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3DS Hits 4 MILLION in Japan, Mario Driving Software Sales

Posted on Monday, December 26 @ 12:20:37 Eastern by

Enterbrain is back with another round-up of Japanese sales figures, this time wrapping its counting tendrils around some 3DS sales data. The handheld from Nintendo seems to be doing fine in the wake of Sony's PlayStation Vita release, surpassing 4 million systems sold with 510,629 moved in the week leading up to Christmas.

That puts the 3DS ahead of the Vita by 13% in the week's sales. Surely, Mario and company have helped drive sales with a pair of million unit sellers. Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land have moved software with 3DS units to the tune of 2 million copies thus far.

Looks like the mustachio'd plumber isn't ready to let the fat koopa sing. With Nintendo, people are always quick to call things a failure and a disaster, but the company has been around for over 100 years. You can't say that about Sony or Microsoft.
Related Games:   Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land
Tags:   3DS, Nintendo, doing the numbers


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  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Dec 26th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
    I think Nintendo is slowly improving on their mistakes from the past few years, but we just have to wait and see how well the 3DS and its games will do in 2012 and 2013.
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  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Dec 27th, 2011 at 1:55 am
    The lil plumber is over 25 now Nintendo, hes saved your ass from financial downfalls, survived a terrible live action movie, and cameo'd in games for no apparent reason. Get the guy laid, save a princess how many times and all he gets is a kiss or a cake? A lil Mario Jr running around will probably make you even more money on the novelty and a bonus itll push Luigi to 3rd place among the games characters and really, nobody likes Luigi.
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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Dec 27th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
    .... I kind of like luigi....
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  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Dec 27th, 2011 at 6:05 pm
    Your murdered parents are spinning in their graves.
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