The first day of Mega Man 9’s much-anticipated arrival on Nintendo’s WiiWare has come and gone, leaving but one question: How did it do?
Using Wii Shop Channel rankings from the top American Wii markets — US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia — along with historical sales data calculated from Nintendo Channel usage data, we can exclusively reveal to you today the sales for the first day for the hottest WiiWare title to date:


Day 1 sales for the Americas:

Mega Man 9 (WiiWare, Capcom, 1,000 points): 60,000

Yes, that’s right. In one day Mega Man 9 outsold all but six WiiWare titles’ lifetime totals. In one day it outsold Strong Bad Episode’s 1 lifetime sales from over a month. For the full week it could surpass the lifetime sales of every WiiWare title — and most Virtual Console titles, as well.

Needless to say, this is a pretty successful debut. We’ll bring you full week sales next week, look out for the first-day sales of the XBLA version when it launches next Wednesday.

The other titles released were Plattchen Twist ‘n’ Paint (WiiWare, Bplus, 1,000 points), Super Dodge Ball (NES, Aksys Games, 500 points), and Vectorman (Sega Genesis, Sega, 800 points), and none of them had enough first-day sales to crack the top 20 (less than 1,000, probably far less). — VG Chartz
That’s something else, and definitely a good sign. With any luck, this and the upcoming Gradius Rebirth and new Adventure Island games will help pave the way for even more fan-driven classics making their way back to consoles, like a new 2D Castlevania or, God help us all, Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Hey, maybe we could even see some classic Zelda or Mario action spring up.

And don’t forget, that’s only the first day. I can’t wait to see what numbers the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network add to it.

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