Nintendo is performing relatively well in Japan at the moment, with healthy sales for the Nintendo Switch in April. Famitsu has revealed the monthly sales data for April (27th March - 30th April) and it turns out that 234,817 Nintendo Switch units have been shifted, according to the magazine's figures.
The 3DS is in rude health in Japan too, with 130,185 units of 3DS family hardware sold during April.
Nintendo is also dominating the software sales charts too. Here's how the top 5 looks:
1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) - 280,229
2. Monster Hunter XX (3DS) - 274,392
3. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (3DS) - 158,509
4. Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X (3DS) - 92,809
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - 86,105
While obviously Nintendo will be keen to also ensure strong sales in North America and Europe, Japan is a vital market for the company. This should help keep the bean counters at Nintendo of Japan happy for now, at least.
[source japanesenintendo.com, via famitsu.com]
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Nintendo is WINNING !
@gcunit We are living in a strange wirld right now...
Nintendo is obviously doomed, they're going to drown under all that money.
It's all good news regarding the Switch just now. With E3, ARMS and Splatoon 2 coming in the next few weeks it's only going to continue though the summer.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Nintendoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Good hardware with good games and some effort put into marketing sells.
THIS IS AN AMAZING REVELATION!
5 Top seller games from Nintendo machines in a row again ?!
Shockingly Surprised !!
I still think it's a little early for the "it prints money" but the early momentum is very encouraging. I am very excited for E3 also but since I didn't get my switch until the end of April I still have a lot of Zelda and Mario kart to chew through before I should even think about getting new games.
hopefully get a few more developers interested plus monster hunter on switch plz
It is a shame that Iwata San is not around for this.
Cough cough cough
@Anguspuss I'm sure they are. But Switch is a bit limited with the 4gb Dram. Today games are using a lot more. That's the only thing i can think off not releasing some games from 3rd party.... hope they can work on it and still release it on the Switch
@Tsurii Hear! hear! It is time Cappy!
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Caught a cold or choked on a drink that went down wrong. : P
It's nice to see Nintendo hardware and software doing really well across all territories for the first time in quite some time. I just hope Switch can keep up this kind of momentum after the first year or so when most of the loyal Nintendo fans have already gotten one.
That's 234,817 happy customers right there!
@BLP_Software I don't know what's more strange, the world or your spelling of it. 😝
Wii U hit around 13 million worldwide, I can see the Switch hitting that in Japan alone in the next 4 to 5 years easily.
@Spoony_Tech My phone loves me I swear XD When on my PC like this I can go for hours just typing with no errors.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Catch a cold ?
I think Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will Heal your "Cough".
Obviously Nintendo is Nintendoomed
This is the first step to world domination. Let's go, Nintendo! Show us what your darkest ambitions really are!
I'm glad that Nintendo is not Nintendoomed..
Doesn't mean they are free from criticism. Where is the Virtual Console?
@BensonUii Remember, it's going to plummet off a cliff in a couple of months....
I'm wondering when the DQ11 announcement is going to happen, what form it will take, and if Switch units will be available in the west for the 4 months afterward? If it's selling #1 with the games it has, imagine DQ11, Pokemon, or MH added to that mix?!
@Bass_X0 Beautiful update to a classic.
If only it did. So far it seems to only drain MY money.....
@Tsurii If Switch can land a main stream Monster Hunter Game and a mainstream Pokemon game the sales will be dominating. I still think the user base is far too low for those particular games but they could be strong announcement games at E3 2018 when the Switch is around 12-15 million units.
And a rumor of 2 Metroid games coming? Dude, it's a great time to be a Switch owner!
Too bad I only have a PC...
@DanteSolablood
If Nintendo manages to keep the momentum going this could be the most impressive turn around of all-time.
Here's hoping Nintendo keeps the momentum going!!
Is 'rude health' some kind of saying?
Welp Nintendo is king of Japan again.
Troll: "But... but... but..."
Eventual Cheaper Switch "Pocket" + Mainline Pokémon on Switch
Troll: "Nooooo!"
I guess the Nintendo IS DOOMED people were right lmao sike
Good to see it do well in Japan.
It's crucial for getting Japanese support. Lack of Japanese games (not western) was the biggest downfall of Wii U
Hopefully they've been working on a Smash 4 "Deluxe". If Nintendo is smart they'd port over that and Mario Maker before the end of this year.
@Tsurii Now that'll be something. Seeing how 3DS support is still alive and well, makes a western release of MH Double Cross seem inevitable.
now lets hope Nintendo doesn't drop the ball on what this COULD be....VC would help. seems like allot of people would be happy playing the old games on a portable system
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