wraggster
July 25th, 2013, 00:38
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/nintendo-3ds/rpg/13031/mario-luigi-dream-team-bros/) sold over 100,000 copies to debut at No.1 on the Japanese software chart during the week ended July 21.
Along with the week's only other top ten new entry, Level 5 RPG Youkai Watch, Dream Team helped drive a notable increase in weekly 3DS sales, which rose from 43,000 to 57,000, according to Media Create data published on NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=633011).
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Software sales
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS, Nintendo) - 99.972 / New
Youkai Watch (3DS, Level 5) - 29.102 / 82.756
Pikmin 3 (Wii U, Nintendo) - 28.513 / 121.233
Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom (3DS, Level 5) - 27.242 / New
Friend Collection: New Life (3DS, Nintendo) - 26.799 / 1.286.646
Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3, D3 Publisher) - 20.255 / 211.968
Toukiden (Vita, Koei Tecmo) - 12.953 / 199.916
New Super Luigi U (Wii U, Nintendo) - 12.132 / 37.014
Toukiden (PSP, Koei Tecmo) - 11.008 / 129.412
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS, Nintendo) - 10.826 / 217.148
Hardware sales (previous week)
3DS - 57.025 (43.435)
Vita - 14.392 (15.662)
Wii U - 14.280 (22.199)
PS3 - 11.413 (12.698 )
PSP - 5.719 (5.830)
Wii - 1.463 (1.434)
Xbox 360 - 420 (396)
Total - 104.712 (101.654)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/420619/mario-luigi-dream-team-tops-japanese-chart-boosts-3ds-sales/
Along with the week's only other top ten new entry, Level 5 RPG Youkai Watch, Dream Team helped drive a notable increase in weekly 3DS sales, which rose from 43,000 to 57,000, according to Media Create data published on NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=633011).
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Software sales
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS, Nintendo) - 99.972 / New
Youkai Watch (3DS, Level 5) - 29.102 / 82.756
Pikmin 3 (Wii U, Nintendo) - 28.513 / 121.233
Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom (3DS, Level 5) - 27.242 / New
Friend Collection: New Life (3DS, Nintendo) - 26.799 / 1.286.646
Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3, D3 Publisher) - 20.255 / 211.968
Toukiden (Vita, Koei Tecmo) - 12.953 / 199.916
New Super Luigi U (Wii U, Nintendo) - 12.132 / 37.014
Toukiden (PSP, Koei Tecmo) - 11.008 / 129.412
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS, Nintendo) - 10.826 / 217.148
Hardware sales (previous week)
3DS - 57.025 (43.435)
Vita - 14.392 (15.662)
Wii U - 14.280 (22.199)
PS3 - 11.413 (12.698 )
PSP - 5.719 (5.830)
Wii - 1.463 (1.434)
Xbox 360 - 420 (396)
Total - 104.712 (101.654)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/420619/mario-luigi-dream-team-tops-japanese-chart-boosts-3ds-sales/