Wii Sports Resort a Hit in Japan

Wii Sports Resort and Nintendo's new Wii Motion Plus device appear to be off to great starts. The Resort/peripheral bundle hit Japan on the 25th, and managed to sell 353,827 units over the course of four days. This makes Resort the third best debut for the Wii in Japan, behind only Smash Bros. Brawl (816,000 units) and Mario Kart Wii (608,000 units).

This early sales figure comes from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain as relayed through Famitsu.com. Sadly, the site did not provide hardware sales figures. One major concern for Nintendo in its home country has been falling Wii hardware sales.

The original Wii Sports sold upwards of 3.5 million units in Japan, where it was not bundled with the system. That's a tough act to follow, but given the long legs Nintendo games tend to have, Resort could have a chance!

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