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Averon · Nov 28, 2011

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...intendo-sees-skyward-sales-on-black-friday-/1

Nintendo sees skyward sales on Black Friday

Super Mario 3D Land and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword helped Nintendo to a successful kickoff of the holiday sales season.

The new Nintendo 3DS game, Super Mario 3D Land, which landed in stores Nov. 11, has become the fastest selling portable Mario game in company history, selling more than 500,000 units since launch, says Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.

Meanwhile, the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, released for the Nintendo Wii on Sunday, Nov. 20, has sold 535,000 copies since its U.S. launch, making it hte fastest-selling Zelda game ever, he says.

These strong new releases also drove sales of Nintendo 3DS and Wii systems, Fils-Aime says. Last week's 3DS sales tripled (by 325%) compared to sales the week of Nov. 6, the week before Super Mario 3D Land debuted; the week of its debut, sales rose 49% over the previous week.

The Nintendo Wii had its biggest Black Friday ever more with than 500,000 units sold just during Black Friday and the pre-Black openings at some stores, he says.

lock if old.

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Last year, though the hardware seems to be for the full week instead of the day like some of the figures above: http://kotaku.com/5701259/black-friday-week-was-very-good-to-nintendo

Kotaku said:
Fueled by new hardware colors and special holiday bundles, Nintendo had a very happy Black Friday week indeed, with 1.5 million video game systems finding their way into the hands of gaming-hungry shoppers. What systems sold the most?

Nintendo's handheld gaming systems won the week of Black Friday, according to the company's own internal sales estimates, with 900,000 Nintendo DS, DSi, and DSi XL systems purchased during the period between Sunday, November 21 and Saturday, November 27. The Wii didn't fare quite as well but still managed to hit the 600,000 mark, bringing the grand total to 1.5 million.

Screenboy · Nov 28, 2011

3rd party confermed

fabricated backlash · Nov 28, 2011

Screenboy said:
3rd party confermed

Pretty much seals the deal.

Barrett2 · Nov 28, 2011

Screenboy said:
3rd party confermed

I like that Nintendo fans have to immediately resort to bizarre straw men to preemptively diffuse any sales debate.

LiquidMetal14 · Nov 28, 2011

Nintendo systems selling well in Black Friday? SHOCKING.

Cerebral Assassin · Nov 28, 2011

The Nintendo Wii had its biggest Black Friday ever more with than 500,000 units sold just during Black Friday and the pre-Black openings at some stores, he says.

Not bad for a dead console(half a million in one day, thats crazy).

Alligatorjandro · Nov 28, 2011

I bought a 3DS,Zelda OoT,and SM3DL this week.

Screenboy · Nov 28, 2011

lawblob said:
I like that Nintendo fans have to immediately resort to bizarre straw men to preemptively diffuse any sales debate.

ha, I couldn't give two shits to be honest, I just felt like saying it. Infact I actually think they're pretty shit figure compared to COD etc.

Tansut · Nov 28, 2011

I came in here expecting discounted prices on Wiiware and/or VC games.

I'm an idiot.

Forkball · Nov 28, 2011

Zelda only sold 1/8 of Uncharted 3's opening day BOMBA

The November NPD thread is going to be insane.

Gaborn · Nov 28, 2011

The Nintendo Wii had its biggest Black Friday ever more with than 500,000 units sold just during Black Friday and the pre-Black openings at some stores, he says.

*faints*

Fantastical · Nov 28, 2011

Tansut said:
I came in here expecting discounted prices on Wiiware and/or VC games.

I'm an idiot.

Admittedly so did I.

Cipherr · Nov 28, 2011

lawblob said:
I like that Nintendo fans have to immediately resort to bizarre straw men to preemptively diffuse any sales debate.

I like that you think there's anything at all to even debate here.

BladeoftheImmortal · Nov 28, 2011

it's pretty telling that they didnt release the 3DS numbers, but did for the Wii.

Omegasquash · Nov 28, 2011

Tansut said:
I came in here expecting discounted prices on Wiiware and/or VC games.

I'm an idiot.

You're not alone. That said, I am not shocked by these numbers.

Refreshment.01 · Nov 28, 2011

I knew the Wii kicked ass, wasn't available anywhere online. It would be so cool if Nintendo dominated the charts for november and december.

