May 16, 2013
A strong launch for LEGO® City Undercover: The Chase Begins
helped Nintendo
3DS™ maintain its torrid pace in 2013. Through the first four
months of the year, Nintendo has already sold more than 2.1 million
units of first-party Nintendo 3DS software in the U.S. alone, an
increase of 52 percent over the same time period last year. In 2012, it
took 30 weeks for Nintendo 3DS to sell 2 million units of first-party
software. In 2013, the platform accomplished that same feat in 18 weeks.
With the peak holiday selling season still ahead and a strong lineup of
upcoming games that includes Donkey Kong
Country™
Returns 3D on May 24, Animal
Crossing™: New Leaf on June 9, Mario
and Luigi™: Dream Team on Aug. 11, as well as new
titles in the Pokémon™, Mario Golf™ and Legend
of Zelda™ franchises, Nintendo 3DS is poised to have the strongest
year of sales in its history.
Some notable sales numbers* achieved by Nintendo in April include:
- LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins sold nearly 94,000
combined physical and digital copies after launching on April 24.
- Luigi's
Mansion™: Dark Moon sold more than 140,000
combined physical and digital units in April and has now sold more than
530,000 total units to date.
- In its sixth month on the market, New
Super Mario Bros.™ U
for the Wii U™
system increased its lifetime sales total to nearly 770,000 combined
physical and digital units.
During the next several months, a cavalcade of fan-favorite franchises
will launch for Wii U. This includes Game & Wario™ on June
23, Pikmin™ 3 on Aug. 4, Disney's Planes from
Disney Interactive on Aug. 6 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
Blacklist™ from Ubisoft on Aug. 20. At the upcoming E3
trade show in June in Los Angeles, Nintendo expects to show attendees
upcoming Wii U games from the Mario Kart™, Super Mario Bros.,
The Legend of Zelda and Super Smash Bros.™
franchises.
*Data regarding physical sales of games in April
are from the NPD Group. Data regarding digital downloads of games and
combined physical/digital life-to-date numbers are from Nintendo's
internal sales figures. All numbers are specific to the United States
only.
