More information is in from this month’s NPD report. We have sales data from the United States for one of Nintendo’s systems as well as two games.
First, in terms of hardware, Wii U sold roughly 40,000 units. Debut sales for Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam and Final Fantasy Explorers also came in at 71,000 and 53,000 copies respectively.
With the games, it’s important to remember that digital sales are not included. They also launched pretty late in January, so they only have about a week of data.
During the New York Toy Fair 2016, Scott Neitlich from Jakks Pacific indicated that the company has more plans for its World of Nintendo line. Neitlich told VideoGameHeat that Splatoon figures are in the pipeline. That would be rather interesting, as we’ve yet to see any Jakks Pacific merchandise based on Splatoon as of yet.
Here is the brief statement from Neitlich:
Nintendo has announced another scheduled maintenance period after the one later today. Online play for both Wii U and 3DS will be unavailable during the following times:
– 9 PM PT (Monday) – 12 AM PT (Tuesday)
– 12 AM ET (Tuesday) – 3 AM ET (Tuesday)
– 5 AM in the UK (Tuesday) – 8 AM in the UK (Tuesday)
– 6 AM in Europe (Tuesday) – 9 AM in Europe (Tuesday)
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Lego Marvel Avengers – Warner Bros. Interactive
3. Splatoon – Nintendo
4. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
6. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo
7. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
8. Just Dance 2016 – Ubisoft
9. Xenoblade Chronicles X – Nintendo
10. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
3DS
1. Lego Marvel Avengers – Warner Bros. Interactive
2. Terraria – 505 Games
3. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
4. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
7. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
8. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo
9. Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: Fafnir Knight – NIS America
10. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
Splatoon is such a huge hit, especially in Japan, that it doesn’t come as a huge surprise that Nintendo is taking advantage of the popularity of the IP. As such, a Splatoon manga will soon be released in Japan. It will be published in the bi-monthly manga magazine Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic starting in April.
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Demo
LEGO Marvel Avengers
3DS Retail
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (available February 19th) – €39.99 / £34.99 / CHF 51.90
3DS Download
Return to PopoloCrois: A STORY OF SEASONS Fairytale – €34.99 / £29.99 / CHF 44.90
3DS DLC
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight: Ultimate Feathered Warrior (available February 19th) – Special introductory offer: free until 25/02/2016, regular price €2.49 / £2.29 / CHF 3.50
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight: Winter’s Harbinger (available February 19th) – Special introductory offer: free until 25/02/2016, regular price €2.49 / £2.29 / CHF 3.50
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight: Wanted: Lucky Bud (available February 19th) – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80
3DS Themes
Dreamcast (available February 19th) – €1.79 / £1.59 / CHF 2.50
Hi-Tech Sega (available February 19th) – €1.79 / £1.59 / CHF 2.50
Saga Saturn (available February 19th) – €1.79 / £1.59 / CHF 2.50
Pokemon: Champion Steven (available February 19th) – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80
eShop Sales
Wii U
Bombing Bastards – €4.99/ £4.49 / CHF 7.49 until 25/02/2016, regular price €6.99 / £5.99 / CHF 9.99
Spot The Differences: Party! -€2.99/ £2.69 / CHF 4.20 until 25/02/2016, regular price €5.00 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00
Wicked Monsters Blast! HD PLUS -€2.99/ £2.69 / CHF 4.20 until 03/03/2016, regular price €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF 11.20
3DS
AeternoBlade – €7.99/ £7.19 / CHF 11.00 until 03/03/2016, regular price €14.99 / £13.50 / CHF 21.00
Aqua Moto Racing 3D -€3.99/ £3.59 / CHF 5.59 until 25/02/2016, regular price €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF 11.19
Demon King Box -€2.99/ £2.39 / CHF 3.60 until 03/03/2016, regular price €3.99 / £3.19 / CHF 4.80
Talking Phrasebook – 7 Languages -€2.99/ £2.69 / CHF 4.19 until 25/02/2016, regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99
WAKEDAS -€1.99/ £1.69 / CHF 2.40 until 03/03/2016, regular price €2.99 / £2.49 / CHF 3.50
Source: Nintendo PR
A new video comparing the HD and non-HD versions of Twilight Princess has been posted from Gamexplain, this time focusing on the recent “Features” trailer. This video only shows the sections of the game that are in both versions, as the official trailer is partially devoted to new features such as amiibo and Hero Mode. The comparison can be seen below:
Yo-kai Sangokushi, a spin-off strategy game in the Yo-kai Watch series, has gotten its first trailer. The game is currently set to release in Japan on April 2nd. The trailer can be seen below.
