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Nintendo Million Mile Markers
August 14, in the year of
our Lord 2014 -- Mario Kart 8 has now sold more than 1
million total units in the United States alone, becoming the
second Wii U game to cross that milestone, along with New Super
Mario Bros. U (1.69 million). Mario Kart 8 continues to drive
momentum for the Wii U platform. Through the first seven months
of 2014, total sales of Wii U hardware and software have
increased by nearly 60 percent and more than 135 percent,
respectively, over the same period in 2013.
Notable Wii U games on the way this year include: Hyrule
Warriors (Sept. 26), Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Christmas) and
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Christmas). These games will be
joined by amiibo, Nintendo’s foray into the toys-to-life
category, which will launch this Christmas season. Super Smash
Bros. for Wii U will be the first game to support amiibo. Other
games that will support amiibo include Mario Kart 8, Captain
Toad: Treasure Tracker, Mario Party 10 and Yoshi’s Woolly World,
with more to come.
The continued strength of the Nintendo 3DS platform can be
attributed to the breadth and quality of its overall lineup of
software. To date, more than 40 million Nintendo 3DS software
units have been sold in the United States alone. This includes
41 titles with a Metacritic score of 80 or higher, seven of
which have a score of 90 or higher; and nine games that have
sold at least 1 million units in the U.S. alone:
Mario Kart 7: 3.48 million
Super Mario 3D Land: 3.09 million
New Super Mario Bros. 2: 2.28 million
Pokémon X: 2.10 million
Pokémon Y: 2.01 million
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D: 1.39 million
Animal Crossing: New Leaf: 1.36 million
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon: 1.33 million
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: 1.09 million
Four of the 10 best-selling software SKUs for July are exclusive
to the Nintendo 3DS platform. This includes Tomodachi Life,
which finished at No. 5 and sold more than 85,000 units in its
second month, and Pokémon Y (No. 8), Pokémon X (No. 9) and Mario
Kart 7 (No. 10). Those last three games appeared on the list
despite being on the market for 10 months, 10 months and 31
months, respectively. The lineup for Nintendo 3DS will be
bolstered by three of the most anticipated games of 2014: Super
Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Oct. 3) and Pokémon Omega Ruby and
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (Nov. 21).