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Line 73: ===Sales=== ''Mario Kart Wii'' had a successful launch and sold 300,000 copies on the launch day in Japan alone, compared to ''Mario Kart DS'' which sold 160,000 copies on its first day and ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' which sold 180,000 on its first day.<ref name="launchdayjapan">{{cite web | title=Mario Kart Wii Sold 300,000 Copies? | publisher=[[Kotaku]] | url=http://kotaku.com/379769/mario-kart-wii-sold-300000-copies |accessdate=2008-04-15}}</ref> In the week ending [[May 4]], [[2008]], ''Mario Kart Wii'' had sold over a million copies in Japan alone, less than a month since its release in the region.<ref name="mcApr28-May4">{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/388562/aint-no-stopping-mario-kart-wii-in-japan |publisher=[[Kotaku]] |title=Ain't No Stopping Mario Kart Wii In Japan |author=Michael McWhertor |date=2008-05-08 |accessdate=2008-05-08}}</ref> As of [[July 13]], [[2008]], the game has sold 1,560,000 copies in Japan.<ref>http://www.gpara.com/ranking/mediacreatebn/ranking_20080717.php</ref> In the UK, ''Mario Kart Wii'' was the best-selling video game in the week ending [[April 12]], [[2008]], having "the eighth biggest opening sales week in UK software history," according to [[Chart-Track]]/[[ELSPA]].<ref name="UKcharts">[http://www.mcvuk.com/news/30188/UK-CHARTS-Mario-Kart-smashes-records-at-it-hits-No1 UK CHARTS: Mario Kart Wii smashes records as it hits No.1]</ref><ref name="BritishCharts">{{cite web | title=British Sales Charts | publisher=[[Kotaku]] | url=http://kotaku.com/379767/british-sales-charts |accessdate=2008-04-15}}</ref> The game dwarfed all other five ''Mario'' Wii games released up until then for the Wii combined when comparing first week sales.<ref name="UKcharts"/> In the United States, ''Mario Kart Wii'' sold 1.12 million copies in April 2008, according to the [[NPD Group]]. This puts ''Mario Kart Wii'' at #2 of the best selling video games of April in the US, behind the [[Xbox 360]] version of ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' and ahead of the [[PlayStation 3]] version, both released in the same week.<ref name="AprilNPD">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6191066.html |author=Brendan Sinclair |title=NPD: US game revs spike on 2.85M GTAIVs |date=2008-05-15 |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |accessdate=2008-05-24}}</ref> As of [[June 30]], [[2008]], Nintendo has sold 6.42 million copies of ''Mario Kart Wii'' worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/080730e.pdf#page=3 |accessdate=2008-07-30 |date=2008-07-30 |title=Consolidated Financial Highlights |publisher=Nintendo}}</ref> According to the NPD Group, [[GfK]] Chart-Track, and [[Enterbrain]], the game has sold 2.409 million units in the United States, 687,000 in the United Kingdom, and 1.601 million in Japan, respectively, for a total of 4.697 million units as of [[August 1]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Leading Market Research Firms Join Forces to Provide First Multi-Continent View Of Video Game Software Sales |url=http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_080821.html |date=2008-08-21 |accessdate=2008-08-23 |publisher=[[NPD Group]], [[GfK]] [[Chart-Track]], [[Enterbrain]]}}</ref> As of June 24, 2008, it has been difficult to obtain due to perceived production quantities being outstripped by demand; additionally, consumers have been reselling the game at higher secondary market prices.<ref>http://www.videogamepricecharts.com/game/wii/mario-kart-wii</ref><ref>http://blog.videogamepricecharts.com/2008/06/mario-kart-wii-is-selling-over-retail.html</ref> ===Critical response=== | |||