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Wii U sales up more than double on Media Create charts

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News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson Former News Editor
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Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition and Xenoblade Chronicle X did well during launch week in Japan, but the big news on the Media Create charts is a massive uptick in Wii U unit sales which more than doubled over the prior week with a 217.6% sales increase.

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Wii U debuts Dragon Quest X: Legend of the Ancient Dragon Online and Xenoblade Chronicles X helped sales significantly week-over-week. During the April 27-May 3 period, Wii U moved 22,898 units compared to 7,210 units the prior week, subsequently topping the hardware chart.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition was the top seller on the software chart for the week with 179,926 units sold, and despite giving 3DS systems a slight boost, there wasn't much movement on the hardware chart.

Other hardware systems saw a slight increase for the week save for PlayStation 3 and PS4.

Both charts are below, courtesy of Gematsu.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (GungHo Online Entertainment, 04/30/15) – 179,926 (New)
  2. [Wii U] Dragon Quest X: Legend of the Ancient Dragon Online (Square Enix, 04/30/15) – 98,923 (New)
  3. [Wii U] Xenoblade Chronicles X (Nintendo, 04/30/15) – 85,586 (New)
  4. [3DS] Bravely Second: End Layer (Square Enix, 04/23/15) – 20,195 (120,242)
  5. [3DS] Girls Mode 3: Kirakira Code (Nintendo, 04/16/15) – 20,103 (99,007)
  6. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 16,166 (125,951)
  7. [PSV] Sakeano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend -Blessing Flowers- (5pb., 04/30/15) – 11,202 (New)
  8. [PSV] ToHeart2: Dungeon Travelers (Aquaplus, 04/30/15) – 10,956 (New)
  9. [PSV] Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy (5pb., 04/30/15) – 8,104 (New)
  10. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 7,955 (974,448)
  11. [3DS] Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Koro-sensei (Bandai Namco, 03/12/15) – 7,141 (63,814)
  12. [Wii U] Mario Party 10 (Nintendo, 03/12/15) – 6,888 (130,353)
  13. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 6,427 (2,610,284)
  14. [PS4] Dying Light (Warner Bros., 04/16/15) – 6,277 (38,837)
  15. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5, 12/14/14) – 5,618 (2,597,320)
  16. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 5,272 (2,220,527)
  17. [PS3] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend (Arc System Works, 04/23/15) – 4,870 (20,420)
  18. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (Bandai Namco, 03/26/15) – 4,652 (146,633)
  19. [PS4] Tropico 5 (Square Enix, 04/23/15) – 4,495 (13,201)
  20. [PS4] Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory II (Compile Heart, 04/23/15) – 4,369 (26,979)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  • Wii U – 22,898 (7,210)
  • PlayStation 4 – 19,782 (20,112)
  • PlayStation Vita – 17,748 (15,467)
  • New 3DS LL – 17,062 (13,981)
  • New 3DS – 5,901 (5,329)
  • PlayStation 3 – 3,956 (4,248)
  • 3DS – 1,520 (1,095)
  • 3DS LL – 1,465 (1,253)
  • PlayStation Vita TV – 687 (558)
  • Xbox One – 341 (201)

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