Super Mario Maker Still Leads the Way for Nintendo in the UK as Tri Force Heroes Stumbles

What's the next big release, Mario Tennis? Will be interesting to see how both that and Xenoblade do in the UK. Hopefully Nintendo UK give them at least some degree of a marketing push!

Mario Tennis needs a content push before they go for a marketing push.

Tri Force Heroes is getting some heavy discounts this week, £22 on quite a few websites so might stick around yet.

I'll be surprised if Chibi-Robo enters the top 40 at all,while I think Mario Tennis and Xenoblade X will be lucky to see anymore than a couple of weeks in the chart.I'm really curious to see how X will place in it's first week though.I'd like to think it'll make the top ten but I think that's being too optimistic? Mario Tennis is going to get hammered by reviewers for the lack of modes so I'll be surprised if it makes any dent in the charts at all.

Tri Force Heroes is a really fun game with good teammates but it's not the big Zelda so of course, it won't last sales-wise.

Not surprised as at about Tri Force Heroes, that game is pretty much an empty shell unless you're playing with others but the region lock kills the online part. As for the other upcoming Nintendo games of this year, I expect similar results unless Twilight Princess HD turns out to be a 2015 release.

@Mogster Mario Tennis AND that Animal Crossing Amiibo Party whatever game. Not that I expect megaton sales from that game but you never know, it might bring about another Amiibo rush where scalpers are buying dozens of that game for its included Amiibo...

It was a big disappointment to me that I received an early download code for triforce heroes, only to not be able to play it. It's weird but clear on why they didn't include a single player mode in the demo, but it confirms that it's a no go for me. This feels like it should have been a $15-$20 eshop title.

Unlike most people, I seem to be able to play Zelda Tri Force Heroes in single player mode just fine with a minimum of fuss.

That being said, the single player element has been savaged in reviews so most people won't even give it a chance now, and 3 players is a bit of a strange number to force in a co-op game....from playing it myself, I don't see any good reason why it couldn't have supported 2 players and a doppel. Not everybody knows 2 other people who'd want to get together and sit and play 3DS games with them often, and the online mode is crippled a lot by the lack of voice chat, especially on the later stages if some people aren't sure of what they need to do.

I get the impression that the devs came up with a minigame for themselves that they thought was fun, but then just ran with the idea and didn't think at all about the bigger picture...who they'd need to try and market it to, what kind of gamers make up the Zelda fanbase etc. Pretty poor planning even if the game itself is really good when it's played how it's meant to be played.

The omission of a quality single-player experience is the single reason TriForce Heroes is selling so bad. It's the way most players play on the 3DS. Can't believe Nintendo still do these obvious f*ck-ups!

I might get it if they patch the single-player a bit. Things like instant totem-up with a button-press, non-controlled characters following the player etc. would make me reconsider.

Glad to see TriForce Heroes selling poorly; it sends a message to Nintendo that we expect a certain level of quality when it comes to Zelda titles.
I hope Chibi Robo somehow surprises next week with decent sales, but I'm not holding my breath.

Tri Force Heroes is still in the chart, at least that's something. I don't have much faith in UK market, but Japanese result next Wednesday will be more interesting.

Hardly anyone seems that bothered about GH Live, I still think a return for the franchise is too soon. As for it flopping badly on Wii U, well I've hardly seen it anywhere! It takes up far too much shelf space and Disney 2.0/Skylanders/ Lego Dimensions/Amiibos are far more important to retailers...all of which take huge amounts if space, shit I've seen Skylanders Wii around more than even the Xbone GH!

TriForce Heroes is probably gonna drop out of the U.K. top 40 by next week. Non-single player Zelda games simply will not receive much hype of attention. Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer will continue to sell well, given the game's casual appeal and promotion with the amiibo cards.

This October hasn't really been a good month for video game sales in general. Assassin's Creed continues its path as the lowest selling mainline AssCreed game, Just Dance has dropped off of the charts entirely, and Halo 5 just posted the worst launch sales of any mainline Halo game since the original Halo on the original Xbox, 14 years prior.