But still not good enough to get into Smash. Alright fine I'll stop now. xP

That explains it.  Weird the way they didn't just give the actual number which would be a bit over a million. 

Well yes, Splatoon gets good marketing and Bayonetta does not. However, the difference between the two is, that while Splatoon looks interesting, Bayonetta does not. I got Wii U for christmas, bought Splatoon for 35€, but did not buy Bayonetta 1&2 even as it had a pricetag of 10€. There are a number of problems with the game; having an 18+ age rating doesn't sell to families, it's the same linear story-heavy shit like everything else these days, it focuses too much on the visual "wow-factor" and obviously on the boring dialog, et cetera...

But I don't think Bayonetta (2) was supposed to sell on Wii U, it's only purpose was to lure in people interested in games with higher age rating and add some diversity to Wii U:s library.

Maybe Fire Emblem sold better... That's why they have 6 characters.

Fates hasn't even been released to the whole world yet. >.>

Yeah, but maybe they are expecting to sell a lot more. Or maybe Awakening sold a lot.

Splatoon has already outsold it on a way smaller installbase so I have to doubt that.

The Japanese success for it is insane. I can only imagine what would've happened had Wii U had a stronger install base. Could've been the new Monster Hunter there. If the NX is big in Japan it will be exciting to see what Splatoon 2 does there. Or maybe Splatoon 2 will make the NX big in Japan. 

Well, then I don't understand how FE has 6 characters...

Congratulations spaltoon for selling just in Japan in seven months, what many people were expecting you to not even manage it globally lifetime!

Splatoon the surprise of the 8th gen?