Japan: Super Smash Bros. Sales Soar, Hyrule Warriors Falls

Well it is official – Super Smash Bros. for 3DS has basically passed 1 million in sales during it’s first week. I can’t say it did this for certain, but since digital sales are not counted in this data it is practically a certainty. Even not counting digital sales, it is the single biggest launch in Smash Bros. history… in Japan. Yesterday we got to see the overall list, but we missed out on hardware along with the exact sales. This time around we have that for you. Naturally this week, 3DS and PS4 sales increased with the release of both Super Smash Bros. and Destiny.

Software:

• [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 944,644 (New)
• [PS4] Destiny (SCE, 09/11/14) – 91,277 (New)
• [PS3] Destiny (SCE, 09/11/14) – 49,503 (New)
• [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 47,065 (2,469,211)
• [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution (Bandai Namco, 09/11/14) – 40,180 (New)
• [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online (Square Enix, 09/04/14) – 22,977 (75,351)
• [PSV] Toukiden Kiwami (Koei Tecmo, 08/28/14) – 15,338 (121,320)
• [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 6,839 (665,918)
• [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo, 07/24/14) – 5,734 (179,714)
• [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) – 4,898 (1,269,742)
• [PS3] Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Atlus, 08/28/14) – 4,709 (106,181)
• [PS4] Samurai Warriors 4 (Koei Tecmo, 09/04/14) – 4,534 (16,291)
• [PSV] Chain Chronicle V (Sega, 09/11/14) – 4,178 (New)
• [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (Bandai Namco, 08/07/14) – 4,084 (137,143)
• [3DS] Medarot 8 Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. (Rocket Company, 08/28/14) – 3,766 (45,306)
• [PSP] Toukiden Kiwami (Koei Tecmo, 08/28/14) – 3,657 (20,485)
• [PSV] Love Live! School Idol Paradise Vol. 1: Printemps Unit / Vol 2. BiBi Unit / Vol 3. Lily White Unit (Kadokawa Games, 08/28/14) – 3,467 (76,033)
• [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Space-Time Great Adventure (Bandai Namco, 06/26/14) – 3,452 (160,821)
• [Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Koei Tecmo, 08/14/14) – 3,365 (100,177)
• [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V Low Price Version (Take-Two, 06/26/14) – 3,300 (60,307)

Hardware:

• 3DS LL – 31,602 (23,624)
• PlayStation 4 – 23,623 (7,299)
• PlayStation Vita – 12,331 (14,441)
• 3DS – 7,967 (5,931)
• Wii U – 7,062 (7,349)
• PlayStation 3 – 6,083 (6,139)
• Xbox One – 3,015 (25,674)
• PlayStation Vita TV – 817 (910)
• PSP – 101 (288)
• Xbox 360 – 96 (126)

Other notables for Nintendo fans would be that Mario Kart 8 is still in the top 10, while Hyrule Warriors has all but fallen off a cliff – holding on to a top 20 spot at #19. Hyrule Warriors definitely doesn’t appear to have the long term sales potential most Nintendo games do.

Source: Gamnesia