Pikmin 3 Makes UK Chart Debut in Second Place

Great news! This is by far the best game on Wii U and something everybody should play. I can't believe how good it is.

Up to fruit number 16 I think? Enjoying the game immensely. Maybe it will make it number 1 in the charts next week. BTW bad news for anyone who bought this game through GAME with a download code. Seems if you don't buy directly from eShop, you don't get the deluxe digital promotion deal which probably means you won't get the 30% discount on wonderful 101

Interesting... I wonder how many of these sales were attached to Wii Us.

I confirm it's a true WiiU gem!
But I wonder how much of this 2nd position is linked to the fact that all over Europe people chose to buy the digital version of the game at game.co.uk which was 10 euros cheaper that the official eshop version and still allows you claim premium points and to buy wonderful 101 30% cheaper..

@Judgedean Apparently it's only the people who used the download code before the official date (26th July) who don't get the premium point and won't be able to get the 30% discount on wonderful 101. (I got the premium point from my pikmin bought via the game.co.uk download code)

@McHaggis Do you mean how many of these sales were brought by new WiiU owners?

Oh well, it won't break the bank but would have been nice to know beforehand - especially since I didn't start playing it till Saturday anyway. I'm guessing it applies to the deluxe digital promotion deal also.

Well that fing sucks I kinda wondered if that would happen. Sucks really as its still the downloaded version

@Maneauleau: yes. 'Attachment' is a common term in the retail industry, used for the combining the sale of an add-on product (e.g. software or an accessory) with the main product that it can be used with (e.g. hardware).

The charts are for Weekending the 27/7/13 which basically means Pikmin 3 reached #2 in the charts with Retail Pre-Orders and Launch Day sales. http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110015
Also Digital Sales are not included, but the EU eStore Charts filtered by Recent Bestsellers & All Games shows Pikmin3 in 2nd beaten by Earthbound fir the top slot.

@Grubdog You took the words out of my mouth!

@Maneauleau This is a great point, shame Nintendo will only release d/l sales if they are very high a la AC:NL

@GiftedGimp Thanks for the info, thats even better for such a short amount of time.

@Judgedean I phoned Nintendo Customer Support as I redeemed a eCode sent by Game early. I've posted the response I got on forum https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wiiu_eshop/pikmin_3_early_ecode_redemption_no_premium_reward_points
As for Wonderfull101 promo Its 50/50, my early code redemption didn't get registered for the Premium reward points but it did register on Club Nintendo.
Hopefully NL can get more concrete info regarding the Wonderfull101 promo and early code redemption for Pikmin3 eCodes.

I don't get why people feel the need to point out it only included 2 days on sale, because that's always how it works. Games are released Friday and Saturday is the end of the chart period. They also usually sell twice as much in those two days as the following full week.

Anyway, glad to see Pikmin 3 do well. It's the first Wii U game to interest me and many others, so no real surprise it's the first Wii U game to crack the chart. What a great top 10 it is too. One in the eye for those that trash talk the taste of the UK games buying public. So much variety and quality.

Minecraft
Pikmin 3
The Last of Us
Animal Crossing
Mario and Luigi: Dream Team
FIFA 13
Far Cry 3
Skyrim
Tomb Raider
Lego Batman 2

The only game on there that isn't great is Lego Batman and even that is quite good.

those top five games could not be better in my opinion, and im glad tomb raider is so high as that (plus starfox and mario) is probably my favourite franchise

@Peach64 How about to give a good picture on how well Pikmin did at launch... especially when there's a lot of people who think the WiiU is a non-starter its good to point out that actually the WiiU has a big enough userbase to be able to make a game have a strong entry into the charts on launch day.

@GiftedGimp Thanks for the info and link. Hopefully at least the 30% will still apply. I think Nintendo for PR reasons, should allow people who've downloaded the game early from GAME, to give them the promotion points. It's not like we've done anything illegal (I think).

