Mario Kart 7, Monster Hunter Tri G and Super Mario 3D Land all close to 1 million units sold in Japan

This weeks sales have come in from MediaCreate, a firm responsible for tracking video-game sales in Japan. It seems that it won’t be long before Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7 and Monster Hunter Tri G hit the the one million mark in Japan. Hit the break to see the full list of sales. Continue reading

Nintendo 3DS sales go through the roof in Japan, top three games are on the 3DS

If you were wondering how Nintendo 3DS is performing in Japan at the moment, let me tell you the console is performing incredibly well, with sales going through the rough. The console sold this week 350,321 units, in comparison to the 205,962 units sold last week; which represents an increase of more than 50% (almost 150,000 units) on last week’s sales.

Also, the software on the 3DS is performing incredibly, because the top three games in Japan are on the 3DS (Monster Hunter Tri G, Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land, respectively) in the category for all the consoles, which indicates that right now Nintendo 3DS is dominating the market.

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New Mario Kart 7 Japanese trailer

It seems that now that Super Mario 3D Land has been released, the focus is on Mario Kart 7, which will be released this December. Nintendo of Japan has just revealed a 4-minute-long trailer of the game that shows pretty much every aspect of the game: characters, items, multiplayer, online features and much more. You just can’t miss it! Hit the break right now to watch it!

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