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3DS LL, NSMB2 Debut to Strong Sales in Japan

by Josh Max - July 31, 2012, 9:11 pm EDT
Total comments: 7 Source: (Andriasang), (Famitsu), http://andriasang.com/con23b/3ds_first_week_sales/..., http://www.famitsu.com/news/201207/31018961.html

The new system and game cash in during their first weekend.

Enterbrain has reported that Nintendo has sold 193,441 3DS LL systems in its first weekend on sale in Japan. The 3DS revision was released on a Saturday, with the figures only representing units sold on July 28 and July 29.

Meanwhile, New Super Mario Bros. 2 sold 430,185 units in the same timeframe. These numbers do not account for the downloadable version of the game.


The sales numbers for the whole week will be released later this week. 

Talkback

DarthBradyAugust 01, 2012

3DS "LL" ? I would be surprised to see such a typo - if this site didn't have Nintendo in it's name...  :P:


Or are they calling it LL in Japan and XL in the US/Euro? (in which case I am going to feel silly)

BranDonk KongAugust 01, 2012

It's LL in Japan.

FZeroBoyoAugust 01, 2012

And you guys wonder why they keep making these games.

NWR_LindyJon Lindemann, Associate EditorAugust 01, 2012

Apologies for the confusion, but LL is technically the correct term as that's what it's called in Japan. So I went with that during editing.

DarthBradyAugust 01, 2012

Thanks for the response. I had a feeling the authors here knew what they were talking about, but it was the first time I have even heard the name "LL" used. I wonder why the change from LL to XL in different regions?

MegaByteAaron Kaluszka, Associate EditorAugust 01, 2012

It's related to shirt size naming in different regions.

Chocobo_RiderAugust 01, 2012

http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2011/01/Pachter.jpg
"Nintendo HAS to go third party and develop for smartphones."

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Enterbrain has reported that Nintendo has sold 193,441 3DS LL systems in its first weekend on sale in Japan. The 3DS revision was released on a Saturday, with the figures only representing units sold on July 28 and July 29.Meanwhile, New Super Mario Bros. 2 sold 430,185 units in the same timeframe. These numbers do not account for the downloadable version of the game.

http://snarkerati.com/gaming-news/files/2012/07/michael-pachter-opinion.jpg
"wha-huh??!"

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