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U demo
Rayman Legends
3DS Download
Hydroadventure: Spin Cycle – €9.99 / £8.99
Crimson Shroud – €7.99 / £7.19
DSiWare
Wizard Defenders – €1.99 / £1.79 / 200 points
3DS VC “Video Game Hero Sale”
Metroid – €3.49 / £3.19
Metroid II – The Return of Samus – €2.99 / £2.69
Source: Nintendo PR
Square Enix opened a new Theatrhythm Final Fantasy teaser site earlier today. It doesn’t contain much, other than music cues moving across the screen and the words “Coming Soon.”
There’s speculation that this could be related to an iOS/Android port or something of that nature. That wouldn’t be a huge surprise given that Square Enix has already brought over titles such as The World Ends with You.
Guess we’ll just have to wait and see…
Amazon posted the boxart for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate. Take a look at the image above.
Nintendo has confirmed that European Wii U owners are unable to purchase 18+ rated content from the eShop.
Why, you ask? Nintendo of Europe is based in Germany. That means the company must comply with German youth protection regulation. And thus, European gamers can’t purchase games like ZombiU or Assassin’s Creed III in the day time.
Nintendo of Europe explained:
“At Nintendo we always aim to provide a safe gaming experience for fans of all ages and ensure that we comply with applicable legal age restriction requirements across Europe. Legal age restriction requirements vary across a number of European countries. Since Nintendo of Europe is based in Germany, Nintendo eShop is complying with German youth protection regulation which therefore applies to all our European markets. Under German law, content rated 18+ must be made available only at night. Therefore the accessibility of 18+ content in Nintendo eShop is limited to [USK: 22:00 UTC until 4:00 UTC] [PEGI: 23:00 UTC until 3:00 UTC].”
Individual formats
1 1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
4 2 JUST DANCE 4 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
2 3 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
3 4 FAR CRY 3 XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
5 5 HALO 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
6 6 FIFA 13 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 7 ASSASSIN’S CREED III XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
12 8 FIFA 13 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
8 9 FAR CRY 3 PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
7 10 HITMAN ABSOLUTION XB360 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
10 11 HITMAN ABSOLUTION PS3 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
13 12 ASSASSIN’S CREED III PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
32 13 WWE ’13 XB360 THQ THQ
24 14 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
15 15 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 PC SEGA SEGA
19 16 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
20 17 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
17 18 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
18 19 SKYLANDERS GIANTS WII SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 20 WWE ’13 PS3 THQ THQ
29 21 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
22 22 BOOK OF SPELLS PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
21 23 FORZA HORIZON XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
30 24 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
26 25 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLINGS THEME PARK DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
28 26 SKYLANDERS GIANTS XB360 SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
11 27 NINTENDO LAND WII U NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 28 JUST DANCE DISNEY PARTY WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
33 29 MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
31 30 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
37 31 MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
35 32 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MIRACLE MASK 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
23 33 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS WII WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
– 34 MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
40 35 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
14 36 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. U WII U NINTENDO NINTENDO
25 37 DISHONORED XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
– 38 DANCE CENTRAL 2 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 39 F1 2012 XB360 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
– 40 PAPER MARIO STICKER STAR 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
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1 1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
2 2 FAR CRY 3 UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
3 3 FIFA 13 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 4 JUST DANCE 4 UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
5 5 ASSASSIN’S CREED III UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
4 6 HITMAN ABSOLUTION IO INTERACTIVE SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
8 7 HALO 4 343 INDUSTRIES MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
10 8 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED CRITERION GAMES EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 9 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
15 10 WWE ’13 YUKE’S THQ THQ
9 11 SKYLANDERS GIANTS TOYS FOR BOB SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
16 12 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLINGS THEME PARK BLACK LANTERN MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
18 13 MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER DANGER CLOSE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
13 14 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA
23 15 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
24 16 SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED SUMO DIGITAL SEGA SEGA
19 17 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
26 18 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
25 19 F1 2012 CODEMASTERS BIRMINGHAM CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
12 20 DISHONORED ARKANE STUDIOS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
21 21 BOOK OF SPELLS LONDON STUDIO SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
35 22 JUST DANCE DISNEY PARTY LAND HO! UBISOFT UBISOFT
20 23 FORZA HORIZON TURN 10/PLAYGROUND MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
29 24 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 TURN 10 STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
22 25 RESIDENT EVIL 6 CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
11 26 NINTENDO LAND NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 27 BORDERLANDS 2 GEARBOX SOFTWARE 2K GAMES TAKE 2
30 28 MARIO KART 7 RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
28 29 ANGRY BIRDS TRILOGY ROVIO ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
27 30 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
37 31 007 LEGENDS EUROCOM ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
36 32 F1 RACE STARS CODEMASTERS BIRMINGHAM CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
33 33 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MIRACLE MASK LEVEL 5 NINTENDO NINTENDO
31 34 DISNEY EPIC MICKEY 2: THE POWER OF TWO JUNCTION POINT STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
38 35 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
14 36 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. U NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 37 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION TECHLAND DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
– 38 DOOM 3: BFG EDITION ID SOFTWARE BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
40 39 DANCE CENTRAL 2 HARMONIX MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 40 PAPER MARIO STICKER STAR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS NINTENDO NINTENDO
Source: Chart-Track
Irrational Games’ Ken Levine has a Wii U. He likes it, in fact. But that doesn’t mean we’ll see any of his games on the console anytime soon.
When asked if he had any news to share about Wii U, Levine said:
“We never had any news on the Wii U. I bought one and I like it. I play games on it! But in terms of development, nothing is brewing right now.”
So I guess BioShock Infinite won’t be released for Wii U? Though I don’t think anyone was counting on that happening…
