Thought the sales figures for Pikmin 3 and Wii U in Japan last week were impressive and interesting data? Well the encouraging news doesn\’t stop there as this news comes from Japanese gaming correspondent, David Gibson, who took figures from Enterbrain and revealed that the newest real-time strategy game from Nintendo sold 102,000 copies in 2 days after shipping out a total of 193,400 copies.

Gibson: Pikmin 3 sells 102k in 2 days in Japan but leaves another 91k on the shelves,becomes #3 biggest seller in wk1 after NSMU and MH3HD for WiiU

While it’s worth noting that Nintendo favors Media Create over it’s competitor, Enterbrain, this is still very encouraging news. Is Pikmin 3 a game that mostly appeals to Japanese gaming enthusiasts or will it also appeal to westerners as well? You\’ll have to stay tuned to find out.

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[Source: gameranx]