Splatoon in Japan sold 97.33% of its stock

Splatoon was released yesterday in Japan and it seems like the game is being incredibly well received as copies are already hard to come by. On its official Japanese Twitter account, Nintendo issued an apology and promised that additional shipments will be delivered to stores next week. Meanwhile, they urge customers to purchase the digital version if they can’t wait.

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This is good to hear. I wonder what would be the Western response to the game.

Update: According to Media Create, Splatoon has sold about 97.33% of its stock.

@onesiphorus said:Splatoon was released yesterday in Japan and it seems like the game is being incredibly well received as copies are already hard to come by. On its official Japanese Twitter account, Nintendo issued an apology and promised that additional shipments will be delivered to stores next week. Meanwhile, they urge customers to purchase the digital version if they can’t wait.

Nintendoeverything.comThis is good to hear. I wonder what would be the Western response to the game.

I dont know how the westerns will react to the game, but for japanese, their love of nintendo + nintendos lacking of being able to produce a product to meet demands probably caused the shortage...

japan love nintendo handhelds...

their consoles sell worse than sonys console and the vita... wiiU isnt well liked.

Lots of kids becoming squids, eh?

I agree, very nice to see it sell out in Japan.

youre squid now...youre a kid now...you... you get the jist.

Great news for Nintendo. How about outside of Japan? Splatoon is a great IP that I'm interested in.

It's because Squid Girl is so MOE. And you know it.

Isn't that the name of the fish that swims around Annie?

There is now a rumor that Splatoon has sold over 90% of its stock in Japan. We will find out for sure on Media Creates releases its software report on Wednesday.

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90% doesn't mean too much until we know how many units were made available.

if it does...100k or more on launch. it will be a success in japan.

if it sells 1 million in japan. it will make this franchise a new nintendo staple along mario kart and smash bros.

Some estimates say that they had up to 150k shipped to Japan for launch. This would mean that first week Splatoon sold around 135k units.

@bunchanumbers:

If those reports are accurate the sales would be fairly impressive but I'd prefer to wait until numbers are released before we start guessing.

Japan is close to my fairly close to my region, so this is great news to me. It means that I will get less laggy matches :P

It sold 144,818 copies it Japan according to Media Create software report.

Reports are positive for the UK as well.

Splatoon is Wii U's fastest-selling new franchise in UK.

The top 10 in full:

1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2. Splatoon
3. Grand Theft Auto 5
4. FIFA 15
5. Farming Simulator 15
6. Battlefield Hardline
7. Project Cars
8. Destiny
9. Mortal Kombat X
10. Minecraft: Xbox Edition

well its looking like its time for you to be fairly impressed.

source?

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/media-create-splatoon-150k-launch-mario-kart-8-rea-32107839/#21

Good news. Easy to get in the U.S. :)