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[Captain Smoker]

Note that these are only numbers for the 10 best selling titles per system and games that sold more than a million in the last two quarters.


Sorted by Q3 sales. (Calendar year, July 2015 - September 2015)

[B]Sys.	Title						Q3 '15		LTD as of Sep. '15[/B]

3DS	Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer		2.020.000	2.020.000
3DS	Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire		420.000		10.690.000
3DS	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS		330.000		7.370.000
3DS	Mario Kart 7					270.000		12.190.000
3DS	Animal Crossing: New Leaf			270.000		9.440.000
3DS	Tomodachi Life					180.000		4.480.000
3DS	New Super Mario Bros. 2				170.000		9.470.000
3DS	Pokemon X / Y					160.000		14.150.000
3DS	Super Mario 3D Land				110.000		10.210.000
3DS	Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon			70.000		4.610.000
3DS	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D		50.000		3.820.000

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/3ds.html
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/151028_3e.pdf

[B]Sys.	Title						Q3 '15		LTD as of Sep. '15[/B]

Wii U	Super Mario Maker				1.880.000	1.880.000
Wii U	Splatoon					800.000		2.420.000
Wii U	Mario Kart 8					440.000		5.870.000
Wii U	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U			200.000		4.030.000
Wii U	Super Mario 3D World				170.000		4.470.000
Wii U	Nintendo Land					120.000		5.000.000
Wii U	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD		50.000		1.620.000
Wii U	New Super Mario Bros. U				40.000		4.880.000
Wii U	New Super Luigi U				10.000		2.270.000
Wii U	Wii Party U					10.000		1.580.000

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/wiiu.html
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/151028_3e.pdf



Wii & NDS data is mostly Q2 + Q3 2015 (April 2015 - September 2015)

[B]Sys.	Title						Q2+Q3 '15	LTD as of Sep. '15[/B]

Wii	Wii Party					230.000		9.150.000	(three quarters)
Wii	New Super Mario Bros. Wii			190.000		29.510.000
Wii	Super Smash Bros. Brawl				160.000		12.930.000
Wii	Mario Kart Wii					150.000		36.530.000
Wii	Super Mario Galaxy				90.000		12.590.000
Wii	Wii Sports Resort				70.000		32.870.000
Wii	Wii Sports					30.000		82.720.000
Wii	Wii Play					0		28.020.000
Wii	Wii Fit						0		22.670.000
Wii	Wii Fit Plus					0		21.110.000

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/wii.html

[B]Sys.	Title						Q2+Q3 '15	LTD as of Sep. '15[/B]

NDS	Super Mario 64 DS				10.000		11.060.000
NDS	New Super Mario Bros.				0		30.790.000
NDS	Nintendogs					0		23.960.000
NDS	Mario Kart DS					0		23.590.000
NDS	Brain Age					0		18.140.000
NDS	Pokemon Diamond / Pearl				0		17.630.000
NDS	Pokemon Black / White				0		15.600.000
NDS	Brain Age 2					0		14.880.000
NDS	Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver			0		12.720.000
NDS	Animal Crossing: Wild World			0		11.740.000

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/ds.html

 

[goomba]

success of splatoon bodes well for nintnedo taking risks with more new IP

 

[maxcriden]

Thanks for parsing and posting this! We're all but guaranteed a new Luigi's Mansion.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

success of splatoon bodes well for nintnedo taking risks with more new IP

I really hope so. As much as Mario and co. are needed, we could do with some decent investment in new IP outside of small projects.

 

[heringer]

Mario Kart Wii is insane, damn.

 

[DaSorcerer7]

success of splatoon bodes well for nintnedo taking risks with more new IP

Hopefully they allocate more funding to the GARAGE program.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Codename STEAM am cry

 

[KooopaKid]

Splatoon > Bloodborne as of September.
Calling it right now, both will be in NeoGAF GOTY Top 5.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

One thing that just came to mind regarding a few titles there.