Ah I am itching to get this game! But alas, my money is being saved for a 3DS and a few of the awesome games on that. Perhaps around November-December I'll pick this up

@Judgedean No we have not. If anyones to fault it GAME UK as they broke the release date set by Nintendo by distributing eCodes early.
Disc Pre-orders are usually sent out early to ensure people recieve the game for launch day and usually that means you get the game a day early. With a code Emailed out there's no reason to send out codes early. Since its Automated the codes should of been emailed out Midnight Thursday/Friday which would of been the time that Pikmin went live on eStore.
I guess arguably some responsibitiy is down to myself on others like me to take advantage of the codes being sent out early by GAME, but at the end of the day If the Codes were not sent out early then we would not of redeemed them.

Very impressive. Nintendo shows that great sales can come from many different games: Luigi's Mansion 2 that people didn't know if will perform well, Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem obviously, and now this. Great.

@Judgedean Actually I purchased NSMB Wii U through Game's digital download and I got a £5 voucher. I just checked my account having done the same for Pikmin and that's also given me points in the Deluxe Promotion!

Can't wait for August 4th so I can join all the Pikmin Fun & Excitement... Hope it sells good in the USA... The time of the Wii U is finally here... From now to Christmas I will be getting 2 quality games a month !!!!!!

@Judgedean you do get the discount cause you did get it digitally. If not call tech support and let them know.

This is awesome news! No doubt, if the Wii U had a larger install base, the game would have debuted at #1.

I should finally get 100% on Lego City Undercover this week, just in time to get my copy of Pikmin 3 in the weekend.

It does feel like the beginning of the turnaround right about now.

@Peach64 if fifa wasn't on the list it would have been the perfect list.

This is exactly why I don't get the people dropping support for Wii U so early. Decent games sell well on Nintendo consoles but late ports, bad ports and overpriced games that are available for less money on cheaper consoles are never going to attract high sales figures! Having said that, I think there was launch day overload on Wii U and they should have abandoned AC3, Batman and ME3 in favour of having Tomb Raider, Bioshock, GTAV etc.

@Macarony64 FIFA13 is a good game, even the Wii U version which was reviewed pathetically by most organisations. It's the best ever football game on a Nintendo console and I personally think the new gameplay additions in FIFA13 Wii U are worth more than the updated engine and Ultimate Team in the PS360 version. It also was £10 with a Wii U in Blockbusters so I can not fault it.

@Peach64 I don't mind Pikmin 3 falling under Minecraft. That's the best indie game ever that deserves praise, plus it's really fun

@ThomasBW84 Thanks for the info! Do you know if Pikmin 3 coming out in Europe increased Wii u sales as well?

Pretty good for Pikmin!!!!!! It will be interesting to see what happens over here in the USA...

Was there any doubt it'd do great? I even see it doing better in USA.

How much did it sold.

Can't wait until you post some actual numbers. I'm happy it came in at second place but I want to see how many Wii U's it sold.

I'm not buying it. It look really nice, but its not my style of game for that price.

Games for me have to have some kind of online mode or something more to work towards for me to pay $60.

Should be a nice one for those that like this series, I know I'm dying for a good game on Wii U... just this isn't it for me.

What moron assumes that all 3ds owners want to her about WiiU games (or even own one) After all who ever created this article did intentionally put a 3ds tag on a Pickman article... This was supposed to be reporting not advertising... unless Nintendo Life is a paid review,in which case I have no reason ot be here, because the review would be biased. It's not just this WiiU game but all games NON 3ds, just to artificially inflate the sights content? Just like Earth Bound articles have a 3ds tag when it is clearly NOT on a 3ds.This WAS a good site without the fluff. It's become too aschewed by money to be trusted.

@SyFyTy
Isn't this article about game charts.. particularly Nintendo game charts?

..but, if what you say is true, i do see your point.

@SyFyTy The 3ds tag is there because 3ds games are mentioned in the article. Being a Nintendo site the tag will direct you to orher 3ds related content within this site, Hence the reason the tag is there.

@hwrose379 that is what I am waiting for as well.

@SyFyTy Dude that whole third paragraph was talking about where 3DS games stood on the chart. Chill out.

Hopefully the start of the turn around for Wii U. I'm not a Pikmin fan but anything that does well for it is good. Be interesting to see how big the console's sales spike will be.