Was there ever a vita game on the list before its launch?

Yup, 4 games. This was the last chart before vita's launch:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4345619

Hot shots golf 6 was the first, entered the charts with ~40 days remaining

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4289718

2 Wii U games!
wiiuwiiuwiiuwiiuwiiuwiiuwiiu!

Not bad, but none of them got very high. Golf, the highest, didn't even hit 60. Let's see what Wii U has got -- note that it needs to do a LOT better than Vita to do well, and simply getting a couple in the 70s, barely "beating" the Vita, won't really be an accomplishment.

Wow, cheers for that, interesting to see!  And congrats2u MonHun, will be interested in seeing how well it's going to do.  Console version launching with the console, never seen that since the IP became so big.

(stealthy re-tag)

Dem WiiU games.

I'd imagine NSMB2 would end up about 200 points, and MH around 150. Could be a lot more, though, or a lot less. An unknown quantity.

The other games, maybe NintendoLand could chart but I doubt it. Aside from that I can't think of anything else which could make it in here really...

I just noticed NSMBU is 4,800 Yen, which is really nice. I thought it was going to be 5,800 Yen. I hope this translates to US and Euro also getting 50 USD / 50 Euro games instead of 60, but I'm not getting my hopes up

2 Wii U games and no Vita games? That's just wrong. Sony, step your game up.

Sam3o said: I just noticed NSMBU is 4,800 Yen, which is really nice. I thought it was going to be 5,800 Yen. I hope this translates to US and Euro also getting 50 USD / 50 Euro games instead of 60, but I'm not getting my hopes up

it is 5800 yen MSRP.