Hey everybody! It’s Saturday! Better yet, lets make it Staturday! LETS GO CRAZY FOR STATS!
GoNintendo has a crapload of stats from Nintendo’s recent fiscal report, and there are a few surprises there worth checking out. First off, over 70% of 3DS owners in Japan and the U.S. have connected their console to the internet. That’s around the same percentage of online-connected, Wii, 360 and PS3’s owners (at least as of 2010). That number is lower in Europe and Australia (closer to 50%). I’m sure the percentage of online connected 3Ds owners will go up worldwide after Nintendo puts New Super Mario Bros. 2 on sale as a downloadable title.
Speaking of New Super Mario Bros., we have some stats on Nintendo’s top Wii, DS, and 3DS sellers. New Super Mario Bros. on the DS is still near the top at 29.09 million units. It’s superior Wii equivalent lags behind a bit at 26.26 million. Skyward Sword seems to have done OK at 3.52, which is better than Ocarina of Time 3D‘s 2.61, but not quite up to Twilight Princess‘s reported +7 million (across GameCube and Wii). Maybe the game would have sold better if it had classic controller support? Did you or someone you know pass on the game because of the motion controls?
There are plenty of other Nintendo numbers, charts, and plans over at GoNintendo, though I’ve thrown a few of them in the post below. Lets celebrate Saturday HARD!
Nintendo DS
Pokemon Black/White – 14.71 million
New Super Mario Bros. – 29.09 million
Mario Kart DS – 22.57 million
Professor Layton and the Last Specter – 1.25 million
Kirby Mass Attack – 1.06 million
Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario 3D Land – 5.84 million
Mario Kart 7 – 5.24 million
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – 2.61 million
Pokemon Rumble Blast – 1.08 million
Wii
Mario Kart Wii – 32.44 million
New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 26.26 million
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword: 3.52 million
Wii Sports – 79.60 million
Wii Sports Resort – 30.14 million
Wii Fit Plus – 20.48 million
Super Mario Galaxy – 10.68 million
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land – 1.31 million
Wii Play: Motion – 1.26 million
