Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sells Nearly 500,000 Copies on Launch Weekend, Sets US Record

That's very good. I still have to get my copy, though. :_(

Wow, this is incredibly impressive considering Smash didn't have the "Buy the game, get a free game" promotion that MK8 had, not to mention MK generally being a more established franchise.

Looks like all of that hype building paid off. This is gonna be huge during Christmas. I already have my copy. The game is UNBELIEVABLY gorgeous.

There's a half million extra Wii U owners in the US since MK8 launched though. The game was always going to be a big seller, especially at launch. Hopefully it can give the system a boost now, as I don't think Zelda or Xenoblade will move as many systems as MK and Smash. This is the Wii U's big moment.

Very good, glad to see Nintendo being successful with this though I hope they don't ruin the opportunity by being unprepared for Christmas like last year.

IT'S HAPPENING

Fantastic, I expect there to be a huge shift in Wii U sales in December since a lot of people are probably getting one for Christmas.

insert celebration GIF here

Indeed it is a beautiful looking game and so much fun to play! I'm ready for the average gamer to get smash for Christmas so I can have a few wins online! (OK I already have a few but not much more)

"The fastest selling [Wii U] title to date [in the US]."

Get back to me when some Wii U game or even the Wii U system itself is outselling the competition in some way that matters rather than it's a case of Nintendo just tooting its own fan circle horn when one of its most popular franchises sells decently in one particular region, presumably the most popular region for Smash Bros., and relative to one of its worst selling ever systems.

I mean Christ; it's not even "Fastest selling Smash Bros. title ever" (as far as I'm aware) or whatever.

It's hardly even news and not exactly a revelation given that this game has been promoted by Nintendo about a much as any other game I can recall in the company's history. With that amount of publicity and advertising etc it was bound to do pretty well at launch. I'm not surprised or particularly impressed here.

This feels a bit like some dude coming dead last in a race and then trying to get everyone in the crowd excited about the fact that it's his personal best time

I still have yet to play Smash U ;_;
Nintendo screwed up my eShop account last Friday, now I can't download or update anything. I've already bought Smash but can't download it. They're working on it but man, what an excruciating wait!

Please give me more Amiibo deals! Please lighten my blow to my wallet just a little!

Wait, there's more?!

Melee and Double Dash confirmed for Wii U VC?

Hey Nintendo, that's great and all, but please for the love of goodness, make some more freaking gamecube controller adapters! I had one pre-ordered at Gamestop.com, and apparently my order got canceled. So NOW, I have to deal with stores not having any, and the ridiculous scalpers on ebay. So yeah, the demand is pretty high, so if you like money, please make A LOT more.

My initial thought was is that all?? Then I realized the in the US there's probably only about 4 million units if that. Considering that alone it actually has done well. I still haven't picked my copy up yet either and I know of many others as well that haven't. In no hurry since it will be a CHRISTmas present for my son (and me of course)

Awesome news. I'm not sure if Europe will match/surpass it. They are more PSBox here and marketing sucks.

Awesome

Soon Europe Soon....

@AJ_Lethal yes it is! And next years lineup looks even more promising. It's good to be a WiiU owner

That's a fantastic start for just a few days on sale. The real question is, how did it effect the hardware numbers?

So they've sold 14 million copies of smash bros in the us - but the reported sales of wii u are only 7 million worldwide. That makes for a lot of internet arguments. I'm sure the Wii U will overcome the "Big 2" in sales after this christmas season. With Smash Bros, Mario Kart - and a new Zelda and Mario Party coming out - you just don't see games of that caliber coming out anywhere else. I just have my fingers crossed for a new Metroid or Luigi Mansion game. A good Square Enix MMO Mana game would - sorry I'm getting off track...

Is that it? I honestly expected more.

I have my copy, but it's "for my kids" for Xmas...so it is only being played late at night

I too expected a bit more then that, but it's still a great number. Plus I know a lot of my friends have yet to get it, plus all the holiday shopping, it's going to do very well.

I'm curious about Pokemon's ORAS numbers. When I was in line for Smash early release, the line seemed to be filled with more people for Pokemon.

