This week’s Wii U and 3DS specific sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
4. Nintendoland – Nintendo
5. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft
6. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales
7. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
8. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software
9. Skylanders Trap Team – Beenox
10. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Alpha Saphire – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable
7. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
8. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales
9. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Level 5
10. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
This weeks’s UK software sales are as follows:
Individual Formats
All Formats
Comment: Game of the month? Austin, are you saying that you’re giving Super Smash Bros. for Wii U an award for being the best game that came out in December?
Absolutely not! I’m announcing a new feature for the website that we’re calling “Game of the Month”, where most staffers on Nintendo Everything creates some piece of content relating to a particular game as a sort of homage to its quirkiness, quality, or cultural significance. The very first game of the month we’ll be choosing is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as a tribute to its release last month, and starting next weekend we’ll be bringing you a feature topic on that game every week. Opinion pieces, historical analysis, reviews– everything is fair game during Game of the Month!
Current GOTM Schedule
Dec. 13 – ‘Me and My Amiibo’ by Kira
Dec. 20 – ‘Namco Roulette: An Introduction to Pac & Pals’ by the Pat-man
Dec. 27 – ‘The Wonder of Smash’ by Vincent
Additionally, in the future I’m considering allowing readers to submits ideas for articles about the game of the month that they would write and then have featured on the website. If we decide to do something like that for this month I’ll let you all know soon! Get some ideas brewing about Smash for Wii U in the meantime, and look forward to these upcoming feature articles.
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy Explorers, Persona 5, Tales of Zestiria, and Bravely Second are the new top five.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between November 20 and November 26.
Surprise, surprise! Another Doraemon game is planned for 3DS.
Amazon has a listing up for Doraemon: Nobita’s Space Heroes, a galactic defense adventure game based on the upcoming movie. Players will clear numerous missions by using secret tools and more. Doraemon, Nobita, Gain, Suneo and Shizuka are included. There are also six mini-games and the ability to take photographs.
Doraemon: Nobita’s Space Heroes will be released on March 5 in Japan – two days before the movie.
A few rumors have circulated as of late that some of the amiibo figures have been discontinued. Marth, Wii Fit Trainer, and Villager are three amiibo in particular that some have been worried about.
The recent concern appears to have been for naught, as Nintendo of America’s assistant PR manager David Young says that the company hasn’t discontinued any figures. View his full response above.
In a new Bloomberg report, it’s stated that eight analysts have raised profit estimates or ratings for Nintendo since September. The two most recent ones have called for profits to triple to 36.8 billion yen.
Tomoaki Kawasaki, an analyst from Iwai Cosmo Securities Co., said:
“Nintendo has picked up good momentum heading into the Christmas season. This time they have a hit lineup. Amiibo represents a new revenue source, and we are watching it very closely.”
Ace Research analyst Hideki Yasuda also stated:
“Last year was just a bad year for the game business, and this year is a recovery. Add to that Amiibo, and you’re likely to see a considerable improvement in earnings.”
Bloomberg goes on to say that Nintendo expects to take in $1 billion from amiibo sales in the U.S. alone. This figure has come in to question and some believe that the outlet intended to refer to yen instead. In any case, things are looking up for Nintendo.
