Nintendo Sales | Mario Party 6 Falters at First Hurdle

Therefore, with the inclusion of an innovative microphone device with Mario Party 6, it was practically a safe bet that at least half a million copies would be sold over the Christmas period, easily. However, this is where the snag becomes apparent as first day sales have been far lower than expected.

After just one day on shop shelves, Mario Party 6, complete with free microphone, has sold a mere 31,000 units - a far cry from recent first week totals from other Nintendo games like Mario Tennis, Zelda: The Minish Cap and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. Whilst this figure does not look like the end of the world, Nintendo had more faith in it and shipped nearly 300,000 units out in its initial batch. Therefore, Mario Party 6 has so far sold about 12% of its first load, placing it behind fellow board game party title, Momotarou Densetsu USA on the PS2. This has sold 49,000, which is equivalent to 26% of its stock.

We could still see a massive up-turn by the sales week end as you never know what might happen at this time of year in the charts...so stay tuned!