The Big "N" has had a pretty darn good year and are now looking to crow about it a bit.
The much maligned Wii U established new benchmarks for hardware and software sales in a single month in December. This helped total hardware and software sales in 2014 increase by more than 29 percent and more than 75 percent, respectively, over sales in 2013.
Nintendo 3DS, still a big performer in terms of sales, also had a strong December, including its largest month ever for first-party software sales. This was primarily fueled by "Super Smash Bros." for Nintendo 3DS, which has already surpassed 2 million combined physical and digital units sold in a little more than three months, and "Pokémon Omega Ruby" and "Pokémon Alpha Sapphire," which have combined to sell over 2.6 million physical and digital units in their first six weeks.
"Wii U had its strongest year yet thanks to the highly anticipated software lineup and the introduction of the amiibo platform," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing via a company press release. "Fans can anticipate another strong year for 2015, especially with more highly anticipated games like 'Splatoon' and 'The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D,' as well as New Nintendo 3DS XL, arriving in the first half of 2015."
Nintendo is certainly hoping to ride this wave of momentum into 2015, with the launches of the aforementioned "Splatoon," "Yoshi's Woolly World," "Kirby and the Rainbow Curse," "Code Name: S.T.E.A.M." and "Mario Party 10." On Feb. 13, Nintendo will also launch the New Nintendo 3DS XL in the United States alongside "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D."
