Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed that Super Mario 3D Land, Zelda: Skyward Sword and even the aging Wii console were all able to push out over 500,000 units each to the hordes of consumers this past Friday.
"What this has been able to do is drive our Nintendo 3DS business in only eight months to surpass the full first year volume of the original DS and we still have the bulk of the holiday to go," commented Fils-Aime, "and we still have the launch of Mario Kart 7 to continue driving our full-year sales."
Official numbers peg Skyward Sword at 535,000 units, while Super Mario 3D Land is now able to boast the impressive title of fastest selling portable Mario title ever. Sales percentages skyrocketed for the more reasonably priced 3DS, which saw an overall sales increase of 325 percent.
"We know that Black Friday and that entire week is a key selling week and it is important for products like ours to have a jump in momentum and we were fortunate to see that," said Fils-Aime.
"For us, it really was driven by unique and powerful software and what gives us confidence is that we still have more software to launch in the balance of this holiday period."
