The previous record was for pikmin 2 on the gamecube which hit 162k in its first week.
Pikmin 3 deluxe japanese website. Seasoned explorers can complete the demo s story mode portion to unlock the ultra spicy difficulty in the full game right from the. The official japanese website for pikmin 3 deluxe has opened and it offers up even more gameplay footage than what we saw from the japanese trailer uploaded earlier. Experience both story and mission modes solo or with a friend and then carry over your progress into the full game. Pikmin 3 deluxe now holds the best first week debut sales for pikmin in japan.
This deluxe version of the pikmin 3 game includes new side story missions featuring olimar and louie the ability to play story mode with a friend and all dlc stages from the original release. Pikmin 3 deluxe debuts at top of japanese sales charts. Despite some underwhelming reports in other parts of the world japanese sales charts suggest pikmin 3 deluxe has had a huge first week there. Pikmin 3 deluxe has your crew embarking to a distant world in hopes of recovering nourishment for the famine occuring on their home planet.
Famitsu s japanese chart figures are now in for 26th october 1st november revealing that pikmin 3 deluxe has debuted at the top of the pile. Software sales followed by lifetime sales. The japanese website was also updated on october 8 th with its remaining 3 pages about difficulty options the content new to pikmin 3 deluxe and the alternative game modes. Nsw pikmin 3 deluxe 171 349.
You can check out a compilation of the gameplay above and visit the site for yourself here. There s no doubt pikmin 3 deluxe is closer to 200k sales in japan for those first two days as digital likely did some heavy lifting as well. On their voyage the three leaders have an accident and are separated and have to work together with pikmin a friendly native species living on this mysterious world. Grow a squad of adorable plant like pikmin to traverse a strange world and save your planet in the pikmin 3 deluxe game for the nintendo switch family of systems.
4 television commercials in japanese were produced and these were released on youtube on october 11 th.