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Nintendo February Sales and Free Trial
Donkey Kong Drives Wii U Sales, Bravely Default Outpacing Fire
Emblem
March 13, in the year of our Lord 2014 --
Strong new releases helped sales of Wii U software and Nintendo
3DS software in February increase by more than 180 percent and
more than 25 percent, respectively, over the same month last
year. Wii U software sales were driven by the Feb. 21 launch of
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, which sold more than
130,000 combined physical and digital units in its first eight
days on the market. This helped sales of Wii U hardware increase
by nearly 25 percent over the same month last year.
In early 2013, Fire Emblem Awakening launched for Nintendo 3DS
and became one of the surprise hits of the year. Bravely
Default, which launched for Nintendo 3DS on Feb. 7, improved on
the launch of Fire Emblem Awakening by more than 10 percent,
selling more than 200,000 combined units in just over three
weeks.
Other sales milestones achieved by Nintendo in February include:
Bravely Default and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
finished as the No. 2 and No. 4 best-selling software SKUs for
the month of February.
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y for the Nintendo 3DS system sold more
than 130,000 combined units in their fifth month on the market.
This brought the life-to-date total to more than 3.4 million
combined units in the United States alone.
Over the next few months, Nintendo will launch a series of games
from fan-favorite franchises including Yoshi’s New Island
(Nintendo 3DS, March 14), Disney Magical World (Nintendo 3DS,
April 11), Mario Golf: World Tour (Nintendo 3DS, May 2), Kirby:
Triple Deluxe (Nintendo 3DS, May 2) and Mario Kart 8 (Wii U, May
30).
*Data regarding physical sales of games in February 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, unless otherwise
stated, are specific to the United States only.
Celebrate the Start of Spring with
Free Trial Access to Wii Sports Club on Wii U
REDMOND, Wash.--(March 14, in the year of our Lord 2014)--
Spring is almost here! As the cold weather slowly creeps away,
welcome the new season by tossing away the blanket and hopping
off the couch to play Wii Sports Club. Starting on March 21 at 9
a.m. PT, Wii U owners can download and play the Wii Sports Club
game for free until March 23 at 11:59 p.m. PT. This promotion
includes free access to all three currently available sports
(Wii Sports Club – Golf, Wii Sports Club – Bowling and Wii
Sports Club – Tennis) and is open to all Wii U owners*, even
those who have previously tried or have already downloaded Wii
Sports Club. As an added bonus, the Resort Course, a new
nine-hole course in Wii Sports Club – Golf that was originally
featured in Wii Sports Resort, will be permanently added to the
game via an update that is available today.
Wii Sports Club is a compilation of the sports from Wii Sports
that features high-definition graphics, controls via Wii
MotionPlus technology, immersive GamePad integration and an
online multiplayer versus mode. In this mode, users with
broadband Internet access can face off against other players all
over the country online.
Players who want to keep playing after March 23 can purchase a
Day Pass for $1.99 in the Nintendo eShop to play all available
sports for a 24-hour period, or can buy a Club Pass that
provides permanent access to individual sports for $9.99 each.
*To participate in this promotion, Wii U owners must have a
broadband Internet connection, a Nintendo Network ID and the
SpotPass feature enabled on their systems.