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@ultimate321 "Mario's début in Japan was modest by the mascot's high standards" - This is the rumour they are spreading. This started somewhere in a forum (NeoGaf, I think), and people compare full retail Mario titles (Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy) with SM3DW's retail sales to say that it sold poorly, ignoring that it sold digitally. Check their link. That entire article and this comparison has many flaws and now they speak as if it is the truth.
The only claim people can make about SM3DW sales is that it was outsold by FF13.

@rjejr http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20131127061/ It's the exact same source that they used to say that SM3DWorld is a flop. Media Create have every single week in there. VGChartz can be wrong by about 10% at most, but that doesn't really matter to see the growth trend of nearly 1000% (yes, about 10 times, from 2k to 21k) in 10 weeks.

@divinelite That's my point. The same source that published 100k sales for Mario3DWorld also posted WiiU as most sold home console. Literaly the same site in the same web page.
http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20131127061/

@divinelite I wonder why they didn't make a single article about how the wiiU became the most sold home console in Japan last week after 8 weeks of steady growth. That's why I'm complaining. Why hide the truth when it's finally positive? Just because someone said in a forum in the internet?

@ultimate321 I think people got everything wrong. I'm not complaining about the bad news. I'm complaining about bad news based on rumors. Specifically about SM3DWorld. They are comparing absolute numbers estimated, ignoring many facts such as digital sales, number of days in the release week and install base and preaching that SM3DWorld didn't sell well. I would understand that from a sony/ms fan site. I don't understand that in this site. If they are not sure or cannot prove something, I'd rather they don't write it down and spread it.
Now that the wiiU is steadily growing in sales for almost 2 months and became most sold home console in Japan last week, that was already proven. And that they are not saying.
Ok, I edited my first post to be more clear with why I'm complaining.

@Doctor_Pancakes I'm using a laptop hard drive in a case. I didn't have to do anything really. If you have a spare HD at home you may want to just try and plug it to check if it works.

@electrolite77 VGChartz, while unreliable, would not miss a trend of growth 8 weeks in a row. You can have the exact same number in Media Create if that's what you want, but they don't give you the cute chart.
Now When one Nintendo site talks about ABSOLUTE ESTIMATED sales, without taking in regard digital sales to say that the biggest system seller is flopping in it's sales... That's annoying.

@skapunx823 I'm hating because they are spreading false rumours, just like any trolls on gamefaqs would do. And about Pikmin DLC, I'd like to hear someone that actually downloaded it talking about how dificult the missions are and what did they add to the game, because this one actually modifies the gameplay including new scenarios and two new captains.

Just as food for editors: Instead of spreading false rumors, go to VGChartz and check weekly Wii U sales. Wii U had abysmall sales during the year. VGChartz already has data up to Nov 23. Wii U sold 48k that week, so it sold three times as much as it's most selling week in October. Why don't you talk about wiiU nearly doubling in sales every week instead?
Stop spreading false rumors. This atitude doesn't help at all. There are enough sites trying to say that the Wii U is failing. Look at the numbers yourself and say what they really mean.
Wii U sales are growing. Steadily and by a LOT. Every week.

Ok, this is the third article wondering about Nintendo's sales in a weekend. This site has just entered my hate list.
"Mario's début in Japan was modest by the mascot's high standards": and again, saying something that may be completely wrong.
Please go back to talking about games instead of spreading possibly false rumors based on what people say in a forum. Nothing about new Pikmin DLC with new themed scenarios but three "Wii U is doomed" sales articles?
How about making an article about Wii U's growing sales in japan and how it became most sold home console last week? It's in the exact same page that you found the 100k sales for SM3DW! http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20131127061/

And to be honest, an enterprise that ships 175.000 copies to a 1.000.000 market is heavily relying on digital sales. The numbers may be bigger than you think.

@Spoony_Tech I'm not sure where did you get this 15% sales from download. Myself, I always buy online these 2GB Nintendo games that refund me 10% back. My Mario 3D world costed only 20$ because of the deluxe promotion.
And about december sales, check any reports of weekly console/game sales in Japan. I'm not sure if they do anything for christmas, but december's sales are usually 5x the number of sales in previous months. Something happens in december there.

Come on, you're a NINTENDO fan site. Don't post bad news based purely on speculation. There is not download sales in those numbers, the week counted for only a few days and there is only 1 million Wii U users in japan. That means that in those few days 10% of the install base bought it! Next to christmas! There are so many reasons why people would wait a few weeks before buying and still it has a 10% attach rate!
Please stop trolling Nintendo with rumors people spread on NeoGaf. You're a Nintendo fan site.

And again: Thank you, Unity3D. Thank you, Nintendo. Looks like another good game ported to the WiiU.

A suggestion for the Editor: Search about Nintendo including Wii U's SDK in Unity Development Kit and list how many of these indie games use unity. There is no surprise why every indie dev thinks of the Wii U as a good platform to develop. They don't need to port their engines. Nintendo did it for them for free. I wish everyone would remember that when saying that Nintendo doesn't support indie games.