People must have hqd much higher expectations than I did for Smash U in Japan. Hardware sales are perhaps even lower than expected (though this happened everywhere) but Japan have been terrible for the Wii U and for home consoles in general for a while.

Also you could look at this and say "3DS version killed Wii U version in Japan", my interpretation is more along the lines that Nintendo knew that nothing is doing well on home consoles for the Japanese so the 3DS version was to make the Super Smash Bros successful there... Yes the Wii U version might have done better without the 3DS version, but not 2 million better. Seeing Smash 3DS doing pretty well in Japan you kind of realise it was probably a Japan-driven thing, and I expect that it will remain the primary version there while the Wii U version will be the better version comparitiverly in the West.

Doesn't the special edition DQ PS4 release this week?

Meh, that's one variable. If we're comparing Europe taxes we'd also have to compare everything else like game prices and markets and what each country prioritizes when buying things or when buying games and how much money is available to the standard game player in each country and a lot of other things.

okay-ish software sales for Smash, but the hardware bump is once more extremely disappointing.

Next smash handheld only? Considering how much cheaper only making a handheld version would be i don't think its a terrible move.

sold 2x+. Nothing at all 

Smash more software then i expected.hatdware bang on. I predicted 20~30k given the current console climate over there

Do people really think that if there weren't a 3DS version it would've sold much better? If anything the 3DS version was a brilliant move.

Nope, its either both or console only. I think though that it'll be both but much different games. No matter wat SSBU will be amoung the top 3 sold games on wiiu. Its just that wiiu games haven't sold much^

I'm disappointed by those Smash WiiU numbers, both software and hardware!