If I recall correctly Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze sold 35 thousand in its first week in Japan and right now it has sold 110 thousand in Japan. That is Media Create/Famitsu ltd data I saw in Neogaf, not vg chartz.
I think Bayonetta 2 will sell better than Donkey Kong in Japan.

sidmeiernintifan said: If I recall correctly Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze sold 35 thousand in its first week in Japan and right now it has sold 110 thousand in Japan. That is Media Create/Famitsu ltd data I saw in Neogaf, not vg chartz. I think Bayonetta 2 will sell better than Donkey Kong in Japan.

Then VG Chartz is spot on, they got DK: TF at 110k in Japan.

TheLegendaryWolf said: sidmeiernintifan said: If I recall correctly Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze sold 35 thousand in its first week in Japan and right now it has sold 110 thousand in Japan. That is Media Create/Famitsu ltd data I saw in Neogaf, not vg chartz. I think Bayonetta 2 will sell better than Donkey Kong in Japan. Then VG Chartz is spot on, they got DK: TF at 110k in Japan.

VG chartz japanese data is the average of famitsu and mediacreate IIRC, so it is trustworthy. I was wrong, it sold 43 thousand in the first week

 

This is the info from GAF of first party wii u software sales in Japan to this week, first column is first week, second is ltd

WIU 2012-12-08 New Super Mario Bros. U Nintendo 170,563 / 1,208,284 (bundled - still sold at least over 500K+ unbundled) WIU 2013-10-31 Wii Party U Nintendo 79,715 / 788,085 (bundled - over 100K unbundled) WIU 2014-05-29 Mario Kart 8 Nintendo 350,749 / 696,164 still charting weekly WIU 2013-11-21 Super Mario 3D World Nintendo 106,967 / 580,238 WIU 2012-12-08 Nintendo Land Nintendo 78,461 / 382,954 WIU 2013-07-13 Pikmin 3 Nintendo 102,188 / 232,313 WIU 2013-10-31 Wii Fit U [all] Nintendo 5,683 / 176,924 (bundled) WIU 2014-08-14 Hyrule Warriors Koei Tecmo 78,773 / 119,948 still charting weekly WIU 2014-02-13 DKC: Tropical Freeze Nintendo 43,301 / 109,329 WIU 2013-07-13 New Super Luigi U Nintendo 27,312 / 100,231 WIU 2013-07-25 LEGO City Undercover Nintendo 18,077 / 74,734 WIU 2013-03-28 Game & Wario Nintendo 23,995 / 68,000 WIU 2014-04-03 Just Dance Wii U Nintendo 19,970 / 56,060 WIU 2013-09-26 Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Nintendo 31,154 / 48,400 WIU 2014-09-20 Bayonetta 2 Nintendo 33,114 / 33,114 still charting weekly WIU 2014-04-24 NES Remix 1 & 2 {DL} Nintendo ? / 27,124 WIU 2013-08-24 The Wonderful 101 Nintendo 6,663 / 27,028

 

67% isn't anything special in japan especially for a game like bayonetta. 67% would be average at best, it's high enough that it should get some kind of second shipment though. I can tell many people in this thread are new to watching japanese sales.

Is this just telling us that Nintendo / stores didn't expect to sell much?

That's good? I guess they were not expecting to sell much, and they were right.

Ultimately, selling out initial shipments is good but the true test of Bayonetta 2's health will come in the following weeks. Most non-licensed or major franchise console games sell well for a week or two in Japan before dropping off. If Bayonetta 2 can hang around in the top ten for a while that will be a success.

But ultimately, I think the major push will lie in the hands of Western Wii U owners, healthy sales outside of Japan especially since we know Nintendo won't do jack outside of online trailers to promote it will probably determine whether or not we ever see a Bayonetta 3 and potentially the fate of original stylized action games in general this generation given the frosty reception several recent big names have received in the past year or two.

shikamaru317 said: 39k is about what I expected. That's probably going to be 200k lifetime in Japan.

I doubt this. That would be some serious legs, which granted some Nintendo games have but almost always of the cartoony/family mascot based variety (a more casual audience that doesn't keep as much track on new game releases and buys over time). 

A game like Bayonetta 2 will track more like Sin & Punishment 2, which dropped off the face of the earth after its first week. 

shikamaru317 said: 39k is about what I expected. That's probably going to be 200k lifetime in Japan. At least it's going to top The Wonderful 101, Platinum's last Wii U exclusive, it's only sold 50k life-to-date in Japan.

200k with a 39k opening in Japan?

Heavly bundles?

Soundwave said: I doubt this. That would be some serious legs, which granted some Nintendo games have but almost always of the cartoony/family mascot based variety (a more casual audience that doesn't keep as much track on new game releases and buys over time).  A game like Bayonetta 2 will track more like Sin & Punishment 2, which dropped off the face of the earth after its first week.

If its relevant, the game did sell out on amazon.jp and, if I recall, Tatsuya as well. But this may just be localized anomalies.