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Cnet reports that the Wii U Console sold 57,000 at retail in January, bringing the Wii U’s total sales in America to 940,000. For comparison the Wii U sold 378,000 less then the Wii sold in its first January.

Creamsugar then reported that the Deluxe version took 83 percent of console sales compared to the basic’s 17, as well as listing the top twenty Wii U game titles for the month.

1. New Super Mario Bros. U
2. Scribblenauts Unlimited (over 100k sold)
3. Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed (over 100k sold)
4. ZombiU (over 100k sold)
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
6. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
7. Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
8. Just Dance 4 (over 100k sold)
9. Assassin’s Creed III
10. Skylanders Giants
11. Madden NFL 13
12. ESPN Sports Connection
13. Wipeout
14. Nintendo Land
15. Rabbids Land
16. Marvel Avangers: Battle for Earth
17. NBA 2K13
18. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge
19. SiNG Party
20. FIFA 13

Creamsugar then went on to give some information on sales of Nintendo’s other platforms. He stated that the 3DS sold under 150k, that the Wii sold over 100k, and the DS sold over 50k.

I Can’t imagine that Nintendo is thrilled with the Wii U hardware results, but I believe they can bounce back. March brings a new batch of games and the end of the fiscal year. I fully expect come April that they will start heavily advertising the console again.

Source: Cnet, Creamsugar, and Gamasutra

Best selling games on Nintendo platforms for December 2012

Ross — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:53:44 +0000

Wii U

1. New Super Mario Bros. U

2. Just Dance 4

3. Scribblenauts Unlimited

4. Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed

5. ZombiU

6. Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

7. Call of Duty: Black Ops II

8. Skylanders Giants

9. Batman: Arkham City Armored Addition

10. Nintendo Land

Wii

1. Just Dance 4

2. Skylanders Giants

3. Just Dance Disney Party

4. Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

5. Mario Kart Wii

6. New Super Mario Bros. Wii

7. Wipeout: The Game

8. The Hip Hop Dance Experience

9. LEGO® The Lord of the Rings

10. Super Mario Galaxy

3DS

1. New Super Mario Bros. 2

2. Paper Mario: Sticker Star

3. Angry Birds Trilogy

4. Mario Kart 7

5. Super Mario 3D Land

6. Disney Epic Mickey: The Power of lllusion

7. Scribblenauts Unlimited

8. Wreck-It Ralph

9. Steel Diver

10. Style Savvy: Trendsetters

1. Pokémon Black Version 2

2. Pokémon White Version 2

3. New Super Mario Bros.

4. LEGO Battles: Ninjago

5. Mario Kart DS

6. Wreck-It Ralph

7. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

8. Plants vs Zombies

9. Sonic Classic Collection

10. Super Mario 64 DS

Source: Nintendo

Best selling downloadable games on Nintendo platforms for 2012

Ross — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:18:06 +0000

Nintendo has updated their site with the latest sales results for December, allowing us to see what the best selling downloadable games on Nintendo Platforms were for the calendar year of 2012.

Wii

1. Super Mario Bros. 3

2. Super Mario Bros.

3. Super Mario World

4. Super Mario 64

5. Super Mario Bros. 2

6. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

7. The Legend of Zelda

8. Mario Kart 64

9. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

10. Mario Party 2

3DS

1. Pokemon Dream Radar

2. Super Mario Bros.

3. Pushmo

4. The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening DX

5. Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins

6. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure

7. Colors! 3D

8. Photo Dojo

9. Plants vs. Zombies

10. Cut the Rope

1. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again

2. Cut the Rope

3. Plants vs. Zombies

4. Go Series: Undead Storm

5. Photo Dojo

6. Army Defender

7. Academy: Tic-Tac-Toe

8. Chuck E. Cheese’s Arcade Room

9. Arcade Hoops Basketball

10. Birds and Beans

Source: Nintendo

Best selling games on Nintendo platforms for 2012

Ross — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:59:25 +0000

Nintendo has updated their site with the latest sales results for December, allowing us to see what the best selling games for Nintendo Platforms were for the calendar year of 2012.

