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Wii U initial sales trail Wii in Japan, Super Mario Bros top selling game

Published: December 11, 2012 3:12 PM
By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Kidsday and Newsday's Warp Pipe get a look

Kidsday and Newsday's Warp Pipe get a look at Nintendo's Wii U, set to hit stores this holiday season. Videojournalist: Daryl Thomen (July 2, 2012) (July 9, 2012 12:53 AM)

Sales of Nintendo Co.'s new Wii U console in Japan trailed those of the original Wii in the first two days, a market researcher said, as the world's biggest video-game maker tries to bounce back from its worst loss.

The sales of 308,570 lagged behind the 371,936 initial two-day sales of the Wii in 2006, market researcher Enterbrain Inc. said today. The top-selling game for the Kyoto-based...

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