Pikmin 3 and New Super Luigi U Help Improve Wii U Sales in Japan

The release of Pikmin 3 in Japan has improved the Wii U hardware sales in Nintendo's home turf since its launch on July 13th.

With the much anticipated title hitting retail on the 13th July, it sold 92,720 copies in its first two days at retail, according to new Media Create figures. The launch also boosted hardware figures for the Wii U significantly from a measly 8,251 units to a far healthier 22,199 units.

New Super Luigi U, which was released at retail on the same day as Pikmin 3, presumably also helped push Wii U hardware sales with a respectable 24,881 units sold.

The Wii U, however, is still performing lower than the 3DS, which almost provided double sales at 43,435 units for the week with seven titles in the top 20.