Mario Kart 8 boosts UK Wii U hardware sales 666%
Retail monitor Chart-Track said the game recorded the highest week one sales for any Wii U title since the console's November 2012 release and the second best launch in the series' history. Mario Kart 8 hardware bundles accounted for 82 per cent of weekly Wii U sales.
Nintendo will be hoping the release of Mario Kart 8 can kickstart a turnaround for the console globally following disappointing Wii U sales in the year ended March 2014.
Those who purchase Mario Kart 8 then register their copy on the Club Nintendo website before July 31 will receive a code to download a free Wii U game.
Mario Kart 8 debuted at No.2 on the UK all formats all prices chart behind Watch Dogs, which set a new IP sales record and also enjoyed the 17th highest week one sales of any game in the UK.
"This is Nintendo serving up unprecedented helpings of joy as only it can," we said in our Mario Kart 8 review. "Each and every track is a delight to experience," it reads, and "the master of karting is a real looker to boot."
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slapshot101Posted:
I think was to be expected. The classic Nintendo games like Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, and Sonic are the games that everyone wants and because they weren't out for the Wii U, that's why the sales were so low. I wonder how much this is boosting sales in the US, if it is more or less then the UK.
JrdPosted:
DynamicBomb WOW!
Wii must be over the moon with MarioKart Creators!
Although watch dogs has made more sales.
r u srs :|
Nintendo make both the wii and mario kart :|
DynamicBombPosted:
WOW!
Wii must be over the moon with MarioKart Creators!
Although watch dogs has made more sales.
Wii must be over the moon with MarioKart Creators!
Although watch dogs has made more sales.
MRWookieSlayaPosted:
Gargoyle Maybe, the Wii U is the Omen. Aka the Devil's son, meaning the Wii-U was forged in the fiery chasm which is Hell and cast out through the gates of hell & unleashed upon the masses creating devastation, or maybe it's just a random number.
OMG ITS SO CLEAR TO ME NOW XD
MRWookieSlayaPosted:
666% the devil (NINTENDO) is returning Soon it will rise and beat ps4 and xbox and leave the world in darkness
SmurfsPosted:
KixaMaggardo Mario Kart 8 boosts the Wii U's sales 666%. That. That is um, very freakishly disturbing.
Not really, mario kart games are amazing im not surprised they help the wii sales.
Yeah I love Mario Kart games too, but I believe he was referring to the number itself being "freakishly disturbing"
KixaPosted:
Maggardo Mario Kart 8 boosts the Wii U's sales 666%. That. That is um, very freakishly disturbing.
Not really, mario kart games are amazing im not surprised they help the wii sales.
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