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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ATLatimerPosted:
Its sad how everyone is freaking out over a number. Why so worried about the number 666?
ZipsPosted:
Jeez, Just because of ONE game the console has sold a HUGE AMOUNT, all credit to the creator of Mario Kart 8
GossipPosted:
Well Mario kart is one of the best game series ever created so I can see how it would help.
-YukiPosted:
That's quite strange that it's 666%, but anyways this is something that Nintendo needed, and the games are fun as well.
MissPosted:
It just happened to boost it at exactly 666%? lol. These games are really fun though so I can see how this happened.
-Cookie-Posted:
Mario is just such a classic it'll be hard to die down. I'm not going to buy a Wii U just for mario but at least anyone with a Wii u will now be able to play a great game. Well done nintendo.
666% Really though? :L
666% Really though? :L
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