Nintendo: Mario Kart 8 Tops 1 Million Sold in US - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 August 2014 / 4,256 Views

Nintendo has announced that Mario Kart 8 has sold one million units in the US at the end of July. This is just the second Wii U title to reach this milestone. The other game is New Super Mario Bros. U which has sold 1.69 million units.

Mario Kart 8 has also pushed sales for Wii U in 2014 by 60 percent in the first seven, when compared to the first seven months in 2013. Software sales has also jumped 135 percent.

Nintendo also stated that there has been more than 40 million games sold for the 3DS in the US. Mario Kart 7 and Pokemon X/Y are the two bestselling games for the 3DS, with 3.48 million and 4.1 million units sold respectively.

Looking at the rest of the year Nintendo has said that Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker will help keep up the momentum the Wii U has seen since the release of Mario Kart 8. Also Nintendo expects amiibo to be popular among Wii U owners with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as the first title to support it.'

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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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6 Comments

Anddo
Anddo (on 15 August 2014)

Where's Player's Choice when you need it?

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JohannStein
JohannStein (on 15 August 2014)

I think that now sales will grow more and more! Great games are coming

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OfficerRaichu15
OfficerRaichu15 (on 15 August 2014)

go wii u!

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Devil_Survivor
Devil_Survivor (on 17 August 2014)

So I looked the game sales for Wii U in NA and its actually 4 games over a million and not two. Since the U.S. is most of NA......

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tripenfall
tripenfall (on 15 August 2014)

They just need to make sure Smash Bros Wii U launches before xmas. The lack of a solid release date has led to talk it wont ship until 2015. Nintendo need a big hitter like that in their xmas line up

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Locknuts
Locknuts (on 15 August 2014)

Well deserves. Great game. Now they just need to keep selling more boxes.

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