{"id":3760,"date":"2013-09-14T13:09:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T17:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2013-09-14T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T17:09:18","slug":"charted-nintendo-week-ending-aug-31st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2013\/09\/charted-nintendo-week-ending-aug-31st\/","title":{"rendered":"CHARTED: Nintendo (Week ending Aug 31st)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMadden NFL 25<\/em> and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn<\/em> were the big debuts in the North American charts this week, which dropped several Nintendo holdouts. The lone release in the top ten on a Nintendo console this week was Disney Infinity<\/em> for Wii, which was the best selling platform for the game in its second week.<\/p>\n

The highest Nintendo release this week in North America was New Super Luigi U<\/em>, which debuted at #11 with just over 23,000 units sold. <\/p>\n

Pikmin 3<\/em> is holding on at #17 after 8 weeks in Japan however the game is not doing as well in North America and has fallen out of the top 30 after just four weeks.<\/p>\n

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

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

9 | Disney Infinity (Wii) – Disney Interactive Studios, Action – 28,918 (108,390) – 2 weeks
\n11 | New Super Luigi U (WiiU) – Nintendo, Platform – 23,767 (23,767) – 1 week
\n17 | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS) – Nintendo, Action – 15,679 (107,774) – 3 weeks
\n19 | Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) – Nintendo, Action – 11,978 (742,777) – 12 weeks
\n21 | Disney Infinity (WiiU) – Disney Interactive Studios, Action – 10,677 (44,528)\t2 weeks
\n22 | Nintendo Land (WiiU) – Nintendo, Action – 10,275 (1,146,587) – 41 weeks
\n24 | Wii Sports (Wii) – Nintendo, Sports – 9,896 (37,422,285) – 354 weeks
\n25 | Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – Nintendo, Sports – 9,658 (13,856,825) – 214 weeks
\n26 | Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) – Nintendo, Adventure – 9,594 (857,824) – 23 weeks<\/p>\n

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

5 | Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life (3DS) – Namco Bandai Games, Misc – 17,001 (240,572) – 5 weeks
\n6 | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS) – Nintendo, Action – 16,306 (283,681) – 7 weeks
\n8 | Tomodachi Collection: Shin Seikatsu (3DS) – Nintendo, Misc – 13,692 (1,408,663) – 20 weeks
\n9 | Youkai Watch (3DS) – Level 5, RPG – 10,444 (158,869) – 8 weeks
\n10 | Animal Crossing: Jump Out (3DS) – Nintendo, Action – 9,406 (3,517,505) – 43 weeks
\n12 | Luigi’s Mansion 2 (3DS) – Nintendo, Adventure – 6,372 (891,865) – 24 weeks
\n14 | Mario Kart 7 (3DS) – Nintendo, Racing – 4,752 (2,132,985) – 92 weeks
\n15 | Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS) – Nintendo, Platform – 4,515 (254,456) – 12 weeks
\n16 | One Piece: Romance Dawn – Bouken no Yoake (3DS) – Namco Bandai Games, Fighting – 4,415 (52,540) – 4 weeks
\n17 | Pikmin 3 (WiiU) – Nintendo, Strategy – 4,388 (181,227) – 8 weeks
\n18 | Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition (Wii) – Namco Bandai Games, Misc – 4,200 (554,961) – 40 weeks
\n19 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) – Nintendo, Platform – 4,079 (2,102,663) – 58 weeks
\n20 | Fantasy Life (3DS) – Level 5, RPG – 4,005 (335,032) – 36 weeks
\n21 | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies (3DS) – Capcom, Adventure – 4,003 (332,720) – 6 weeks
\n23 | Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom (3DS) – Level 5, Action – 3,361 (65,305) – 7 weeks
\n24 | Wii de Asobu Pikmin 2 (Wii) – Nintendo, Strategy – 3,346 (232,085) – 234 weeks
\n25 | New Super Luigi U (WiiU) – Nintendo, Platform – 3,136 (67,004) – 8 weeks
\n28 | Hoppechan: Tsukutte! Asonde! Punipuni Town!! (3DS) – Nippon Columbia, Action – 3,079 (35,902) – 6 weeks
\n29 | Pocket Monsters Black 2 (DS) – Nintendo, RPG – 2,983 (3,034,723) – 63 weeks
\n30 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb (3DS) – Namco Bandai Games, Action – 2,939 (518,394) – 60 weeks<\/p>\n

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

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