Or perhaps the combination of Pikmin 3, TW101 and easy to make HD Update was enough variety to push some people to make the purchase

Maybe the price drop had something to do with it as well?

gotta love the "b-b-but vita sales" defense mechanism. First of all thats completly irrelevant and off topic. econdly, wii u and vita are completly independant from each other. Seriously, why bring it up? Vitas bad sales dont mean anything to wii u sales. Finally, i never comment on handhelds because i have no interest in them. Someone tried suggesting that since i like the ps3 i should love the vita but the only reason i dont is because the 3ds... unexpectedly, zero999 came to me defense... out of all the people on this site he was the last id think would object to those people.

 It got a   boost in America and it can just as easy get a boost in Europe.  It's not that hard.

Nice boost, won't do much overall though cause all those consoles were sold to Nintendo fans that would have bought the console sooner or later anyway.

I agree very much with Seece on this, Nintendo tried a gamble with the Wii U and lost it. Now they are left with an underpowered console and an controller that is seen as nothing as more than gimmick by most of the market. They tried to capture the Wii audience again and failed and no established Nintendo franchise will get that audience back now, because it was the Wiis concept that sold the games and not the other way around.

Nintendo fans need to ask themselves, who does the Wii U appeal to? The Core gamer that doesn't have a major interest in Nintendo software? No. The Dudebro COD and Madden/Fifa player? No. The Soccer moms? No. The only group of people that are interested in the Wii U are the Nintendo fans and it's relatively easy to guess how many of those are out there just look at the Gamecube. So if we assume that the Wii/DS/3DS have made a couple million more Nintendo fans, then I think it would be realistic to predict about about 30 mio Wii U at max.

Nintendo fanboys and insignifcant numbers. How dare you post positive news.

So to keep up the pace, all Nintendo has to do is releasing a Limited Edition of the WiiU every week ;)

Sorry for that. Hope that doesnt mean I will be doomed?

Tbf, Sony fans do the same thing with Vita. 

In any case, mentioning % instead of #'s is a spin tactic. Selling abysmally one week and selling badly the next is progress. Just not enough progress to start claiming Wii U is no longer flopping. 

Sadly, this is a similar scenario to increases with Vita after price cuts & the like. When viewed in a vacuum and with percentages attached, it looks damn impressive, but then you stick some actual numbers in there and realise it's just at the levels it should've been at all along.

Nevertheless, an increase is an increase and that's a very good thing. No massive game attached with it either, really. And it's the first step towards a proper recovery and all that. So, not bad at all.

Arius, out of curiosity, do you still check out Malstrom´s blog?