Media Create hardware sales (12/8 – 12/14)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 83,041
PS4 – 68,041
New 3DS – 34,676
Wii U – 27,334
3DS LL – 24,475
Vita – 24,039
3DS – 14,911
PS3 – 7,803
Vita TV – 974
Xbox One – 724
Xbox 360 – 102
PSP – 8
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 63,714
3DS – 38,846
New 3DS – 25,541
Wii U – 24,469
Vita – 22,355
3DS LL – 17,319
PS4 – 15,971
PS3 – 5,679
Vita TV – 986
Xbox One – 790
Xbox 360 – 189
PSP – 8
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Youkai Watch 2 sales surpass five million copies in Japan
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Level-5 continues to announce positive sales news Youkai Watch 2. Between the first two versions that came out in July and the just-launched Shinuchi edition, sales have now surpassed five million units in Japan.
Naturally, Level-5 is far from done with Youkai Watch. The company said in its announcement today that various developments for the series are currently being prepared.
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Frozen: Olaf’s Quest a big sales success in the UK
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There’s a little 3DS and DS game out there that has been selling on a regular basis in the UK. That would be Frozen: Olaf’s Quest, which hit both platforms last year. It has remained in the UK charts since last December and currently sits at the 31st position in the UK All Formats chart.
Avanquests’ European games director Simon Reynolds told MCV of the game’s success:
“The success of Frozen was a bit of a surprise. We thought it’d do well. We’d done some decent movie licences before, such as Sony’s Hotel Transylvania and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. We thought this one was going to be maybe a little bit bigger as it was Disney, but nowhere near the stratospheric sales that we’ve experienced. Frozen is just the No.1 franchise out there. It’s massive. You can’t get away from it. When we first presented it to people, they were a bit sceptical. They saw that Planes and Wreck-It Ralph didn’t do brilliantly. But Frozen took on a life of its own quite frankly.”
You may also be somewhat surprised to hear that Frozen: Olaf’s Quest is selling more copies on the DS compared to Nintendo’s current-generation portable.
“We thought Frozen would be our last title on DS to be honest. Nintendo hasn’t been manufacturing the console for a few years, but we thought that there is a big user base our there, and there is a second hand, hand-me-down market for the old DS consoles. We launched Olaf’s Quest on DS and it’s still outselling 3DS. And we’ve got Disney’s next big film out in January, Big Hero 6, and we’re bringing that out on 3DS and DS. If you’d said to me 18 months ago you’d be bringing out a DS product in January 2015 I’d have laughed.”
More: Avanquests, Frozen: Olaf's Quest, sales, Simon Reynolds, UK
Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi sells over 1.2 million copies in Japan
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The newest Youkai Watch game is off to a fast start in Japan. Famitsu is reporting that debut sales for Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi came in at 1,211,918 units. Those sales, which account for a two-day period, do not include units downloaded from the eShop.
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Initial sell-through rates for Smash Bros. Wii U, Derby Stallion Gold in Japan
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Dengeki offers further insight into Super Smash Bros. for Wii U’s first week sales in Japan. According to the site, the game sold through roughly 60 percent of its initial shipment. Dengeki’s own numbers suggest that Derby Stallion Gold – another title that just made its debut in Japan – sold through 50 percent of its initial shipment.
UK software sales (Week ending 12/13) – Wii U/3DS charts
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This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft
4. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
7. LEGO Batman 3 – Warner Bros. Interactive
8. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo
9. Wii Party U – Nintendo
10. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
5. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest
6. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
7. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
8. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
9. LEGO Batman 3 – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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UK software sales (Week ending 12/13)
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Media Create software sales (12/1 – 12/7) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
02./01. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
03./00. [3DS] Derby Stallion Gold
04./00. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days
05./08. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
06./00. [PS3] Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign
07./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
08./09. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
09./00. [PSV] Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 3 #
10./02. [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova
11./13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
12./00. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain
13./05. [PS3] Resident Evil HD Remaster #
14./00. [3DS] Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 3 #
15./00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Dubbed Edition
16./00. [PS4] Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign #
17./14. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
18./00. [PS4] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Dubbed Edition
19./03. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Knight of Fafnir
20./00. [PS4] The Crew #
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November 2014 NPD: Sonic Boom, Persona Q, limited edition Mario Bros. 2 3DS XL sales
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NeoGAF’s “creamsugar” has come through with a new set of sales data leaks from this month’s NPD report.
First, let’s talk about software. Sonic Boom is off to a rough start, as Rise of Lyric only moved 25,000 copies in its first month. Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal on 3DS apparently sold even lower.
On a somewhat brighter note, Persona Q: Shadows of the Labyrinth sold around 48,000 units last month. That’s not too bad considering the game launched during the very last week of November and was up against anticipated titles like Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Finally, we have news about the limited edition New Super Mario Bros. 2 3DS XL. Consumers snatched up 140,000 of these handhelds in the U.S. last month.
Over 100,000 amiibo figures have been sold in Japan thus far
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Yesterday, Nintendo shared some sales data for amiibo in the United States. We now have information about how the figures are performing in Japan.
According to Japanese sales tracker Media Create, 104,000 figures have been sold thus far. Link is the most popular amiibo with 16,000 units sold. Since Link works with both Smash Bros. and Hyrule Warriors, Media Create speculates that consumers were interested in getting special items.
Media Create talks about the sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as well. It sold 228,000 copies in its debut week, which is much lower than the 820,000 first week sales of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
This newest Smash Bros. was the first multiplatform entry in the series having launched on both Wii U and 3DS. Because the 3DS version released in September, Media Create believes more users flocked to that version. Smash for Nintendo’s handheld moved 945,000 units in its first week and total sales are at 1.788 million. Combined, the two games on Wii U and 3DS are at two million copies sold.
