First-party software leads Wii sales in Japan
First-party Nintendo games are leading the pack of Wii titles sold in Japan according to software sales figures from Enterbrain. On the first weekend of release, Wii Sports racked up sales of 176,880 units, with Wii Play reaching 171,888 units.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was the third best-selling Wii game with 145,068 copies sold. In number four was another Nintendo title, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, which sold 63,086 units, way behind the numbers for Twilight Princess.
Tecmo‘s Super Swing Golf was the only third-party title able to crack the top five, selling 12,673 copies. Ubisoft‘s Red Steel, which has received a lot of press in the U.S. and Europe, came in eighth place with just under 9,000 units sold.
The Wii’s impressive numbers don’t stop there. The software tie-in ratio for the Wii was reported to be at 1.69, with over 372,000 Wiis sold over the first weekend in Japan. Seems like Japan really loves its Wii, and Satoru Iwata‘s prediction that Nintendo may beat their own forecasted figures might just come true.
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First-party Nintendo games are leading the pack of Wii titles sold in Japan according to software sales figures from Enterbrain. On the first weekend of release, Wii Sports racked up sales of 176,880 units, with Wii Play reaching 171,888 units.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was the third best-selling Wii game with 145,068 copies sold. In number four was another Nintendo title, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, which sold 63,086 units, way behind the numbers for Twilight Princess.
Tecmo‘s Super Swing Golf was the only third-party title able to crack the top five, selling 12,673 copies. Ubisoft‘s Red Steel, which has received a lot of press in the U.S. and Europe, came in eighth place with just under 9,000 units sold.
The Wii’s impressive numbers don’t stop there. The software tie-in ratio for the Wii was reported to be at 1.69, with over 372,000 Wiis sold over the first weekend in Japan. Seems like Japan really loves its Wii, and Satoru Iwata‘s prediction that Nintendo may beat their own forecasted figures might just come true.
Via Games Industry
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