Nirolak · Nov 28, 2011

Tansut said:
I came in here expecting discounted prices on Wiiware and/or VC games.

I'm an idiot.

I was wondering about that for a moment and then was like "I guess the other way would make more sense."

These are solid sales though.

Are there any 3DS hardware numbers, or is it only the percentage so far?

POWERSPHERE · Nov 28, 2011

Alligatorjandro said:
I bought a 3DS,Zelda OoT,and SM3DL this week.

Same. I think having Mario Kart on the horizon would have helped push sales too.

confused · Nov 28, 2011

I came in here thinking Nintendo was just late as usual and wondering where the deals were in the OP.

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Jeff-DSA · Nov 28, 2011

Just from casual observation while running around on Friday, the 3DS was a hot item. Also, I knew several people picking up their 2nd Wii console to put in another room for Netflix or for younger kids in the family.

Chris1964 · Nov 28, 2011

Last year it was 600k Wii and 900k DS.

Wii was flat but 3DS didn't come close to DS.

Edit: These numbers are for the full week though.

Cornbread78 · Nov 28, 2011

I bought a Blue Wii from Wal-Mart for my kids room, but no software.. does that count?

Azure Dream · Nov 28, 2011

I can't wait until they describe Fortune Street as "the fastest selling Monopoly-style party game where you play against the Slime from Dragon Quest available on Wii."

Massa · Nov 28, 2011

It makes you think how much better Mario could have sold on iOS.

Kazerei · Nov 28, 2011

The Nintendo Wii had its biggest Black Friday ever more with than 500,000 units sold just during Black Friday and the pre-Black openings at some stores, he says.

DAT PRICE DROP

Smellycat · Nov 28, 2011

Great news!! I am loving Skyward Sword so far and glad to see it doing well. I am buying SM3DL as soon as I finish SS.

BladeoftheImmortal said:
it's pretty telling that they didnt release the 3DS numbers, but did for the Wii.

Yeah, I found that a little odd.

giggas · Nov 28, 2011

I kind of wish Zelda sales were even higher! So many people owning Wiis and it *only* did half a million? This is Zelda, in a perfect world it should be doing a million in a week, but I guess Zelda never really had that power. I guess that's good news if it is indeed the fastest selling Zelda game.

Conflicting Wii reports huh? I felt like I was reading a lot of people saying Wiis were sitting around on Black Friday. November NPD numbers should be fun!

idwl · Nov 28, 2011

BladeoftheImmortal said:
it's pretty telling that they didnt release the 3DS numbers, but did for the Wii.

yeah I was thinking that. Expecting 3DS to do about 700-800k down from the million + I was expecting for november. I would love to be wrong though =D

edit/ and if I'm reading that correctly, they say 3ds got a 49% sales increase after mario released and then compare this weeks sales to the week before mario's release. Guess they're trying to make the percentages more impressive than they are

Emitan · Nov 28, 2011

WHO ARE BUYING WIIS? WHO DOESN'T OWN ONE?

I guess Wii Sports Resort and stuff like that is gonna move big numbers (that's if it's not bundled).

MisterHero · Nov 28, 2011

Pfft Zelda only sold because it's shiny

It's really late in the life-cycle and I'm jealous of people who got the Black Wii, NSMB Wii + SMG Soundtrack bundle. It's so awesome.

EloquentM · Nov 28, 2011

Chris1964 said:
Last year it was 600k Wii and 900k DS.

Wii was flat but 3DS didn't come close to DS.

Edit: These numbers are for full week though.

Why would you expect it to?

Wario64 · Nov 28, 2011

Tansut said:
I came in here expecting discounted prices on Wiiware and/or VC games.

I'm an idiot.

I was thinking the same and was shocked before clicking

Refreshment.01 · Nov 28, 2011

Chris1964 said:
Last year it was 600k Wii and 900k DS.

Wii was flat but 3DS didn't come close to DS.

Hey Chris, why is the press release saying it was the biggest black friday for the console if last years they sold 600k?

I know its a press release but i don't think they are allowed to be factually incorrect.

ASIS · Nov 28, 2011

Tansut said:
I came in here expecting discounted prices on Wiiware and/or VC games.

I'm an idiot.

LOL the same for me.

Divvy · Nov 28, 2011

Jesus Christ, that's a fuckton of Wiis for 2011.

