Reggie Fils-Aime Highlights Strength of Mario Kart 8 Sales

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has highlighted strong sales for Mario Kart 8 across the country.

Fils-Aime noted that sales for the Wii U hardware quadrupled in the week after the release of the much-anticipated Nintendo racer, compared to the previous week. In addition, 18 percent of Wii U console owners purchased a copy of the game in the opening weekend, compared to between 2-7% with the previous versions.

Combined, all previous versions of Mario Kart have sold over 100 million units.

Nintendo have yet to reveal actual figures for the console, but Fils-Aime is confident that there will be impact on Wii U hardware sales for the remainder of the year.

"For us, on a global basis, and certainly here in the United States, it's driving hardware, which is great to see," he said.

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