Splatoon is the fifth fastest-selling Wii U game in the UK, console’s biggest IP launch
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 8 Comments
Splatoon has become the fifth fastest-selling Wii U game in the UK, according to a report from Chart-Track.
The sales tracker also reported today that Nintendo’s new game is the biggest launch of a new IP on the console. Previously, ZombiU held the record.
Splatoon was the second best-selling game in the UK overall for the week ending May 30.
More: Chart-Track, sales, Splatoon, top, UK
Rumor: Splatoon selling through over 90% of its initial shipment in Japan
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Wii U | 10 Comments
Splatoon is doing very, very well in Japan. Because of the game’s strong sales, the game has been tough to find on store shelves. Nintendo even issued an apology on its Twitter account last week, and vowed to ship more copies in the coming days.
We’re now hearing that Splatoon managed to sell through over 90 percent of its initial shipment in Japan. That isn’t confirmed just yet, but it wouldn’t be terribly shocking based on reports of how its selling out at various stores. This would also likely mean that Splatoon sold somewhere in the range of 150,000 copies in Japan. We should be receiving official data on Wednesday!
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Japan’s best-selling games of April 2015
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of April 2015. You can check out the full results below.
1. [PS4] Bloodborne – 234,515 (189,159 physical, 45,353 digital)
2. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Lost Song – 172,936 (162,805 physical, 10,131 digital)
3. [PS3] Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Tengoku-hen – 130,341 (126,346 physical, 3,995 digital)
4. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 – 129,588 (126,121 physical, 3,467 digital)
5. [PSV] Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Tengoku-hen – 127,928 (117,031 physical, 10,897 digital)
6. [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2015 – 97,059 (93,196 physical, 3,863 digital)
7. [3DS] Theatrhythm Dragon Quest – 89,699 (86,171 physical, 3,528 digital)
8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 77,409 (65,511 physical, 11,898 digital)
9. [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 – 73,070 (69,218 physical, 3,852 digital)
10. [PSV] Senran Kagura: Estival Versus – 69,665 (62,373 physical, 7,292 digital)
11. [PS3] Sword Art Online: Lost Song – 65,280 (62,213 physical, 3,067 digital)
12. [3DS] Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – 63,301 (60,823 physical, 2,478 digital)
13. [PSV] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2015 – 61,533 (57,823 physical, 3,710 digital)
14. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 61,006 (58,965 physical, 2,041 digital)
15. [PS4] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 – 59,733 (55,936 physical, 3,797 digital)
16. [WIU] Mario Party 10 – 50,395 (48,820 physical, 1,575 digital)
17. [3DS] Kuroko’s Basketball: Ties to the Future – 43,119 (42,326 psychical, 793 digital)
18. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair – 42,731 (32,587 physical, 10,144 digital)
19. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 40,803 (39,693 physical, 1,110 digital)
20. [PS3] Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – 39,065 (34,679 physical, 4,386 digital)
21. [PS4] Battlefield Hardline – 37,670 (30,580 physical, 7,090 digital)
22. [PS4] Senran Kagura: Estival Versus – 36,710 (32,018 physical, 4,692 digital)
23. [PS3] Yakuza Zero – 34,462 (33,342 physical, 1,120 digital)
24. [PS4] Disgaea 5 – 33,713 (29,742 physical, 3,971 digital)
25. [PS4] Final Fantasy Type-0 HD – 29,365 (27,746 physical, 1,619 digital)
26. [PS4] Dying Light – 28,608 (25,046 physical, 3,562 digital)
27. [PSV] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – 28,301 (24,506 physical, 3,795 digital)
28. [PS4] Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin – 28,011 (21,558 physical, 6,453 digital)
29. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 23,927 (22,341 physical, 1,586 digital)
30. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 23,401 (22,467 physical, 934 digital)
Note that these sales are based on data between March 23 and April 19.