Does New Super Luigi U DLC version count as a sale here? (as it is discs and downloads of discs) How is the combined and New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U disc counted here?

I don't suppose we ever find out the answer to those well maybe Q4 as the New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U disc is now at retail in the USA (presumably replacing the separate discs).

Does the lack of some first party Wii U titles imply they sold less than 1 million (prior to today the best sellers list for Wii U was a top 8 instead of a top 10) but at the same time there the top 10 is just less than 50% of all software (well discs and downloads of disc).

 

[Nightbird]

The biggest news is that Super Mario 64 DS sells 10.000 Units, 10 years after release.

 

[TheMoon]

Why are people (still) buying Mario 64 DS. Why.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Why are people (still) buying Mario 64 DS. Why.

Only reason I could think of would be if it was on WiiU VC, whether here or in Japan, assuming that'd even count. But I don't think it is.

so... wtf?

 

[Pancakes R Us]

The biggest news is that Super Mario 64 DS sells 10.000 Units, 10 years after release.

What a hit.

Why are people (still) buying Mario 64 DS. Why.

Because it's Mario freakin' 64, son.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

Thanks for parsing and posting this! We're all but guaranteed a new Luigi's Mansion.

Well that's likely years out given the lm2 team is doing federation force.

Must suck going from one of the breakout successes to a game with such a bad response.

 

[Porcile]

Luigi's Mansion 2 sales are amazing.

 

[Shiggy]

I see Mario.

 

[maxcriden]

Well that's likely years out given the lm2 team is doing federation force.

Must suck going from one of the breakout successes to a game with such a bad response.

Ah, right. I forgot about that. Well, it's possible they will just assist on it and another dev will take the lead. They won't want to wait too many years between Dark Moon and the next LM game if they want to capitalize on its success. Maybe an NX year one or two title.

 

[Ushojax]

Well that's likely years out given the lm2 team is doing federation force.

Must suck going from one of the breakout successes to a game with such a bad response.

The response to Federation Force will help it long term, like Star Fox Zero the reaction will have sent them into a panic and they will make sure the game turns out good.

 

[Celine]

Luigi's Mansion 2 sales are amazing.

Next Level Games track record for Nintendo is remarkable and that's why Nintendo gave them each time a more delicate and important project.

First Mario Football spinoffs (which two games sold great) then reviving a lesser known but important for Nintendo legacy IP like Punch Out (again with good critical and sales reception).
Finally the sequel to the beloved Luigi spooky game for GC which is outselling the original by a good margin.

Nintendo simply has no reason to not trust NLG with their legacy IPs at this point in time.

 

[Pennywise83]

The biggest news is that Super Mario 64 DS sells 10.000 Units, 10 years after release.

Almost 11!

 

[Throwaway123456789]

How many million sellers are there on each of the current gen consoles now?

 

[Mory Dunz]

Can someone tell Luigis mansion to chill the eff out

 

[SeanR1221]

People must love animal crossing.

 

[Mory Dunz]

It might be hard to pass brawl if it keeps selling

 

[Gaiaknight]

People must love animal crossing.

Over the years Animal crossing has gotten huge doesnt surprise me Happy home designer is selling well.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

3DS Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon 4.610.000

One of the biggest surprise hits of the generation.

 

[Aostia]

3DS Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon 4.610.000

One of the biggest surprise hits of the generation.

hell yeah!

 

[mrmickfran]

Smash 3DS is unstoppable.

 

[thestopsign]

People must love animal crossing.

It is arguably one of Nintendo's top three IPs in Japan.

 

[Atwa]

2.4 million for Splatoon is really great.

Love that game and happy that a risk paid off.

 

[Possumowner]

Gogogo Splatoon,hope Nintendo keep taking those risks on new Ip's

 

[KidB]

Splatoon and Mario Maker definitely deserve those sales.

 

[Haganeren]

Am i the only one REALLY surprised Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer sold so well so quickly ?

I mean, yeah Animal Crossing is a really successful brend but 2 millions that quickly for something like a spin-of ? That's insane.

