Any suspicion that the 3DS revival in Japan was a temporary improvement is still being disproven, with the latest Japanese charts showing another strong showing for the handheld. With 3DS software also prominent, the handheld is still on a roll in its homeland.
The latest Media Create results, as reported by Andriasang, show that the handheld has once again out-sold all other consoles combined, with a total of 76,322 units. Harvest Moon Hajimari no Daichi — the new entry in the series on 3DS — claimed second in the software charts, while old favourites Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7 and Monster Hunter 3 G still enjoy top ten positions. The ageing Wii, however, is fifth in the hardware chart with 7,878 units sold and no titles in the software top 20.
While Wii is clearly fading, Nintendo's latest handheld is continuing to enjoy success in Japan. Although results won't be as spectacular elsewhere, it'll be interesting to see how the 3DS performs in other territories in the coming months.
[source andriasang.com]
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I'm not surprised at how well the 3DS is doing in Japan; even if sales tone down a bit, they'll spike up even more massively once MH4 comes out.
In the west, however, Nintendo needs to work a lot harder to capture the interests of gamers; it's nothing a couple new Zelda games and a couple RPG's/FPS's won't cure. Kid Icarus Uprising, anyone?
I wish it would do as well over here in the US. Sony sure doesn't help things.
Gee...I wonder why.
Pokemon main games on the 3DS needs to hurry up, haha. I also know a few people who would be sold if SNES, N64 games, etc. were sold on the Vc, in addition to possibly Gamecube titles(ported)...you know how they said retail titles could be in the future? If they ported their GCN games and sold them digitally, it would be great.
I love Nintendo, but I also love how Sony has all their digitals distributed across all platforms pretty much. Makes them feel connected and can play on the big screen or on the go. Not saying the retails should be, but the older system games, etc. should be allowed for either.
Also, please fix the 3D so it works with gyroscopes!
I actually got 4 StreetPasses going to a Blue Man Group concert recently. Gives me hope that the 3DS is getting more popular
Awesome news, and loving the new cobalt blue colour for the 3DS.
I was at church and met 2 people!! It was sweet! People think they can meet people everywhere I knew I would meet one of them cause he's my freind but the other was random!!
Good to see 3DS is dominating Japan. What would be cool is if 3DS attracted the majority of Japanese devs, and Vita attracted the majority of Western devs.
You wan't Japanese games (Sonic, Soulcalibur, Ninja Gaiden, Ace Combat, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, ect.), get a 3DS. You want western games (Call of Duty, Madden, Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, Battlefield, ect.), get a Vita.
I personally enjoy Japanese games more, but to each their own.
I'd love to go to Japan just to see how many StreetPass hits I could get.
@BenAV - The maximum number of StreetPass hits the 3DS can store is 10. Assuming you don't take your 3DS out of the bag during the day to clear it, when you get home from doing the tourist/ work thing, you'll have 10.
I spent five days in Japan last year (and this was before Monster Hunter made people want to buy the 3DS over there), and I got 50 StreetPass hits.
Was about to say "that color doesn't exist" then I looked a couple posts down.
@RR529 some of those western games can still come on the 3ds,all you have to do is wait
The blue 3ds looks so cool !!
Release a Pokemon game on Wii, be it anything, and watch the Wii rise to no.2 if not no.1.
@Mariokart77 I get streetpasses at church too, LOL.
3DS is gonna rock ya
Whats the states stats/sales?
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