Yeah while the shortages are bad it's selling 3k instead of 7/8k so it's not a huge deal. Still bad from a Nintendo management point of view.

I'm surprised splatoon has held the same though. Does this show that most splatoon sales are currently coming from the existing install base rather than new owners buying just for splatoon?

Nope, Its just that splatoon is so big now that every new wiiu owner are buying 3 copies each because they are squids

@tbone, the numbers back up what I said. Also Mario maker way down now that bundles are down.

[PS3[ Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm: 44,065 {2009.01.15}
[PS3] Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2: 63.675 (2010.10.21}
[PS3] Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: 87.661 {2013.04.18}
[PS4] Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: 64.446 {2016.02.04}

So a respectable opening for the ps4 exclusive Naruto going by the series standard. Yet Another signal to developers. Time to drop the ps3!

The gaming landscape is changing in Japan.

software sales suggest otherwise this week

Pretty sure Mario Maker bundles were cheaper than those @ ¥33K. Would people resort to buying it more expensive than regular bundles that come with a game?

D*mn WiiU crashed and burned. 3DS is also not exactly golden, hopefully the 2DS can get it a bit higher again.

Wii U might be low in stock but that hasn't stopped Splatoon from selling. Back into the Top 10 after leaving last week and with a very small drop as well.
Builders looking pretty nice as well, though we will see if it has legs going into the future. And in all honestly I think the only version to really have said legs is the Vita version.

Has the Wii U ever been this low in japan?

Plenty? At ¥42,000!? Do you know that Wii U regular price is ¥30,000? They're are selling the Wii U ¥12,000 higher because they don't have stock.