Mario Kart 8 launched worldwide for the Wii U on May 30th, shifting more than 1.2 million units over the course of its opening weekend and making it the fastest selling Wii U game so far.
With a current score on Metacritic of 88, the response to Mario Kart 8 has so far been overwhelmingly positive and Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata had the following to say about the initial success of Mario Kart 8:
Such positive early feedback for Mario Kart 8 reinforces the great gameplay experiences that Wii U currently offers. With Nintendo set to showcase its future releases at E3 next week, this is a great milestone going into the summer season.
Prior to the release of Mario Kart 8, the Mario Kart series has shifted over 100 million total units across all platforms, with Mario Kart Wii standing out strongly as the top selling Mario Kart game of all time with 35.53 million sales.
With UK Wii U hardware sales boosted by 666% as a result of the release of Mario Kart 8, Nintendo will no doubt remain confident that Mario kart 8 will continue to boost Wii U system sales in the coming weeks and months, and with Super Smash Bros. also set for release later in 2014 this should be a very strong year for the Wii U in picking up further sales.
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