According to French website Gamekult, the Nintendo Wii U sold over 307k units in Japan in its launch week (2 days).
Much like the American release, the Wii U has an attach rate of 1.2. For comparison, the Wii sold 350k on launch week according to Media Create but had a better software attach rate compared to the below.
Furthermore, Super Mario Bros U sold over 160k, Monster Hunter 3 106K and Nintendo Land 67k. For other totals please see the below list:
| Titre | Support | Ventes | |
| 1. | New Super Mario Bros. U | WiiU | 160.140 |
| 2. | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate | WiiU | 106.454 |
| 3. | Nintendo Land | WiiU | 66.583 |
| 4. | ZombiU | WiiU | 10.680 |
| 5. | Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper | WiiU | 7.252 |
| 6. | Tekken Tag Tournament 2 | WiiU | 4.951 |
Hardware launch comparison:
GameBoy Color: 155,774
NeoGeo Portable: 21,471
DreamCast: 101,490
WonderSwan: 102,655
PlayStation 2: 630,552
GameBoy Advance: 611,504
WonderSwan Color: 145,975
GameCube: 133,719
Xbox: 123,929
DS: 441,485
PSP: 166,074
Xbox 360: 62,135
PlayStation 3: 88,443
Wii: 371,936
3DS: 371,326
PlayStation Vita: 321,407
Wii U: 307,471
