New Mario and Kingdom Hearts Games Boost 3DS Market

Published on 09-08-12 12:10 AM

3DS sales have recently shot up 36% in the past month thanks to the new releases of the 3DS XL and the games New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. Both of these games are exclusive for the 3DS, and have proved popular as Kingdom Hearts has sold 180,000 copies while the Mario game has sold an even higher 240,000 since its Japanese release in summer and just a few weeks ago everywhere else. These numbers also include many 3DS and 3DS XL sales with the games as it has encouraged consumers to buy the system in order to get their hands on them.

“Software sells hardware, and no one sells either quite like Mario,”

said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president.

Other titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina and Kid Icarus: Uprising are also contributing to sales. With this, plus the Wii U coming soon this holiday season, Nintendo’s looking to make a lot of money very soon this year.

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Bahamut - 09-08-12
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Um *AHEM* I do believe that Scott meant to say "Software sells Hardware, and no one sells either quite like Kingdom Hearts."

GentleFire - 09-08-12
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Originally Posted by Bahamut

Um *AHEM* I do believe that Scott meant to say "Software sells Hardware, and no one sells either quite like Kingdom Hearts."

I agree.

Nin10DoGuy - 09-08-12
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In the Americas, we got a spotpass saying that our national coin count exceded over 10 Billion. Also, the global count is almost to 100 Billion.

Servant - 09-08-12
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Actually that 180k sales in KH3D isn't accurate as it doesn't include sales from the collector's ed.
which sold +20k

Simulacra - 09-12-12
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Well yeah, they're some first class gaming franchises.

And i've gotta say, Mario is popular and great and all, but Kingdom Hearts DDD is probably the greatest game to grace the 3DS so far. Resident Evil: Revelations coming in with a close second. This is just me though. I don't have the whole Mario craze most people have.