Media Create White Book 2015: amiibo and Cover Plates sales in Japan (2014), and more
Every year, Media Create (a company tracking sales related to the console video game market in Japan) publishes its White Book. It contains lots of sales data about the Japanese market, with extremely in-depth charts about Software sales, used Software sales, hardware sales, and even accessories.
The 2015 edition of the White Book came out recently in Japan, and it does contain some rather interesting information. For starters, there’s the Top 10 of the best-selling amiibo in Japan, in 2014. Since they came out on December 6th, the following data (logically) covers December only:
01. Amiibo Link – 39.399
02. Amiibo Mario – 39.274
03. Amiibo Kirby – 35.744
04. Amiibo Pikachu – 19.375
05. Amiibo Marth – 19.246
06. Amiibo Villager – 16.199
07. Amiibo Pit – 16.096
08. Amiibo Yoshi – 15.180
09. Amiibo Captain Falcon – 13.823
10. Amiibo Samus – 13.541
As you can, Link and Mario are quite close, with the Link amiibo selling only 125 units more than the Mario amiibo. Surprisingly, Pikachu is only #4, behind Kirby, but maybe the fact that it’s only used in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS didn’t help its sales (as opposed to the Kirby amiibo, which can unlock a special Mii suit in Mario Kart 8). The Top 10 amiibo sold 208.631 units in 2014.
Next is the Top 10 for New Nintendo 3DS Cover Plates:
01. Yo-kai Watch: Jibanyan [Plate No. 054] {2014.12.13} – 18.274
02. Monster Hunter: Poogie [Plate No. 038] {2014.10.11} – 6.857
03. Yoshi [Plate No. 004] {2014.10.11} – 6.447
04. Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire [Plate No. 040] {2014.11.21} – 5.645
05. Mario [Plate No. 001] {2014.10.11} – 5.410
06. Monster Hunter: Yian Kut-ku [Plate No. 037] {2014.10.11}- 5.088
07. Dot & Monochrome [Plate No. 007] {2014.10.11} – 4.946
08. Emboss Treatment & Mario Monogram Gray [Plate No. 005] {2014.10.11} – 4.938
09. Grain & Mario Monogram [Plate No. 024] {2014.10.11} – 4.801
10. Animal Crossing: Isabelle [Plate No. 013] {2014.10.11} – 4.198
The most popular cover plate is (unsurprisingly) the Yo-kai Watch one, even though it came out two months after the others, helped by Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi and the first Yo-kai Watch movie. In total, the Top 10 New Nintendo 3DS cover plates sold 66.604 units in 2014.
We also get a look at sales data for the various versions of Dragon Quest X versions that came out last year in Japan:
[WII] Dragon Quest X: Nemureru Yuusha to Michibiki no Meiyuu Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.12.05} (¥3.990) – 117.432 / 175.156
[WIU] Dragon Quest X: Nemureru Yuusha to Michibiki no Meiyuu Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.12.05} (¥3.990) – 70.648 / 119.390
[3DS] Dragon Quest X Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.09.04} (¥4.104) – 52.375 / 133.105
[WIU] Dragon Quest X: All in One Package <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.08.07} (¥5.184) – 3.945 / 30.441
[WII] Dragon Quest X: All in One Package <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.08.07} (¥5.184) – ~ 6.000
Finally, some random data: the lowest game in the Top 1000 Software in 2014 sold roughly 1 700 units; Captain Toad outsold Hyrule Warriors, which outsold Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
Source: Media Create
Via: NeoGAF