@vitalemrecords Smash Bros. for Wii U has sold almost half a million in its first few days on sale in the US. I'd imagine the 14million figure is for the entire Smash series, across all systems, in the US

I can tell the weekend deals were a big help in selling the game. I wonder how much it will sell after Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Nintendo is rockin' it! Where are all the gloom and doom articles now?

Very impressive. Brilliant sales for the title, and it's like number 1 on Amazon. Good job.

@Kirk You must not be much fun to be around at all. Maybe take a step back and enjoy life instead of always raining on everyone's parade.

@Peach64 I don't know. From what I've seen, a loooooot of people are waiting for Zelda to buy a Wii U. I think Zelda will move quite a lot of units. Probably not as many as MK or SSB you're right. But still, I think Zelda could potentially sell more Wii U's than either of those two. And of course, Xenoblade is a very niche title already due to it's genre so it probably won't sell many Wii U's.

@Captain05crunch thank you good sir for that very fine comment. My sentiments exactly.

My parents bought it for me, but I am not getting it till Christmas

I have my copy, and i must say, it's the best smash game i've played to date. I will be playing this for months, hopefully years to come. Nintendo is far from perfect and there's still many necessary features that are missing for the wii u, but credit MUST be given to nintendo for this smash game. Thanks nintendo!

@Jellitoe Awesome, are you getting amiibo as well???

@Takerkaneanite6
I already got Link and Kirby, and my son has Mario.
Might buy a few more later on, but that will probably be all for now.

@Captain05crunch Yeah I can't stand those kinds of people who insist on being all negative even with Positive news like this

"Smash Bros has sold nearly 500000 in the U.S." Nice, very nice.
"....but there’s a lot of work left to do and a few more surprises in store for our fans." Good, very good.
"Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker launching next week," EXCELLENT, MOST EXCELLENT! MUAHAHAHAHA!

@MJKOP Yup - Woops - I shouldn't read articles that don't have pictures and diagrams telling me how to read the story... (dunce cap on head - facing corner)

lol when the wii u came out no one wanted one, now that super smash bros came out EVERYONE wants a wii u

@Dipper723 yep im getting a wii u this xmas CAN'T WAIT!!!

Nice work Nintendo! I have $10 in eshop cash that I could put towards Captain Toad but I kinda wanna own the physical copy of that game.

Unless this game sells more SYSTEMS, this will be like MK8 all over again: Current system owners just purchasing the game.

Good job Nintendo!

Not surprised as this is the biggest Wii U release this year, honestly thought it would be more than this.

@Captain_Toad
Not for Europeans, We boys and girls have been put on Santa's naughty list and having our presents delayed a lot!

Great great news! Let's keep it going through the holidays

How about some Wii U numbers as well so I can now finally convince myself to get the Wii U (even though I've already decided to do it!)

U.S.A.! U.S.A! U.S.A.!

Surprises? Oh ho this is going to be interesting

Considering it is a single platform release, the number is a pretty good one. Hopefully it sold tons of Wii U systems as well.

I am going to buy a Wii U this week but it would have been awesome to have an amazing Smash bundle or something. Guess I will pick up SM3DW bundle, Smash, MK8 and hopefully Bayo 2.

Nice but still not high enough of a first few days.

Cue a new Metroid...

@BensonUii According to VGChartz, Europe are slaves to CoD, Assasain's Creed and Fifa. (Eugh ) There needs to be more Ninty fans in my continent

@Lasermaster123 good on you

Make that 490 001 if I can find a bundle (game, controller, adapter) today

@Lasermaster123
Are you in the U.S.? Don't forget, this site posted the black Friday deals and Best Buy will have package of the Wii-U bundle that has Mario 3D World & Nintendo Land + Smash Bros & Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze for $360!

Pretty good news. Obviously it can always be better, but come on, not every titles needs to sell 5 million opening weekend. This is good news in itself

@Kirk Sometimes being dead last doesn't mean you will lose, or have you not learned anything from MK8?

I find cute how they think that Captain Toad will be a hit

@Ryno - Hacksaw, classic. Didn't realize you were that old, it still says WWF in the background. (Though I realize his career lasted forever, he's a late 80's early 90's guy to me.)

