Mario Increases Japanese Wii Sales

Media Create Full Weekly sales show New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold nearly 1 millon units in Japan during its first week on sale alone. This has also had a much needed effect on Wii sales, boosting it by over 50%. New Super Mario Bros. Wii not only starts stronger than its DS predecessor, but also manages to beat Super Smash Bros. Brawl to become the fastest-selling Wii game in Japan so far. The closest game to the new Mario 2D platformer is SEGA's Phantasy Star Portable 2 for PSP, but that does not even manage to achieve one-third of Mario's sales.

Check out all the data below:

Media Create Top 50 - 30th November-6th December, 2009
1.) (NEW) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 934,739 | NEW
2.) (NEW) Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP, Sega) - 286,896 | NEW
3.) (NEW) Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next Plus (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 222,985 | NEW
4.) (NEW) Samurai Warriors 3 (Wii, Koei) - 121,182 | NEW
5.) (1) Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (NDS, Level 5) - 85,034 | 391,507
6.) (2) Friend Collection (NDS, Nintendo) - 74,951 | 1,822,467
7.) (NEW) PokePark Wii: Picachu's Great Adventure (Wii, The Pokemon Company) - 63,760 | NEW
8.) (3) Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 63,026 | 3,156,412
9.) (4) Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo) - 51,849 | 1,044,490
10.) (NEW) Assassin's Creed II (PS3, Ubisoft) - 48,748 | NEW
11.) (NEW) Tokimeki Memorial 4 (PSP, Konami) - 47,000 | NEW
12.) (NEW) Powerful Pro-Kun Pocket 12 (NDS, Konami) - 34,000 | NEW
13.) (6) Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (NDS, Level 5)
14.) (NEW) Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakutan Cyber Pegasus (NDS, Hudson) - 28,000 | NEW
15.) (NEW) Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes W (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 28,000 | NEW
16.) (NEW) Assassin's Creed II (360, Ubisoft) - 28,000 | NEW
17.) (5) Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! (Wii, Hudson)
18.) (9) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo)
19.) (NEW) Stitch! Ohana to Rhythm de Daibouken (NDS, Disney Interactive) - 20,000 | NEW
20.) (10) Taiko Drum Master Wii: Dodon to 2 Yome! (Wii, Namco Bandai)
21.) (8) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (NDS, Nintendo)
22.) (7) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS3, Konami)
23.) (NEW) Kaijuu Busters (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 16,000 | NEW
24.) (17) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
25.) (13) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii, Nintendo)
26.) (12) J-League Pro Soccer Club! 6: Pride of J (PSP, Sega)
27.) (25) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo)
28.) (20) Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (NDS, Namco Bandai)
29.) (24) Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best) (PSP, Capcom)
30.) (22) Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (NDS, Square Enix)
31.) (NEW) Cross Treasures (NDS, Square Enix) - 7,500 | NEW
32.) (34) Karaoke Joysound Wii DX (Wii, Hudson)
33.) (21) Doraemon Baseball 2: Nettou Ultra Stadium (NDS, Namco Bandai)
34.) (NEW) Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (PS3, Bethesda Softworks)
35.) (NEW) Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (360, Bethesda Softworks)
36.) (NEW) Fallout 3: Add Content Pack (PS3, Bethesda Softworks)
37.) (15) Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (PS3, Namco Bandai)
38.) (38) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
39.) (23) Persona 3 Portable (PSP, Atlus Co.)
40.) (NEW) Yggdra Unison: Holy Sword War Tales (NDS, Atlus Co.)
41.) (33) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Legendary Hits) (PS3, Square Enix)
42.) (37) Cooking Mama 3 (NDS, Taito Corporation)
43.) (NEW) LittleBigPlanet Portable (PSP, SCE)
44.) (NEW) Tokyo Friend Pack II Ketteiban: Minna de Chousen! Taikan Attraction (Wii, Spike)
45.) (NEW) Yakuza 3 (PlayStation 3 the Best) (PS3, Sega)
46.) (39) Love Plus (NDS, Konami)
47.) (NEW) Signal (NDS, D3 Publisher)
48.) (18) 4 Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden (NDS, Square Enix)
49.) (29) Mega Man Battle Network: Operation Shooting Star (NDS, Capcom)
50.) (32) Tekken 6 (PS3, Namco Bandai)

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2009 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo DS (all models) - 113,793 | 111,532 | 3,444,931 | 28,564,566
2.) Wii - 106,555 | 46,673 | 1,419,425 | 8,898,402
3.) PlayStation Portable (all models) - 71,292 | 42,648 | 1,980,862 | 13,338,965
4.) PlayStation 3 - 57,782 | 46,558 | 1,341,811 | 3,964,279
5.) Xbox 360 - 5,314 | 3,685 | 347,257 | 1,176,694
6.) PlayStation 2 - 2,277 | 2,057 | 197,433 | 21,596,962
XX.) Nintendo DSi LL - 53,791 | 67,243 | 221,587 | 221,587
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 51,635 | 37,021 | 2,737,731 | 3,969,090
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 8,367 | 7,268 | 485,613 | 17,788,418
XX.) PlayStation Portable - 67,880 | 38,839 | 1,919,539 | 13,277,642
XX.) PSP-Go - 3,412 | 3,809 | 61,323 | 61,323

With the gap between the PS3 and Wii yearly sales being so close, can Wii stay ahead even with Final Fantasy XIII on the horizon?