Nuclear Muffin · Nov 28, 2011

Crazy that Skyward Sword is one of the worst selling Zeldas in the UK and yet it's the best selling in the US.

Cornbread78 · Nov 28, 2011

Jeff-DSA said:
Just from casual observation while running around on Friday, the 3DS was a hot item. Also, I knew several people picking up their 2nd Wii console to put in another room for Netflix or for younger kids in the family.

Exactly what I did, but this has got to be the first time in 10 years I've worked retail on Black Friday that we have not completely sold out of a DS system, in this case, we didn;t sell that many 3DS's at all.

Luigi87 · Nov 28, 2011

Tansut said:
I came in here expecting discounted prices on Wiiware and/or VC games.

I'm an idiot.

Ditto...
=(

Chris1964 · Nov 28, 2011

EloquentM said:
Why would you expect it to?

What I expected is irrelevant, I compared this year to last year.

Jeff-DSA · Nov 28, 2011

Massa said:
It makes you think how much better Mario could have sold on iOS.

No it doesn't.

And I'd NEVER want to play a Mario game without the precision control of a stick or a d-pad. Anybody who would rather see Mario on iOS is probably pretty stupid.

Barrett2 · Nov 28, 2011

Jeff-DSA said:
Just from casual observation while running around on Friday, the 3DS was a hot item. Also, I knew several people picking up their 2nd Wii console to put in another room for Netflix or for younger kids in the family.

Mario 3D Land was going for $60 on Amazon, it looks like it will sell gangbusters over the holiday.

BorkBork · Nov 28, 2011

Jeff-DSA said:
No it doesn't.

And I'd NEVER want to play a Mario game without the precision control of a stick or a d-pad. Anybody who would rather see Mario on iOS is probably pretty stupid.

Pretty sure it was a troll post.

Anyways, Wonder if 3DS + DS > DS from last year.

vaelic · Nov 28, 2011

Refreshment.01 said:
I knew the Wii kicked ass, wasn't available anywhere online. It would be so cool if Nintendo dominated the charts for november and december.

Why? Nintendo needs to learn to stop putting out shovelware

Eteric Rice · Nov 28, 2011

Jeff-DSA said:
No it doesn't.

And I'd NEVER want to play a Mario game without the precision control of a stick or a d-pad. Anybody who would rather see Mario on iOS is probably pretty stupid.

Not even a probably.

dallow_bg · Nov 28, 2011

Wario64 said:
I was thinking the same and was shocked before clicking

Haha, I was like "What?! Nintendo having a sale? For real?"

PSGames · Nov 28, 2011

Wow. 500k on such a tiny install base is quite impressive.

Zoramon089 · Nov 28, 2011

The Nintendo Wii had its biggest Black Friday ever more with than 500,000 units sold just during Black Friday and the pre-Black openings at some stores, he says.

How? How is it doing this?

outunderthestars · Nov 28, 2011

Billychu said:
WHO ARE BUYING WIIS? WHO DOESN'T OWN ONE?

I guess Wii Sports Resort and stuff like that is gonna move big numbers (that's if it's not bundled).

I bought one. My girlfriend bought one as well for her kids. $99 a piece with NSMB was just too inexpensive to pass up.

Quick question. How do DS games look on the 3ds? I pulled up a youtube video that claimed that ds games were alot blurrier and was not a big fan.

Thinking about possibly buying the black dsi bundle on sale today if it cheap enough or just biting the bullet and buying a 3ds.....

Zoramon089 said:
How? How is it doing this?

$99 + new zelda.

vaelic said:
Why? Nintendo needs to learn to stop putting out shovelware

Skyward Sword is shovelware now?

Emitan · Nov 28, 2011

Massa said:
It makes you think how much better Mario could have sold on iOS.

If they wanted to lose tons of money in the long term, sure! Are people who suggest this trying to make Nintendo lose millions?

"Quick question. How do DS games look on the 3ds? I pulled up a youtube video that claimed that ds games were alot blurrier and was not a big fan. "

I'd get the 3DS. The games look a bit blurry, but I'd rather have a 3DS and the ability to play newer games than having older DS games look a bit better.

Hcoregamer00 · Nov 28, 2011

I wonder about 3Ds sales too, the lack of numbers is troubling.

I want the 3DS to light the charts on fire so we can get even more awesome games on the platform.

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