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Nintendo Wii: New Super Mario Bros Outsells Modern Warfare 2 – NPD

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Marketing research firm NPD has revealed that New Super Mario Bros Wii has outsold a plethora of top titles including the critically acclaimed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in the United States during January.

1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Nintendo Wii – 656,700
2. Mass Effect 2 – Xbox 360 – 572,100
3. Wii Fit Plus W/ Balance Board – Nintendo Wii – 555,700
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Xbox 360 – 326,700
5. Mario Kart W/ Wheel – Nintendo Wii – 310,900
6. Wii Sports Resort W/ Wii Motion Plus – Nintendo Wii – 297,600
7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – PlayStation 3 – 259,000
8. Army of Two: The 40th Day – Xbox 360 – 246,500
9. Just Dance – Nintendo Wii – 191,900
10. Darksiders – Xbox 360 – 171,200

- NPD software sales figures for January 2010

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Nintendo: Strong Games Will Sell Well On Nintendo Consoles

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Executive vice president of sales and marketing, Cammie Dunaway, firmly believes that strong software titles are all-important to Nintendo and will in turn equate to strong, healthy software sales.

“We believe that the pipeline for games for experienced gamers is getting to be very robust and will continue to be so. I think strong games will have strong sales, and one of the things too is that these games can have really long tails. That it’s not just a matter of looking at the first month of sales.”

“Nintendo is working with third parties to help them understand that it’s all about taking advantage of the unique interface and our hardware. I think as people are getting more comfortable with our technology, they are creating better and better games.”

- Cammie Dunaway

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Nintendo: Nintendo Still Decimating Competition In Japan

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Six of the top ten software titles in the Japanese charts are currently for Nintendo platforms.

Nintendo is currently dominating the Japanese software charts with an impressive six of the top ten titles for either the Nintendo Wii or Nintendo DS/DSi. Nintendo incredulously show no significant signs of slowing down any time soon.

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Nintendo Wii: Monster Hunter 3 Quadruples Nintendo Wii Sales

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Capcom’s recently released Monster Hunter 3 has quadrupled Nintendo Wii sales throughout Japan.

The critically acclaimed Monster Hunter 3 has shifted a monstrous amount of Wii units in Japan. Sales for the Nintendo Wii were 95,357, up from about 24,000 units the week prior. Looks as though Nintendo are thoroughly reaping the benefits of the franchise appearing on their console.

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Nintendo Wii: Wii Sports Resort Dominates Software Charts

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Wii Sports Resort continues to dominate multiplatform software sales in its first week of release in North America.

The recently released and well received Wii Sports Resort has topped sales charts in both America, Japan and the UK as widely expected. It’s shifted just shy of half a million copies in Japan alone, with similar sales expected the world over.

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Nintendo Wii: Nintendo Claims UK Software Charts

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Three of the top selling games in the United Kingdom this year have been Nintendo Wii titles.

Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii are the top three best-selling games in the UK so far this year. Following closely behind these three titles is Professor Layton and the Curious Village for the Nintendo DS in fourth place, and Killzone 2 for the PlayStation 3 at five.

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Nintendo Wii: Wii Sports Resort Is The Third Best Selling Wii Game

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In four frantic days the recently released Wii Sports Resort shifted a gargantuan 353,827 copies in Japan.

Wii Sports Resort has been a undeniable success for Nintendo, with the title becoming the third best selling Wii game in Japan. Gamers couldn’t wait to snap up the invigorating title with 353,827 copies being sold within the first four days.

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Nintendo Wii: Wii Gains Momentum In Japan Once Again

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Whilst last week saw sluggish sales for Nintendo’s innovative gaming console in Japan, this week sees a 40% improvement.

Media Create hardware figures show the Nintendo Wii has gained a 40% boost of popularity, with the family friendly machine posed to overtake the rather hefty PlayStation 3. These figures could be attributed to the success of the recently released Monster Hunter G, which has gracefully flown to the number one spot in the Japanese software charts.

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Nintendo Wii: Wii Fit Dominates Charts For Fifth Week

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Nintendo’s highly successful Wii Fit continues to remain steadfast at the top of the all formats chart for its fifth consecutive week, proudly beating off the likes of Call of Duty 5 and Guitar Hero.

With stores still experiencing stock availability problems since the games launch last April, it’ll certainly be interesting to see just how long into the future Wii Fit can maintain its dominant stance.

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Nintendo Wii: Phil Harrison Claims 3rd Parties Miss 40% Of Wii Market

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An outspoken Phil Harrison makes a stonkingly bold claim stating that that third party developers miss 40% of the Wii audience.

To counteract this fairly audacious claim EA Blueprint’s Neil Young went on record to cite EA’s very own Smarty Pants as evidence that this fictional claim isn’t entirely true.

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