Captain Toad sold 250K copies in U.S. according to NPD

This is to let everyone know that Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker sold about 250,000 copies in the U.S. according NPD Group.

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Awesome! And 100k+ in Japan. Not to mention UK and Europe and all the other places. I wouldn't be shocked at all if it becomes a million seller. Not bad at all for a new IP.

Yea let's hope Nintendo is happy with it..that's what matters, if they aren't then pom! POM!...laid to rest. :P

That's 250,000 awesome people.

God that's awful

So in other words don't get too attached to the franchise because it was a huge failure

It's the best game ever. I hope they add more levels in the form of DLC. I wouldn't mind paying for that at all.

By the end it will sell over a million units. Not bad at all for a puzzle/platform game where you can't jump.

That's all I have to say.

That's not bad for the U.S. alone. I still need to pick it up. I liked the puzzles in super Mario 3d world so I think I would like this game.

@bunchanumbers: I wouldn't go as far as to say it will be a million-seller, but the numbers are not bad, really. It's actually selling better than I thought it would at this point. Congrats to the Toadster! :)

damn thats way better than i thought.

i thought it was going to bomb like wonderful101.

good for Toad!

A budget title, that's a puzzler, that is not necessarily kid friendly, that's "Captained" (pun intended) by Toad who isn't Mario from a marketing perspective, on a platform that isn't selling too well, that was advertised very heavily, that began as a mini-game, sold roughly half a million units thus far?

Sounds like it did well to me.

I doubt it cost a whole lot to develop to it looks like Nintendo made a profit on the game. Hurrah!

Not bad, assuming

1. It did not cost a lot to make
2. The game has legs

Add 1 more to the sales when I get my copy next week.

I wasn't expecting the game to sell that much but hey, I'm not complaining.

Good game.

It's a really good game. Should of sold more. Not bad I guess since it didn't really get much attention.

I think a month after the Euro launch it should already be more than halfway there. If it has the legs that Nintendo games historically have then I wouldn't be shocked at all if it passes the million seller mark. Not to mention the Toad Amiibo and the possibility of DLC. I wouldn't even be surprised if a sequel happens in the future. Not bad at all for a new IP with a under appreciated character.

Are you *#&*#@&*@# kidding me?

The game does miserable in Japan but the excuse is Japan doesn't like consoles, fine.

Then it releases for NA and it only does 250k more? Does North America not like consoles anymore?

Factor in the multiple buy two get one free sales this holiday season, especially at Toys R Us and it's sales exclusively on Wii U software, and this is awful.

Between the US and Japan alone its over 370k units. It also has tons of regions that haven't reported their sales yet but it was top 10 in germany for 2 weeks and has been a best seller in France. This isn't even including eshop sales. When Nintendo announces their numbers I bet it will be higher than you think it will be.

Yeah but here's the thing that makes the NA numbers so alarming.

You had Smash Bros sell very well and then you have nationwide retailers doing promotions for multiple games and while everyone picked up Smash Bros they failed to pick up Toad for their free game or their 40% off game.

This is the Wii U we're talking about, it's got hardly any games so when people bought Smash they grabbed other games instead of Toad. With the lack of software on the Wii U people made a conscious choice not to grab Toad.

If people weren't willing to get Toad for free or at a greatly reduced price how do you expect it to sell well when Nintendo has a long history of not lowering the prices on their games?

They weren't willing because there were bigger and more known games that were available. Its common sense that they would get the bigger games. But as word gets out the sales have improved. Look at the Japan sales. The second week sales were better than the launch sales. And has been steady ever since.

Ok, here's how I see it... considering the fact that we're talking about a Wii U exclusive being released shortly after Super Smash Bros. and all of the attention that series manages to get, I don't think Captain Toad did horribly. We could argue that with Toad being a Mario character, it underperformed in that regard, but it's also a puzzle-based spinoff that wasn't going to get the same push the traditional Mario platformers receive. Sure, it was released in December, but given that we're talking about the Wii U here, I actually don't find the release month as relevant as I would with other systems, even with the holiday-based sales that usually occur in that month.

