LEGO Marvel Super Heroes has sold over one million copies in the UK
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes has sold over one million units in the UK, Warner Bros. Interactive announced. The game saw the second-largest LEGO launch thus far, falling only behind LEGO Indiana Jones. 84,400 units were sold upon release.
In a statement passed along to MCV, sales and marketing director Spencer Crossley said:
“The game’s appeal is a unique blend of clever humour and high quality gameplay from TT Games, along with the universal charm of LEGO and the hugely popular Marvel Universe.”
A new LEGO game based on Avengers, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, is due out later this month.
Media Create sales (1/4/16 – 1/10/16)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 33 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 37,227
PS4 – 36,559
Vita – 31,338
Wii U – 24,722
New 3DS – 11,610
3DS – 9,698
PS3 – 2,784
3DS LL – 1,944
Xbox One – 293
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 73,778
PS4 – 65,427
Vita – 63,811
Wii U – 53,547
3DS – 21,621
New 3DS – 21,501
PS3 – 4,221
3DS LL – 3,205
Xbox One – 765
Vita TV – 670
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 65,227 / 2,587,086
2. [3DS] Monster Strike – 38,795 / 738,231
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 28,945 / 1,182,934
4. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 25,854 / 752,739
5. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 23,161 / 607,878
6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 22,681 / 2,147,108
7. [PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs Force – 13,643 / 121,406
8. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 10,689 / 1,312,374
9. [PS4] Fallout 4 – 10,457 / 188,877
10. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – 9,497 / 207,812
11. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 8,742 / 629,524
12. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III – 7,819 / 274,277
13. [PS4] Star Wars Battlefront – 6,036 / 198,511
14. [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege – 5,912 / 51,676
15. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (4,990 Yen Edition) – 5,654 / 54,300
16. [3DS] Disney Magical World 2 – 5,351 / 257,705
17. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition – 5,350 / 38,251
18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 5,186 / 4,115,727
19. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 5,002 / 2,426,042
20. [3DS] Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! Zettai Ni Tsukamatte Ha Ikenai Gasu Kuropikari Land – 4,860 / 27,280
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Juicy Beast disappointed with Toto Temple Deluxe’s sales
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 10 Comments
In a new developer blog, Juicy Beast stated that Toto Temple Deluxe “didn’t sell very well”. The developer shared some potential reasons as to why the game didn’t perform as well as the studio had hoped.
Here’s a notable excerpt from the piece:
There’s a good possibility that the game didn’t have good enough “hooks” to captivate people’s attention. Sure, “fighting your friends to put an egg-laying goat on your head” sounds funny and weird, but it doesn’t really give you a clear idea of what it’s like to play Toto Temple Deluxe.
At the end of the day, we think the biggest factor is because it’s a local-multiplayer game with no online play. The game is aiming at a pretty niche audience by requiring actual human friends to play, and we can’t ignore the impact it has on sales. A quick look at comments on YouTube, Reddit and such, and it’s obvious that a lot of people are simply not buying the game for this very reason (that along a lack of solo experience).
On top of all this, we also think the game came out almost 2 years too late. Back in 2014, when the local-multiplayer boom was happening, Toto Temple Deluxe’s development felt more logical. Today, it feels a bit out of place, as we think a lot of player might have bought popular local-multiplayer games in the past, then realised that they would play them less and less frequently. We definitely can’t blame them, since it’s pretty much the same for us.
There’s plenty more about the creation of Toto Temple Deluxe in Juicy Beast’s post. You can read the full thing right here.