Did my part, bought 1 on Friday. And while most of the sales will come in the first few days BF and the run-up to Christmas should sell a few more. But we still need the U numbers. Bundles would have been nice.

Off to the mall and the Nintendo Roadshow. (Seriously, what are they calling it, I keep wanting to say Experience but Sony is doing that next month.)

@minotaurgamer Why do you think it's cute, pray tell?

@shinokami Before the update that came with the DLC pack 1, MK8 taught me that if you're in the lead early on you will always win. After the update, the lesson became that you are most likely to win if you're near last early on.

@Peach64 I don't know. I have a couple friends that want a Wii U, but refuse to buy it until Zelda releases. Why, I have no idea? But that seems to be the mentality with the system. "I'll get it when _____ releases." Xenoblade is a super niche game, so yeah... I'll agree with you there. Though that initial trailer is what made me go out and buy a Wii U even though I knew I'd be waiting a few years.

@rdrunner1178

Nah my region doesn't have an official Nintendo presence so I will have to import it. I was thinking of the Best Buy Bundle and that is on my list. Will have to get MK and Bayo2 separately.

In the end, Smash is what I am most hyped for. I can't wait to settle things with my sis on Smash!

@rjejr: Glad you appreciated that! I'm 33 so I grew up with late 80's-90's wrestling. I think you are probably a few years older than me?

@Captain05crunch Would you wake up? He's right, the Wii U is hardly outselling the Xbox and the Playstation 4 is still selling much better than the Wii U. I don't know but its starting to look like the Gamecube era all over again. Sorry but reality has to crash the party sometime.

If by surprises they mean DLC characters, I hope they're able to add Dr. Wily in his ship.

Getting a Wii u this Christmas, smash bros and bayonetta are the games I can't wait to play.

@Kirk you just have to be that guy huh. Everyone else is happy and that makes you mad I guess.

I am going to wait since there is no Smash bundle over here and I need a new Wii U to play and enjoy the game anyway.
As long as I buy one in januari I'll get my free Mewtwo.

@seb5049
Yeah. I think there a lot more French Nintendo fans than UK fans judging by the number of Yeahs in Miiverse by language category (Although English has more but the language is more prominent).

Keep going Smash! You can do it!

@Prime We already know that Nintendo is going to support it for the years to come and not abandon it like some other companies cough Sony and ps vita.

Who cares about sales.Its proven that 3rd parties dont care about wii u and seriously its not because of the sales.XBOX one had almost no install base and was still getting 3rd party.

I m enjoying the wii u as i have never enjoyed any system before,it doesnt need to sell 100 millions to enjoy it.I think as a gamer wii u is a success which sold so little and i think as a gamer that wii was a failure and sold over 100 millions.

Also i cant wait for smash!

3 more days aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

@Prime Wow, alright. My comment really didn't have much to do with the article, just that he loves to crap on literally everything on this site.

We clearly all know that the Wii U isn't selling that well, so when we hear news of something like "fastest selling Wii U game," we get a little excited. Hate us. Nintendo clearly recognizes that they still have a ways to go as they said "there's still a lot of work left to do." We can celebrate small victories. I hate seeing constant negativity in general, not just when it comes to Nintendo.

Also, even if Nintendo isn't selling very many consoles, who cares? I'm enjoying the hell out of my Wii U and 3DS, regardless of whether anyone else is. You mentioned the Gamecube era. Some of the best games of all time are on Gamecube, and it's one of my favorite consoles. So it didn't sell; who cares, I had fun.

Nintendo is an entertainment company. They are entertaining me. I personally don't find it entertaining to mope around regarding sales numbers. I will continue to enjoy their products so long as they keep pumping them out at such a high quality.

Duck hunt dog's upper lip looks like a bum. O_O Can't be unseen!

It's less than I was expecting, I thought for sure 500k+, but im sure many people are still waiting to purchase it, it was a big week in NA for Nintendo, soo we'll wait and see.

Shulk: "This is a good result!"

I gotta wait till Christmas for both versions...

Just bought it today in Germany

@manu0 Nooooo! You have to wait until Friday, just the rest of us Europeans.

