Sept. 12, 2013
Fueled by a strong start for Mario
& Luigi™: Dream Team and the continued strength of
games such as Animal Crossing™:
New Leaf and Luigi's Mansion™: Dark
Moon, Nintendo
3DS™ finished August as the best-selling video game system in the
U.S. for the fourth consecutive month. More than 6.47 million units of
Nintendo 3DS software have been sold so far in 2013, an increase of
nearly 30 percent over the same time frame last year.
Other highlights for August include:
- Mario & Luigi: Dream Team for Nintendo 3DS launched on
Aug. 11 and sold nearly 190,000 combined physical and digital units.
- Pikmin™ 3
for Wii U™
launched on Aug. 4 and sold more than 115,000 combined physical and
digital units.
- New Super Luigi U™ for Wii U launched in
stores on Aug. 25, after two months as a digital-only download, and has
now sold nearly 120,000 combined units.
- So far in 2013, nine Nintendo 3DS games have sold at least 250,000
combined physical and digital units. These include:
|
Title |
Launch
Date |
2013 Sales |
Lifetime
Sales |
|
Luigi’s
Mansion: Dark Moon |
3/24/13 |
863,000
units |
|
|
Animal
Crossing: New Leaf |
6/9/13 |
739,000
units |
|
|
New Super
Mario Bros.™ 2 |
8/19/12 |
406,000
units |
1.85
million units |
|
Fire
Emblem Awakening |
2/4/13 |
390,000
units |
|
|
Mario Kart™ 7 |
12/4/11 |
352,000
units |
2.84
million units |
|
Pokémon™ Mystery
Dungeon: Gates to Infinity |
3/24/13 |
298,000
units |
|
|
Donkey
Kong Country™ Returns
3D |
5/24/13 |
268,000
units |
|
|
Super
Mario 3D Land™ |
11/13/11 |
265,000
units |
2.86
million units |
|
LEGO® City
Undercover: The Chase Begins |
4/21/13 |
264,000
units |
|
Nintendo 3DS fans will have a lot to play this fall and through the rest of 2013, including Pokémon™ X and Pokémon™ Y (Oct. 12), The Legend of Zelda™: A Link Between Worlds (Nov. 22) and Mario Party™: Island Tour (Nov. 22). On Oct. 12, Nintendo launches Nintendo 2DS™, an entry-level portable video game system that plays all Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS games in 2D at a suggested retail price of $129.99.
The great lineup of Wii U games continues this month with The Wonderful 101™ (Sept. 15) and The Legend of Zelda™: The Wind Waker HD (Digital: Sept. 20, Physical: Oct. 4), and into the fall and holiday season with Wii Party™ U (Oct. 25), Super Mario™ 3D World (Nov. 22), Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Dec. 6) and Wii Fit™ U (Holiday). On Sept. 20, Nintendo is launching a limited-edition Wii U bundle featuring The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD at the new Wii U Deluxe suggested retail price of $299.99.
*Data regarding physical sales of games in August 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.
