{"id":3329,"date":"2013-08-17T08:36:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T12:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=3329"},"modified":"2013-08-17T08:43:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T12:43:15","slug":"charted-nintendo-week-ending-aug-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2013\/08\/charted-nintendo-week-ending-aug-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"CHARTED: Nintendo (Week Ending Aug 4th)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe number one game in the world this week is another 3DS game and it’s another Japanese debut. Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life<\/em> from Namco Bandai Games debuted in Japan and sold fore than 114,000 copies in the first week.<\/p>\n

Animal Crossing<\/em> is also doing well for Nintendo with the game still at #3 in North America after eight weeks. The game has sold more than 4.5 million copies worldwide so far. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies<\/em> is #2 in Japan in its second week and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team<\/em> is #3 in its third week. <\/p>\n

Take a look at the full rundown below:<\/p>\n

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USA RANKINGS<\/u><\/h2>\n

3 | Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) – Nintendo, Action – 24,930 (683,857) – 8 weeks
\n6 | Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) – Nintendo, Adventure – 15,096 (813,054) – 19 weeks
\n9 | Wii Sports (Wii) – Nintendo, Sports – 10,168 (37,383,592) – 350 weeks
\n11 | Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – Nintendo, Sports – 9,783 (13,818,943) – 210 weeks
\n13 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) – Nintendo, Platform – 9,556 (2,035,169) – 50 weeks
\n14 | Nintendo Land (WiiU) – Nintendo, Action – 9,412 (1,102,988) – 37 weeks
\n16 | Mario Kart 7 (3DS) – Nintendo, Racing – 8,668 (2,887,968) – 87 weeks
\n19 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) – Nintendo, Platform – 7,280 (12,449,727) – 194 weeks
\n20 | Skylanders Giants (Wii) – Activision, Action – 7,243 (1,185,244) – 41 weeks
\n22 | Just Dance 4 (Wii) – Ubisoft, Misc – 7,074 (3,421,914) – 43 weeks
\n24 | Mario Kart Wii (Wii) – Nintendo, Racing – 6,830 (13,517,771) – 275 weeks
\n27 | Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) – Nintendo, Platform – 6,159 (3,556,431) – 90 weeks
\n30 | New Super Mario Bros. U (WiiU) – Nintendo, Action – 6,029 (841,786) – 37 weeks<\/p>\n

JAPAN RANKINGS<\/u><\/h2>\n

1 | Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life (3DS) – Namco Bandai Games, Misc – 114,277 (114,277) – 1 week
\n2 | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies (3DS) – Capcom, Adventure – 42,512 (289,864) – 2 weeks
\n3 | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS) – Nintendo, Action – 32,412 (180,104) – 3 weeks
\n4 | Tomodachi Collection: Shin Seikatsu (3DS) – Nintendo, Misc – 21,443 (1,332,127) – 16 weeks
\n7 | Youkai Watch (3DS) – Level 5, RPG – 14,361 (116,117) – 4 weeks
\n11 | Fantasy Life (3DS) – Level 5, RPG – 11,687 (309,999) – 32 weeks
\n12 | Animal Crossing: Jump Out (3DS) – Nintendo, Action – 11,549 (3,471,667) – 39 weeks
\n13 | Pikmin 3 (WiiU) – Nintendo, Strategy – 10,574 (150,616) – 4 weeks
\n14 | Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS) – Nintendo, Platform – 8,219 (226,716) – 8 weeks
\n15 | LEGO City Undercover (WiiU) – Nintendo, Action – 7,740 (26,007) – 2 weeks
\n16 | Luigi’s Mansion 2 (3DS) – Nintendo, Adventure – 7,710 (858,143) – 20 weeks
\n18 | Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom (3DS) – Level 5, Action – 7,338 (45,717) – 3 weeks
\n20 | Hoppechan: Tsukutte! Asonde! Punipuni Town!! (3DS) – Nippon Columbia, Action – 5,949 (14,616) – 2 weeks
\n21 | Doki Doki! PreCure Narikiri Life! (3DS) – Namco Bandai Games, Action – 5,584 (5,584) – 1 week
\n26 | New Super Luigi U (WiiU) – Nintendo, Platform – 4,599 (50,070) – 4 weeks
\n28 | Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition (Wii) – Namco Bandai Games, Misc – 4,272 (533,548) – 36 weeks
\n29 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) – Nintendo, Platform – 3,843 (2,083,423) – 54 weeks
\n30 | Mario Kart 7 (3DS) – Nintendo, Racing – 3,842 (2,111,824) – 88 weeks<\/p>\n

Source: VGCharts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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