Super Smash Bros. Wii U Moves 490,000 Copies

By Jason Siu Published 1 min read In News Tags Super Smash Bros. Wii U
By Jason Siu Published 1 min read In News Tags Super Smash Bros. Wii U

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Super Smash Bros. Wii U is off to a hot start in the U.S. with Nintendo announcing that the game has sold 490,000 units in its first three days of availability. That makes Super Smash Bros. Wii U the fastest-selling game for the console and that figure includes both digital and retail copies. Released on November 21, the game will be available in Europe starting November 28, Australia on November 29 and Japan on December 6.

Read: Super Smash Bros. 3DS Sales Top 1M in Japan

Super Smash Bros. Wii U dethrones Mario Kart 8 as the fastest-selling game on the Wii U in the U.S., though Nintendo never released sales numbers for the first three days of that game’s release. As for the Smash Bros. franchise, it has sold over 14-million units in the U.S. alone Nintendo has announced.

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With over 20 years in online publishing, Jason Siu is currently a consultant at Autoverse Studios, where he contributes to the development of Auto Legends. His extensive background includes serving as Content Director at VerticalScope and writing about cars for prominent sites like AutoGuide, The Truth About Cars, EV Pulse, FlatSixes, and Tire Authority. As a co-founder of Tunerzine.com and former West Coast Editor of Modified Magazine, Jason has also authored two books for CarTech Books. In his spare time, he founded FullCleared to channel his passion for gaming, with a particular fondness for RPGs.
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