Great to see its doing well, but the fastest selling game on a system that doesn't sell games well isn't a great undertaking. Its already in the top 10 for best Wii U selling game ever.
The big problem is....games that came out the same week on competing consoles have outsold Smash. Master Chief Collection has sold over twice as many copies in its first week than Smash. Assassin's Creed Unity has sold nearly double on BOTH the XOne/PS4. Advanced Warfare has outsold Smash on EVERY console (PS3/4/360/One).
So in short...nice sales by Smash but competing consoles all have multiple titles being released that are lapping it already. You can't gain too much traction when you have one hit compared to multiple ones. With the PS4/One having actually good Black Friday deals as opposed to the junk pile offers for Nintendo, those system will continue to heavily outpace the U especially with far more successful franchise coming their way.

Hope this means people are finally starting to get Wii U

@platoonleaderg So this is suddenly about you? The Wii U is becoming a failure. The "years to come" support is, at most, 3 years. It does not matter if you are enjoying it or not, it matters that enough of them sell, and it's doing badly for almost 3 years, that's half a console's lifetime. Wake up from fairy land and know what Iwata and Reggie are dealing with.

@Captain05crunch I did not know that he likes to crap on everything on this site. If there aren't enough sales, Nintendo loses money. The Gamecube was one of the best consoles of all time and I love many of it's games, I just don't want the Wii U to fall in the Gamecube's sales of 22 million units sold, which is a failure. Excuse me then.

@darthllama That $360 bundle with 4 games (Nintendo Land, 3D World, DKC, and Smash) at Best Buy is a pretty good deal if you ask me. You could also technically do the same thing at any retailer and replace DKC and Smash with Bayonetta 2 since it comes with Bayo 1 anyway. Or better yet, spend $420 and get the Wii U and 6 games (3D World, Nintendo Land, DKC, Smash, and both Bayonetta games). Not a bad deal at all.

Ya know, Nintendo is trying to sell the 3DS this holiday on nostalgia. Think about it - their big 3DS game this holiday is Pokemon ORAS, a remake. They're banking on nostalgia as far as the 3DS goes. Luckily Pokemon nostalgia is a powerful force.

@iceclimbers
LOL....buying essentially everything at MSRP is not a "deal" .

@Ryno - I'm probably a few years older than your father. OK maybe not.

Saturday morning wrestling is one of my best life memories, mainly due to Piper's Pit of course, but the whole cartoon colorful atmosphere, it was the Nintendo of wrestling after years of Sat night 70's (though I may have had a b&w tv back then.) nWo started the downfall, and DGenX killed it for me. But after 40 years of watching wrestling I was probably done anyway.

@Prime ahh be the " I am unimpressed I expected 7 million units sold" kind of guy. Seriously.

@Prime so the console would need to outsell others for you to enjoy it? Ok then.

@darthllama hey at least it's better than nothing or like those other Wii U bundles.

Good numbers! Apparently for some its not enough and want to ruin small good news. I can't believe some would need the Wii U to outsell the other systems just to enjoy the Wii U. Wow facepalm

@Prime So i cannot enjoy a system that has great games on it because its sales are low.

You know, you are right sometimes I get so angry at the wii u sales I throw vases and plates on the wall, then I cry a lot and start the wii u.While I am playing with my wii u I cry so much and always say "why people dont buy the wii u, I cant have fun now stupid people aaaaa /cry", also I can cry up to 4 months.

More surprises?

_{deee ell seeeee}

This feat is not Super Smash Bros. Brawl's 800,000 copies on first day in North America. However, considering the Wii U's much lower install base, this is impressive and very good news.

I haven't bought it yet, because I'm out of space on my WiiU, and I'm waiting for my hard drive to come in the mail. If you run across a crappy samus or kirby online, it might be me.

@platoonleaderg How old are you? I never said it needs to out sell the other consoles for other people to enjoy it. I don't even really like the Wii U, I'm just defending it because it is having crappy sales, and it's Nintendo. I personally think the Wii was the last good system. Also, stop acting 5.

@Nintendobro Not what I meant, but if that's what you think then OK.

@gatorboi352
incorrect!

Not a bad start, eh!!