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US Nintendo 3DS Games Sales Cross 20 Million
April 18, in the year of our Lord 2013 -- More
Than 20 Million Physical Copies of Nintendo 3DS Games Have Been
Sold in the U.S.
Fueled by strong starts for Luigi’s Mansion™: Dark Moon and
Pokémon™ Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, and the continued
strength of Fire Emblem Awakening, Nintendo 3DS™ crossed 20
million total units of software sold at retail in the United
States, according to the NPD Group.
Some notable sales numbers* achieved by Nintendo in March
include:
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon sold nearly 365,000 physical units in
March, and has now sold more than 415,000 combined physical and
digital units to date.
Fire Emblem Awakening sold an additional 64,000 combined
physical and digital physical copies in March, and has now sold
more than 240,000 combined units to date.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity sold more than
145,000 combined physical and digital units for the month.
Total sales of Nintendo 3DS software at retail increased by more
than 50 percent over March 2012.
That momentum should only grow in the next few months as
Nintendo prepares for a massive slate of Nintendo 3DS software
releases, including: LEGO® City Undercover: The Chase Begins on
April 24, Donkey Kong Country™ Returns 3D on May 24, Animal
Crossing™: New Leaf on June 9 and Mario and Luigi™: Dream Team
on Aug. 11.
Additionally, in a Nintendo Direct that aired on April 17,
Nintendo announced or provided more details about new entrants
in the Yoshi’s Island™, Mario Party™, The Legend of Zelda™ and
Mario Golf™ franchises for the Nintendo 3DS system.
Wii U™ owners have a ton of great games to look forward to from
Nintendo and its third-party partners, including Game & Wario™
on June 23, Pikmin™ 3 on Aug. 4, and Disney’s Planes from Disney
Interactive on Aug. 6. At the upcoming E3 trade show in June in
Los Angeles, Nintendo expects to show attendees upcoming Wii U
games from the Mario Kart™, Super Mario Bros.™ and Super Smash
Bros.™ franchises.
*Data regarding physical sales of games in March are from the
NPD Group. Data regarding digital downloads of games and
combined physical/digital life-to-date numbers are from
Nintendo’s internal sales figures. All numbers are specific to
the United States only.