Hyrule Warriors Sells Strongly in UK

In the first of its Western territory releases, Hyrule Warriors has done remarkably well. The hybrid hack and slash game released last Friday in the UK and sold enough to score a placement in not only the top twenty best selling games for the week in the UK, but the top 5. Beating out fellow new releases Disney Infinity 2.0 (for each of its respective systems) and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, it merely fell short of the sales crown to the insanely successful Destiny (featured in last week’s podcast). The full software sales for the top forty games are as follows:

1. (01) [PS4] Destiny

2. (02) [XBO] Destiny

3. (03) [360] Destiny

4. (NE) [WIIU] Hyrule Warriors

5. (NE) [360] Disney Infinity 2.0

6. (05) [PC] The Sims 4

7. (04) [PS3] Destiny

8. (07) [360] Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

9. (09) [PS3] Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition

10. (NE) [PS3] Disney Infinity 2.0

11. (06) [PS4] The Last of Us: Remastered

12. (08) [PS4] Watch Dogs

13. (NE) [PS4] Disney Infinity 2.0

14. (11) [3DS] Tomodachi Life

15. (NE) [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call

16. (15) [360] Grand Theft Auto V

17. (NE) [XBO] Disney Infinity 2.0

18. (20) [XBO] Call of Duty: Ghosts

19. (10) [PS4] Call of Duty: Ghosts

20. (NE) [WIIU] Disney Infinity 2.0

21. (14) [360] Watch Dogs

22. (21) [360] Terraria

23. (19) [360] Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare

24. (23) [360] The LEGO Movie Videogame

25. (12) [PS4] Infamous: First Light

26. (17) [XBO] Titanfall

27. (18) [PS3] Watch Dogs

28. (27) [WIIU] Mario Kart 8

29. (30) [360] Skate 3

30. (RE) [DS] Pokémon Black Version

31. (22) [PS4] Metro Redux

32. (RE) [DS] Frozen: Olaf’s Quest

33. (35) [360] LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

34. (26) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V

35. (RE) [XBO] Forza Motorsport 5

36. (29) [PS3] Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare

37. (RE) [DS] Pokémon White Version

38. (RE) [360] Sniper Elite 3

39. (31) [PS4] Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil

40. (40) [3DS] Mario Kart 7

While it is rather exciting to see the title being so well received in the West, it should be noted that Hyrule Warriors appears to have all but disappeared from the top of the Japanese sales charts, just weeks after its spectacular release there. It will be interesting to see if the coming weeks see this title falling far in the UK charts, or if the US release is similarly strong. Perhaps the recent news regarding post-release support for the game will help keep sales going a little longer?

Source: GFK Chart-Track (via MyNintendoNews)