Pokemon Sun & Moon are Nintendo’s biggest ever launch in the UK
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments
Pokemon Sun & Moon were finally released in the UK and in Europe last Wednesday, and it looks like the delayed release compared to the rest of the world hasn’t hurt sales of the games at all.
In fact, according to Eurogamer, Pokemon Sun & Moon are Nintendo’s biggest ever launch in the United Kingdom – the two games combined sold more in one day than Wii Fit did in two weeks when it launched back in 2008. To put it into perspective, that’s more than 300,000 units.
This is even more impressive considering that the UK is usually one of Nintendo’s worst markets in the UK – it’s likely that Pokemon Sun & Moon sold even better in countries where Nintendo has a stronger presence, like France and Germany. Part of this sales success can definitely be attributed to Pokemon GO; sales of Pokemon X, Y and ORAS spiked during the summer when GO was released, and it’s likely that some of that carried over to Sun & Moon.
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UK software sales (Week ending 11/26/2016) – Wii U/3DS charts
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This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Skylanders Imaginators – Activision Blizzard
3. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
4. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
7. Minecraft: Wii U Edition
8. Pokken Tournament- Nintendo
9. Lego Dimensions – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
3DS
1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
8. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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UK software sales (Week ending 11/26/2016)
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Japan’s best-selling games of October 2016
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 3 Comments
The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of October 2016. You can check out the full results below.
Media Create software sales (11/14/16 – 11/20/16) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon
02./00. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon Dual Pack {Pokemon Sun \ Pokemon Moon}
03./05. [PS4] Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare #
04./02. [PS4] Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star #
05./01. [PSV] Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star #
06./09. [PS4] Battlefield 1
07./04. [PS4] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition
08./08. [PS4] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2
09./12. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush
10./07. [3DS] Beyblade Burst
11./17. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition
12./13. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories #
13./18. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
14./10. [PS4] Titanfall 2
15./03. [3DS] PriPara Mezameyo! Megami no Dress Design #
16./15. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization #
17./11. [PSV] World of Final Fantasy #
18./14. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization #
19./00. [PSV] Hakuoki: Yuugi Roku – Taishitachi no Daienkai #
20./24. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot
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Pokemon Sun/Moon – Japanese split for the two versions, sales for the special New 3DS XL designs, more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 5 Comments
Media Create reported that Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon sold 1.591 million copies in its first three days in Japan. Additional information from the sales tracker reveals that Sun sold 808,000 copies while Moon was at 783,000 units.
If you count the Double Pack which also sold 151,000 units (containing two games in each), the overall total is 1.893 million. That puts Pokemon Sun/Moon at the same scale as X/Y, which sold 1.867 million in first week without the Double Pack. Both also have the relatively same sell-through rate of about 80 percent.
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Media Create sales (11/14/16 – 11/20/16)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments
Update (11/24): Bumped to the top. The Japanese holiday is over, and the official Media Create data is in (and is now replaced in this post).
Original (11/23): The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 81,044
PS4 – 25,605
2DS – 17,769
PS4 Pro – 12,421
Vita – 9,191
New 3DS – 8,193
Wii U – 3,251
PS3 – 625
3DS – 529
Xbox One – 186
3DS LL – 96
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 92,344
New 3DS LL – 20,345
Vita – 10,410
2DS – 7,972
New 3DS – 3,603
Wii U – 2,756
PS3 – 611
3DS – 324
Xbox One – 171
3DS LL – 57
And here are the software charts:
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Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon are GameStop’s best-performing games of 2016, highest pre-orders in five years
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 8 Comments
We know that Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon are off to a great start in Japan having sold nearly two million copies in just a few days. Unsurprisingly, they appear to be doing quite well in North America as well.
During its financial call today, GameStop said that Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon are the retailer’s best-performing games of 2016. Additionally, pre-orders were the highest for any title at GameStop in five years.
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October 2016 NPD: Sales for Paper Mario: Color Splash, Disney Magical World 2, more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 32 Comments
Two Nintendo-published games debuted in the United States last month: Paper Mario: Color Splash and Disney Magical World 2. We now have sales data for both. Paper Mario’s new entry sold about 100,000 units while the 3DS game is estimated to have sold in the neighborhood of 10,000 copies.
Data is also in for other 3DS titles. Yo-kai Watch 2, which shipped in September, sold under 50,000 units. Dragon Quest VII also came out last month and unfortunately appears to have poor legs. It was outsold by the likes of Pokemon X/Y, Smash Bros., and Pokken Tournament at retail.
Lastly, we can say that Skylanders Imaginators sold 66,000 units while Just Dance 2017 moved under 30,000 copies.
UK software sales (Week ending 11/19/2016) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
3. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
4. Lego Dimensions – Warner Bros. Interactive
5. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
7. Skylanders Imaginators – Activision Blizzard
8. Pokken Tournament- Nintendo
9. Mario & Sonic: Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Nintendo
10. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
3DS
1. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
4. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
6. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo
7. Pokemon X – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
9. Mario Party: Star Rush – Nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