IMO, I think the game is actually over-performing a bit. On the other hand, I still don't see the game being a million seller; the whole argument about Nintendo games having legs doesn't hold nearly the same weight with Wii U/3DS titles as it did with Wii/DS games. What people seem to forget about a game having legs is that the game must have great mass market appeal in order to sell beyond the conventional, dedicated fanbase. The Wii U as a whole doesn't have great mass market appeal; and therefore, even the most popular of titles on the system will only have about a month and half of high sales and then burn out, not unlike most high-profile games on other platforms. Not even Mario Kart 8's sales were that impressive after its first 4-6 weeks on the market, so it's very unlikely that Captain Toad will be able to break the trend.

according to vgc its undertracked there and its around 470-480k. They predict by their next global update that Captain Toad will be over 500k. Not bad at all.

Better hurry, it seems to already be scarce with some retailers selling it above the SRP.

I imagine in the end it will have been profitable and a minor success for Nintendo. I hope we see more; it'd be a great candidate for $10 expansion DLC via the "books".

You cant compare Nintendo development cost to the over bloated western cost, just look at fatal frame and they still make those.

If you are gonna troll, go troll in the System Wars forums, where it belongs. Leave sheep alone. Jeez, I just came from the other thread you trolled at over Hyrule Warriors.

Some pretty good sales for a new IP. It had a commercial, that must have helped a lot. I'm one that still hasn't bought it. But I'm yearning for some puzzle gameplay and don't think I'll be able to resist much longer.

Latest sales reports on VG Chartz has it just over 800K, meaning next year at this time it's likely to cross 1 million worldwide lifetime sales.

Unless the numbers in this discussion are off, it is a very long ways away from one million. Don't forget it was only $39.99 at least here in the states so it was a great deal cheaper than a normal release.

For its budget it sold and made Nintendo mad bank.

"Approximately 250,000 copies were sold during its first month in the United States.^[21] In Japan, roughly 155,000 copies of the game had been sold by the end of June 2015."

Its rumored to be at almost 1 million sold. And were not counting digital, just physical. The game is a smashing success.

Of course the game is a success. The development costs couldn't have been too expensive since it came out months after the E3 it was announced. The game had very little content as well. Being a million seller has yet to be seen though.

@Solaryellow: True, its not at 1 million, if it were, Nintendo would have announced it i would think.

so not even 1/10th the install base?

@tiny_rick: Isnt it amazing, not even 1/10th the install base but yet Nintendo is banking hard. Nintendo be so smart.

No it's not, not at all.

It actually cost Nintendo more than what they made because they needed to take people off more important projects so they would have a game for the holidays.

So yeah, I'm glad you like that Nintendo lost money and other games were delayed, yay for you?

@Jaysonguy: You cray cray mate.

what?

For some reason he thinks Nintendo losing so much money they had to become a cell phone comany means they're doing well.

It's hard to have a conversation with him/her.

@Jaysonguy: You have no clue what your talking about mate, Nintendo has made nothing but profits this year. Nintendo is entering the mobile business to increase profits even further, even so by acquiring 10% of the worlds largest mobile gaming company. All Nintendo knows is how to make profit.

@mesome713:

Well, I saw on an other site that the new Tomb Raider has sold way under 100k (more like 60k combined x360 and X1, although I don't know if that's worldwide). That's a strong IP with a huge fan base.

If Captain Toad has sold close to 500k I'd call it a success. It's a puzzle game, which don't sell in high numbers to begin with. It also stars Toad, who is either cute or annoying depending on your tastes, but neither trait makes it the "cool" must-buy game. Smash had come out recently as well as Pokemon OR/AS. So it's not like people were already looking for the next game to get.

Well I would say, a game starring an ancillary character from a Mario game, reusing assets, releasing in the holiday season on a struggling system. If it did 500k+, that's a win, because I don't think anyone was expecting it to be some kind of blockbuster.

@Solaryellow: it's a good game but it's not really worth 40 dollars. I imagine that's a reason the sales are low, coupled with the fact that it's a niche title.

Sorry, being a million seller doesn't mean what it used to, as game prices have stayed the same relative to ever increasing inflation.

You don't know what their budget was and how much profit they made. They could have sold at only a very small profit since they had to sell it for $40 due to low content.

Saying they made "mad bank" is an exaggeration.

Although the game was fun, it was short and light on content to the point where I thought it was going to be SMW DLC available right about the announcement at E3. Unfortunately it was released in the late fall as an actual "full" game.

VG Chartz is highly inaccurate, but if the numbers are anywhere near that figure, that's pretty amazing for a title like this.