 

[Diffense]

Smash is quite a thing this gen. It's almost up there with Mario Kart (though it's on two platforms). Mario Kart suffered more from the Wii U's small userbase since it's one of those games that even more casual gamers can play but they don't own the system. IIRC MK Wii sold over 35 million.

 

[Celine]

Am i the only one REALLY surprised Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer sold so well so quickly ?

I mean, yeah Animal Crossing is a really successful brend but 2 millions that quickly for something like a spin-of ? That's insane.

It's a strong brand and the gameplay fit well AC nature.
It's Nintendo big seller for the 3DS holiday season IMO.

Now if the AC board game for WiiU will sell 2 million quickly that would surprise me (you can never underestimatee the power of Amiibo I suppose).

 

[Tizoc]

Am I misreading or did Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire both sold a total of 10 mil units worldwide?

 

[Zalman]

Am I misreading or did Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire both sold a total of 10 mil units worldwide?

You are correct.

 

[Orgen]

Great numbers all around.

Can Pokemon X/Y reach Black & White numbers? And ORAS reach HG/SS?

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Wii U Mario Kart 8 440.000 5.870.000

Now more then x4 polygon predictions, and higher then super circuit

 

[georly]

You are correct.

pokemon should go mobile *snicker*

 

[Javier]

So happy to see Splatoon do so well. It deserves every single one of those sales.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

The biggest news is that Super Mario 64 DS sells 10.000 Units, 10 years after release.

This FY has 5.5 million DS games shipped. The Apr-Jun number was 2.3 million. Yes a lot of it is shovelware like Frozen: Olaf's Quest (coming soon to Japan, joy ).

I suspect this SM64 shipment was for Europe as looking at the amazon.de price charts shows pricing activity and hence stock status changing (camelcamelcamel displays out of stock as being the same price so the straight lines for 2014-205 are likely out of stock periods).

Likewise OOT 3D was mainly European.

edit: Or maybe it is NOA store stuff. Still those tended to be refurbished.

 

[Az987]

Only reason I could think of would be if it was on WiiU VC, whether here or in Japan, assuming that'd even count. But I don't think it is.

so... wtf?

It got put up on NoAs online store a few months ago for $20. I wonder if all 10,000 sales are from that.

 

[sörine]

Only reason I could think of would be if it was on WiiU VC, whether here or in Japan, assuming that'd even count. But I don't think it is.

so... wtf?

It wouldn't count and Mario 64 DS isn't on Wii U VC yet anyway.

 

[AniHawk]

The biggest news is that Super Mario 64 DS sells 10.000 Units, 10 years after release.

i wonder how big the break was between sm64 and sm64 ds. two years? three? they've been seeing almost continuous sales for that game since 1996.

 

[RamzaIsCool]

Kinda baffling how their userbase disappeared on them. On consoles the drop is like 90% and handheld 60/70%. And this all happened in just a few years. I guess the good news is the GC to Wii spike is just as extraordinary, so not all is lost for the NX. You never know with Nintendo.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Those Splatoon sales! Very impressive!

 

[Sterok]

So, Splatoon vs Mario Maker vs Happy Home Designer. Which will be Nintendo's best selling game this year? I'm betting on Mario Maker > Splatoon > HHD.

 

[KingSnake]

Kinda baffling how their userbase disappeared on them. On consoles the drop is like 90% and handheld 60/70%. And this all happened in just a few years. I guess the good news is the GC to Wii spike is just as extraordinary, so not all is lost for the NX. You never know with Nintendo.

It's not baffling if you look how they treated the transition periods between the generations (including this one now from Wii U and 3ds to NX. Add on top the damage inflicted by mobile to handhelds.

 

[Effect]

success of splatoon bodes well for nintnedo taking risks with more new IP

Taking risk as well as actually advertising one of their games. They refuse to do that with a LOT of their titles. Had they treated Splatoon as they did nearly everything else it wouldn't have sold the numbers it has.