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UK software sales (Week ending 01/09/2016) – 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. Splatoon – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
4. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
6. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
7. Xenoblade Chronicles X – Nintendo
8. Just Dance 2016 – Ubisoft
9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
10. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Disney Interactive Studios
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
2. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
6. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
7. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
8. Story of Seasons – Nintendo
9. Pokemon X – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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UK software sales (Week ending 01/09/2016)
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Media Create software sales (12/28/15 – 1/3/16) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter X #
02./02. [3DS] Monster Strike
03./05. [WIU] Splatoon #
04./04. [WIU] Super Mario Maker #
05./03. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
06./07. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
07./11. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
08./08. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
09./12. [PS4] Fallout 4 #
10./09. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
11./06. [PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs-Force
12./10. [3DS] Disney Magic World 2 #
13./24. [PS4] Star Wars: Battlefront #
14./36. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III #
15./45. [3DS] Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai Yaarahen de!! Zettai ni Tsukamatte Haikenai Gasu Kurobikari Land
16./18. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
17./27. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
18./33. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
19./17. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
20./23. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
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UK games retail down in 2015, Wii U game sales rise slightly
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Over 28 million physical games were sold in the UK last year. That’s a 6 percent drop year-over-year, but there is some good news for Nintendo. MCV reports that Wii U game sales rose slightly in 2015.
Data from Chart-Track, which provided the information, is based on 53 weeks of sales from 2015. 2014’s data had only 52 weeks.
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Wii U surpasses 3 million units sold in Japan
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 47 Comments
With the latest sales numbers reported by Media Create, we’ve learned that Wii U has now sold over three million units in Japan. The sales tracker has the console at around 3,020,662 units lifetime in the territory. Wii U launched in Japan back in December 2012, so it took around three years to reach this latest milestone.
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Japan’s best-selling 3DS eShop games of 2015
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Data has come in revealing the best-selling Japanese 3DS eShop games of 2015. We have information for card software, download only titles, and Virtual Console releases. The full results are posted below.
Card software
01. Monster Hunter X
02. Yokai Watch Busters: White Dog Squad
03. Fire Emblem if
04. Yokai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team
05. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
06. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
07. Rhythm Tengoku The ? Best +
08. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D
09. Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi
10. Picross 3D 2
11. Dragon Quest VIII
12. Etrian Mystery Dungeon
13. Gyakuten Saiban 123: Wright Selection
14. Super Smash Bros.
15. Monster Hunter 4G
16. Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX
17. Dai Gyakuten Saiban
18. Fantasy Life LINK!
19. Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
20. Rune Factory 4
21. Mario Kart 7
22. Xenoblade Chronicles 3D
23. Theatrhythm Dragon Quest
24. Assassination Classroom
25. Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D
Japan: Hardware totals for 2015, top 10 best-selling games
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments
Thanks to Famitsu, we now have information about overall sales in Japan for 2015. This accounts for data collected between December 29, 2014 and December 27, 2015.
First, here’s a look at the numbers per platform:
3DS – 2,189,900 (3,153,045 last year) (20,036,956 lifetime)
PS4 – 1,205,163 (925,570 last year) (2,130,733 lifetime)
PS Vita – 959,342 (1,147,936 last year) (4,382,417 lifetime)
Wii U – 820,304 (604,856 last year) (2,943,587 lifetime)
PS3 – 188,207 (450,034 last year) (10,206,741 lifetime)
Xbox One – 18,093 (45,958 last year) (64,051 lifetime)
In terms of totals, hardware sold 5,381,009 across all platforms. That’s down from 6,428,837 the previous year.
Lastly, here’s a look at the top best-selling games in Japan during 2015:
01./00. [3DS] Monster Hunter X # (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥6.264) – 2.441.977 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.968) – 1.965.202 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.320) – 1.282.880 / NEW
04./00. [WIU] Splatoon # (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) – 1.064.897 / NEW
05./00. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) {2015.08.27} (¥6.458) – 864.865 / NEW
06./00. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥6.156) – 674.194 / NEW
07./00. [3DS] Monster Strike (Mixi) {2015.12.17} (¥4.860) – 636.709 / NEW
08./05. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 625.223 / 2.632.550 (-69%)
09./00. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) {2015.06.11} (¥5.076) – 607.343 / NEW
10./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest # (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) – 538.669 / NEW