Wii

1. Just Dance 4

2. Just Dance 3

3. Mario Party 9

4. Zumba Fitness 2

5. Super Mario Galaxy

6. Skylanders Giants

7. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

8. uDraw Instant Artist

9. Wii Sports

10. Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure

3DS

1. New Super Mario Brothers 2

2. Mario Kart 7

3. Super Mario 3D Land

4. Paper Mario: Sticker Star

5. Angry Birds Trilogy

6. Kid Icarus: Uprising

7. Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]

8. Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

9. Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

10. Mario Tennis Open

1. Pokemon Black Version 2

2. New Super Mario Brothers

3. Pokemon White Version 2

4. Lego Battles Ninjago

5. Mario Kart DS

6. Plants vs Zombies

7. Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes

8. Super Mario 64 DS

9. Pokemon Conquest

10. Monster High Ghoul Spirit

Source: Nintendo

The Best Selling Games on Nintendo platforms for November 2012

Ross — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:56:02 +0000

Nintendo has just released their top ten best selling games for all platforms for the month of November according to NPD.

Wii U

1. New Super Mario Brothers U

2. ZombiU

3. Scribblenauts Unlimited

4. Call of Duty: Black Ops II

5. Just Dance 4

6. Nintendo Land

7. Epic Micky 2: The Power of 2

8. Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition

9. Sonic & All Star racing Transformed

10. Skylanders Giants

Wii

1. Just Dance 4

2. uDraw Studio: Instant Artist

3. Skylanders Giants

4. Just Dance 3

5. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heros

6. Epic Micky 2: The Power of Two

7. Just Dance Disney Party

8. Super Mario Galaxy

9. Zumba Fitness Core

10. Donkey Kong Country Returns

3DS

1. New Super Mario Brothers 2

2. Paper Mario: Sticker Star

3. Angry Birds Trilogy

4. Mario Kart 7

5. Super Mario 3d Land

6. Wreck-It Ralph

7. Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]

8. Skylanders Giants

9. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask

10. Lego The Lord of the Rings

1. Pokemon Black Version 2

2. Pokemon White Version 2

3. Lego Battles: Ninjago

4. New Super Mario Bros.

5. Mario Kart DS

6. Monster High Ghoul Spirit

7. Wreck-It Ralph

8. Plants vs Zombies

9. Brave: The Video Game

10. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heros

Source: Nintendo

New Super Mario Brothers 2 DLC detailed

Ross — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:10:49 +0000

Good news for those wanting more Mario on their 3DS. In Japan’s latest Nintendo Direct, New Super Mario Brothers 2 first three DLC packs were announced and detailed.

The DLC packs contain

Pack 1: Go! Go! Gold Mario Pack. 3 courses, up to 30k coins.

Pack 2: Challenge the Record Pack A. Top WW scores on HP.

Pack 3: Survival Panic Pack, for experts only.

The DLC will be accessible from the shop button on the bottom of the Coin Rush menu and will only appear after a spotpass is read. These announced courses are based in part on the responses from Club Nintendo surveys. The packs will release on 10/2 in Japan and cost 200 yen each ($2.56).

The next sets of DLC or planned for release at the end of October and the end of November, with further DLC information to be posted on the companies website.

Source: Cheesemeister

Dragon Quest X sells 556,000 copies, has 300,000 subscribers

Ross — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:58:05 +0000

The latest Dragon Quest game in Japan might have not sold as much as previous installments, but still has the possibility of earning a healthy profit for Square Enix.

The Nihon Securities Journal reports that Dragon Quest X currently has around 300,000 subscribers, with each subscriber paying around $13 a month.

Fairly impressive numbers for a console MMO only released in Japan. One has to think that the numbers will get a significant boost once the Wii U version of the game comes out.

Source: The Nihon Securities Journal via Anime News Network and Siliconera

List of retailer exclusive Skylanders

Ross — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:45:54 +0000

If your a fan of Skylanders finding out that retailer exclusive figures are coming shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Luckily this year the exclusive characters all seem to be variants of the Skylanders that will be sold everywhere.

List of stores and exclusives

GameStop

DragonFire Cannon Battle Pack
(Series 2 Chop Chop, Shroomboom, and The Dragon Fire Cannon Battle Arena figures)

ToysRUs

Legendary Bouncer

Legendary Skylander 3 pack-(Series 2 L-Ignitor, Series 2 L-Slam Bam, and L-Jet Vac)

Legendary Stealth

Legendary Chill

Target

Granite Crusher

In addition to retailer exclusives there are two bundle exclusives as well.

3DS Starter Set

Punch Pop Fizz

PS3 Slim Skylanders Giant Bundle

Mold Rex

Still a hassle for collectors but less of one for people who just want the standard figures.

Source: GoNintendo