wraggster
May 8th, 2014, 23:19
3DS sales leapt up last week in Japan on the back of Mario Golf: World Tour.
In total 42,500 3DS consoles were sold for the week ending May 4th, well ahead of PS Vita and Vita TV, which has combined sales of 25,500. All data courtesy of Famitsu.
Its another 10,000 week-on-week jump for 3DS, which shot up by the same amount last week thanks to the arrival of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (No.2 last week, No.4 this week).
Mario Golf, however, could only manage second place as its a return to the top for Yokai Watch on 3DS.
Yokai Watch is an RPG that launched in July last year by Professor Layton developer Level-5. It has spawned a comic strip and earlier this year became an anime TV series, and has been a mainstay at the top of the Famitsu Japanese Top Ten this year. Its now closing in on 1m sales and a sequel Yokai Watch 2 is set to arrive this July.
Level-5 is now considering bringing the series to the US and America.
Here are the hardware numbers:
Nintendo 3DS LL: 36,050
PS Vita: 23,966
PS4: 11,692
PS3: 9,917
Wii U: 8,217
Nintendo 3DS: 6,597
PSP: 1,906
PS Vita TV: 1,640
Xbox 360: 146
And here are the Top Ten games:
1. Yokai Watch (Level-5) 3DS 70,021
2. Mario Golf: World Tour (Nintendo) 3DS 58,743
3. Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (Bandai Namco) Vita 26,852
4. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (Square Enix) 3DS 24,796
5. Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo) 3DS 24,596
6. Kirby: Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) 3DS 11,080
7. Style Savvy: Trendsetters Tokimeki Up! (Nintendo) 3DS 8,289
8. NES Remix 1+2 (Nintendo) Wii U 8,173
9. Child of Light (Ubisoft) ETC 7,857
10. Dai-3-ji Super Robot Taisen Z: Jigoku-hen (Bandai Namco) PS3 6,966
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/3ds-sales-spike-on-mario-golf-launch-in-japan/0132132
In total 42,500 3DS consoles were sold for the week ending May 4th, well ahead of PS Vita and Vita TV, which has combined sales of 25,500. All data courtesy of Famitsu.
Its another 10,000 week-on-week jump for 3DS, which shot up by the same amount last week thanks to the arrival of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (No.2 last week, No.4 this week).
Mario Golf, however, could only manage second place as its a return to the top for Yokai Watch on 3DS.
Yokai Watch is an RPG that launched in July last year by Professor Layton developer Level-5. It has spawned a comic strip and earlier this year became an anime TV series, and has been a mainstay at the top of the Famitsu Japanese Top Ten this year. Its now closing in on 1m sales and a sequel Yokai Watch 2 is set to arrive this July.
Level-5 is now considering bringing the series to the US and America.
Here are the hardware numbers:
Nintendo 3DS LL: 36,050
PS Vita: 23,966
PS4: 11,692
PS3: 9,917
Wii U: 8,217
Nintendo 3DS: 6,597
PSP: 1,906
PS Vita TV: 1,640
Xbox 360: 146
And here are the Top Ten games:
1. Yokai Watch (Level-5) 3DS 70,021
2. Mario Golf: World Tour (Nintendo) 3DS 58,743
3. Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (Bandai Namco) Vita 26,852
4. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (Square Enix) 3DS 24,796
5. Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo) 3DS 24,596
6. Kirby: Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) 3DS 11,080
7. Style Savvy: Trendsetters Tokimeki Up! (Nintendo) 3DS 8,289
8. NES Remix 1+2 (Nintendo) Wii U 8,173
9. Child of Light (Ubisoft) ETC 7,857
10. Dai-3-ji Super Robot Taisen Z: Jigoku-hen (Bandai Namco) PS3 6,966
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/3ds-sales-spike-on-mario-golf-launch-in-japan/0132132