Bear in mind, everybody, that this figure, nor the full details of its source, is not confirmed. It's stated that GameStop (no mention of which department, could have just been a store clerk looking at the usually-poor stock tracker or just making something up) mentioned that it had 420 units available on its online store -- GameStop is not the sole retailer for North America and the figure likely doesn't include any pre-ordered or already sold copies.
It's likely to be a low print run, especially since it seems like Nintendo of Europe overprinted the title (it's still readily available from a bunch of European and Oceanic retailers four months after release), but >=1,000 seems too low for the largest market. If it is really low though (under 5,000 units), Nintendo of America could likely encourage more sales by confirming as such as there's a decent market for rare or perceived rare titles (just look at things like Breach & Clear (PSV), Retro City Rampage DX (PS4, PSV), the PAL version of Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water (Wii U) or even some people in this thread to see this).







