Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS arrived last week with plenty of buzz and hype, bringing us the first portable entry in the popular series. Here in the UK it was also a hugely popular demo at EGX in London; so how did that hype convert into launch sales?
Nintendo's portable brawler has enjoyed a strong début in the UK chart, but hasn't been able to sweep all before it. The brawler secured 4th place in the all-format chart and 7th in the single-format chart; it couldn't get past leader FIFA 15 or fellow new arrivals Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor or Forza Horizon 2 — it's a decent showing, all told, considering that the titles above are all on multiple platforms.
Elsewhere in the UK top 40 you find the following Nintendo exclusives or system releases:
- Tomodachi Life — 16th (all format) / 20th (single format)
- Fantasy Life — 19th (all format) / 22nd (single format)
- Hyrule Warriors — 22nd (all format) / 25th (single format)
- Mario Kart 8 — 26th (all format) / 28th (single format)
- Frozen: Olaf's Quest on DS — 31st (single format)
While there's a decent collection of titles in the top 40, Fantasy Life and Hyrule Warriors continue to drop away with each passing week. That said, if Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and this group of games can hold decent positions over the coming weeks, that will at least help Nintendo towards the crucial festive shopping season in the UK.
[source chart-track.co.uk]
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I didn't realise there were so many good games released last week. I'm sure Smash sold well. It probably moved more units in 4th place this week than the top seller did 2 weeks ago. It's a bit concerning that Chart Track have reduced the 3DS chart to a top 5, but I think it says a lot when the 5th best selling game is MK7 which is 3 years old and the 4th best seller is New Leaf which itself has been out almost 18 months. I doubt those two are selling many copies each week at this stage.
Tomadachi Life! I wonder if it'll remain on the top 20 when Disney Magical World releases on the 24th.
Hopefully it'll stick and have good sales throughout the holidays.
I'm surprised Tomodachi Life is still doing so good!
Cant wait to pick up Shadow Of Mordor!
God I live Hyrule Warrior's!!! Wish it would sell better here
european gamers are so daft >_> fifa 15. like seriously? all these games like fifa and all the car games seem all so similiar
I got smash day one but its going back to amazon this week. Its a great game but i cant really play it on my commute due to its fast pace.
I also picked up Shadow of Mordor for PS4 (awesome) and between that and Hyrule Warriors Smash is not getting any play at home. I'll wait for the Wii U version, ive already put 5 or so hours in but i really need the big screen expierence.
@97alexk
It's because these games are marketed to people outside of the 'gamer' demographic. Football and Motor Sports have a huge following and people pick these games up who wouldn't know their Master Swords from their Master Chiefs. They also receive a huge amount of advertising.
I'm actually really happy for Shadow of Mordor, it looked like that game was going to slip completely under the radar for most people.
UK taste in games suck.
Just picked up shadows of mordor. I have a 4 day weekend coming up so I'll give it a spin pretty soon. Smash and HW are destroying my free time though.
@dumedum Same in Mexico
Shadow of Mordor is an awesome game...Should be in 1st place!!!
And to no one's surprise a Nintendo game doesn't sell so great in the UK.
To be honest, I expected a higher place. 1, 2, or at least place 3. This is just bad.
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