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Nintendo’s Year End Sales Provide Some Impressive Numbers

Nintendo’s April-December sales recap reveals that they are still a force to be reckoned with.

Nintendo’s initial launch of the 3DS may have fallen short of expectations, but the handheld bounced back triumphantly, as three first-party titles easily cleared the million unit milestone. Super Mario 3D Land topped the list selling 5.03 million units worldwide. Mario Kart 7 also did well with 4.57 million units sold worldwide. Finally The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D sold 2.49 million units.  

The Wii also had a strong performance from Link, as The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword sold 3.42 million units through December. That places Skyward Sword 3rd on the Wii sales chart, behind Mario Kart Wii (4.91 million) and New Super Mario Bros. Wii (3.43 million).

The DS’s Pokémon White/Black also continued to put in solid numbers, topping the handheld’s chart with a combined 2.91 million units sold. New Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart DS followed respectively, with 1.87 million units and 1.26 million units.

Here is a full list of Nintendo’s million-unit sellers for the April-December period:

3DS

Title / 2011 sales/ LTD sales

Super Mario 3D Land / 5.03 million / 5.03 million

Mario Kart 7 / 4.54 million / 4.54 million

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D / 2.49 million / 2.49 million

 

Wii

Title / 2011 sales/ LTD sales

Mario Kart Wii / 4.91 million / 31.91 million

New Super Mario Bros. Wii / 3.53 million / 25.47 million

Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword / 3.42 million / 3.42 million

Wii Sports / 2.4 million / 79.16 million

Wii Sports Resort / 2.19 million / 29.87 million

Wii Party / 1.91 million / 7.68 million

Wii Fit Plus / 1.75 million / 20.24 million

Kirby's Return to Dream Land / 1.21 million / 1.21 million

Wii Play: Motion / 1.12 million / 1.12 million

Super Mario Galaxy / 1.09 million / 10.4 million

 

DS family

Title / 2011 sales/ LTD sales

Pokemon Black & White / 2.91 million / 14.42 million

New Super Mario Bros. / 1.87 million / 28.74 million

Mario Kart DS / 1.26 million / 22.30 million

*Professor Layton and the Last Specter / 1.19 million / 1.19 million

Kirby Mass Attack / 1.01 million / 1.01 million

 

*Sales figures do not include Japan.


 

Comments

Matt McLennan Staff Alumnus

01/27/2012 at 11:49 PM

Instant awesome just add Mario.

Mario 3D Land = instant awesome. Mario Kart 7? Best online experience Nintendo has ever made.

<3

Patrick Kijek Contributing Writer

01/28/2012 at 05:48 AM

It's only going to get better, Matt!

Jesse Miller Staff Writer

01/28/2012 at 10:47 AM

Don't start celebrating too early guys.  Nintendo actually had to adjust their forcast from a 20 billion yen loss to a 60 billion yen loss - according to their latest financial fillings.  It's looking better, but Nintendo still has a lot of work to do to get into the black again.

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

01/28/2012 at 04:44 PM

And the Wii U has yet to be released, so that will be another few billion yen lost mostly from research and development.

ShyGuy

01/30/2012 at 10:34 PM

What was the game that Reggie made a bet over vs New Super Mario? MW2?

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

01/31/2012 at 12:39 AM

Yup, the Xbox 360 version to be more precise.

ShyGuy

01/31/2012 at 01:54 AM

So VGChartz has MW2 360 at 12 something million world wide. NSMB Wii doubles that at 25 mill. SUCK IT HATERS

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