Media Create software sales (5/18 – 5/24) – Top 50
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 3 Comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
02./03. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
03./02. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
04./00. [PSV] Lovely x Cation 1 & 2
05./04. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Code
06./06. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
07./01. [PS4] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
08./00. [PSV] Abunai: Koi no Sousa Shitsu – Eternal Happiness #
09./09. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
10./07. [3DS] Bravely Second: End Layer
11./12. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
12./11. [WIU] Mario Party 10 #
13./08. [WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X #
14./10. [PS4] Dying Light
15./14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
16./13. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
17./18. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
18./15. [WIU] Dragon Quest X: Inishie no Ryuu no Denshou Online
19./34. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 2025.1: The Shadow of New Despair
20./25. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
21./17. [3DS] Theatrhythm Dragon Quest
22./20. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2015
23./16. [PS4] Tropico 5
24./26. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
25./24. [PSV] Pro Baseball Spirits 2015
26./30. [PSV] God Eater 2: Rage Burst
27./05. [PS4] Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
28./22. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Lost Song #
29./33. [PSV] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
30./19. [3DS] Xenoblade Chronicles 3D |new 3DS|
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Media Create sales (5/18 – 5/24)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 6 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
PS4 – 12,096
Vita – 11,352
New 3DS LL – 10,134
Wii U – 7,611
New 3DS – 3,609
PS3 – 2,627
3DS LL – 827
3DS – 687
Vita TV – 423
Xbox One – 308
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 11,489
New 3DS LL – 11,340
Vita – 10,685
Wii U – 6,428
New 3DS – 3,483
PS3 – 2,964
3DS LL – 790
3DS – 742
Vita TV – 439
Xbox One – 148
And here are the software charts:
1. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 67,385 / NEW
2. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 11,898 / 167,176
3. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – 10,876 / 243,559
4. [PSV] Lovely Cation 1&2 – 6,835 / NEW
5. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 6,313 / 134,526
6. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 5,758 / 995,065
7. [PS4] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster – 5,591 / 21,504
8. [PSV] Abunai Koi no Sousashitsu: Eternal Happiness – 4,266 / NEW
9. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 4,081 / 2,626,570
10. [3DS] Bravely Second – 3,393 / 138,298
11. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 3,221 / 2,233,937
12. [WIU] Mario Party 10 – 2,720 / 143,683
13. [WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X – 2,625 / 104,137
14. [PS4] Dying Light – 2,518 / 46,969
15. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,317 / 3,975,250
16. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 2,280 / 2,608,486
17. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 1,989 / 638,100
18. [WIU] Dragon Quest X: Inishie no Ryuu no Denshou Online – 1,963 / 107,305
19. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair – 1,861 / 42,589
20. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 1,842 / 2,529,565
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3DS version of Retro City Rampage now the “best-selling-at-full-price port”
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Vblank Entertainment is very pleased with the performance of Retro City Rampage on 3DS. As confirmed by the game’s official Twitter account, this version of the game is now “the best-selling-at-full-price port.” That’s despite the fact that other platforms had a 15-month head start.
The full Twitter message states:
The other platforms had a 15 month head start, but the 3DS version of Retro City Rampage became the best-selling-at-full-price port.
— Retro City Rampage (@RetroCR) May 26, 2015
Report shows gamers only purchase 20% of their games at full price now. Luckily, 3DS's still healthy w/most copies of RCR sold @ full price.
— Retro City Rampage (@RetroCR) May 26, 2015
Vblank went on to express its satisfaction with the 3DS and support from Nintendo as a whole:
Absolutely love the 3DS eShop and all the great support I've received from the eShop team! #nindies (also, follow @DWBakes!)
— Retro City Rampage (@RetroCR) May 26, 2015
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Media Create software sales (5/11 – 5/17) – Top 50
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS4] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
02./01. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
03./03. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
04./02. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Code
05./00. [PS4] Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
06./05. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
07./06. [3DS] Bravely Second: End Layer
08./04. [WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X #
09./07. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
10./34. [PS4] Dying Light
11./08. [WIU] Mario Party 10 #
12./09. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
13./10. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
14./13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
15./12. [WIU] Dragon Quest X: Inishie no Ryuu no Denshou Online
16./30. [PS4] Tropico 5
17./11. [3DS] Theatrhythm Dragon Quest
18./14. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
19./19. [3DS] Xenoblade Chronicles 3D |new 3DS|
20./24. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2015
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Japan sees lowest gaming sales since 2001
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 17 Comments
Gaming sales in Japan were not very good last week – so much so that they’re the worst sales since 2001.
Based on the latest Media Create data, just 235,000 video games were sold between May 11 and May 17. Along with it being a sixty percent drop compared to the previous week, it’s also a 61.93 percent drop compared to the same week last year.
One part of the problem is that gaming sales tend to slow down following Golden Week. Media Create also points out that there was a total lack of new titles. Instead, a bunch of remastered and reworked games were released.
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition is selling a bit slowly as well. Sales are up to 232,683 copies, but it has only sold through 59.19 percent of its initial shipment.
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Fire Emblem: Awakening sold 1.79 million copies as of December 2014
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments
An official page for the Fire Emblem If theme song just recently opened. In a brief introduction for the series, it’s revealed that sales of Awakening have climbed to 1.79 million units. That’s a worldwide figure as of December 2014.
The fully translated overview states:
Fire Emblem – Nintendo’s SRPG series that has been beloved by fans for 25 years. The most recent entry, Fire Emblem Awakening, sold 1.79 million copies worldwide (as of December 2014), and now, this world-beloved series’ latest entry, “Fire Emblem if”, will be released to celebrate the 25th anniversary.
Fire Emblem: Awakening originally launched in Japan in April 2012. The North American release took place in February 2013, with Europe getting the game a couple of months later.
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. off to a very slow start in Japan
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 18 Comments
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. debuted in Japan last week. Sadly, it’s almost an understatement to say that it’s off to a very slow start.
As Media Create didn’t include Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. in its latest charts, it was an indication that the game sold under 2,000 units. This is something that Famitsu confirms with its own sales figures. According to the site, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. moved just 1,835 copies in Japan.
