The Japanese simply cannot get enough of this machine
According to Japanese magazine Famistu, the Nintendo Wii crossed the '8 million sold' mark in Japan on April 19th.
Enterbrain has also released the top five selling Wii games in Japan (it's worth pointing out that Wii Sports was not bundled with the console):
1. Wii Sports
Launch: 12/2/06
Life-to-date: 3,481,469 copies
2. Wii Fit
Launch: 12/1/07
Life-to-date: 3,301,373 copies
3. Wii Play
Launch: 12/2/06
Life-to-date: 2,672,811 copies
4. Mario Kart Wii
Launch: 4/10/08
Life-to-date: 2,218,756 copies
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Launch: 1/31/08
Life-to-date: 1,789,924 copies

1. Storm Owl
22 Apr 2009, 09:29 BST
Holy Crap
2. cr00mz
22 Apr 2009, 09:56 BST
mario galaxy not even in the top 5...shame
3. MickEiA
22 Apr 2009, 10:02 BST
this is why sales have been down every house has got one
4. Neomega
22 Apr 2009, 11:52 BST
......brawl beat by mario kart?
.....damn online!!!!
5. warioswoods
22 Apr 2009, 12:51 BST
@Neomega
Heh, personally I'm all in favor of Kart beating Smash; it's simply a much more enjoyable game. Worldwide, by the way, MKart Wii's sales are nearly double that of Brawl.
6. WiiGuy
22 Apr 2009, 13:43 BST
Wii sports not bundled with Wii!?
Some thing else needs to take Wii Fit's spot...
7. timp29
22 Apr 2009, 13:49 BST
Love the kid from the caption. He obviously isn't pumping his fist for wii fit...
8. Cheezy
22 Apr 2009, 14:09 BST
Well there you go.
9. Ricardo91
22 Apr 2009, 16:20 BST
I'd like to see the PS3 catch up to that!
10. Rm88
23 Apr 2009, 04:34 BST
Mario Kart Wii and Brawl are games. I'll ignore the fact that those 3 titles are the best selling T_T
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