According to Ukie.info, the Wii U has received a 666% boost in hardware sales in the UK.

 82% of this boost came from the Mario Kart 8 bundle.  Mario Kart was also the 2nd best selling game in the UK last week.  It is worth nothing that this came on a short week since the game released on Friday.

 This is the 2nd best week 1 in the Mario Kart series and the best week 1 of any Wii U game as of yet. With all of these sales being in the UK, we have yet to see how big of a global impact Mario Kart 8 has had.

 My Opinion:

As a Wii U owner, this makes me very happy to see.  The Wii U has been written off by many people, but I am hopeful that a big title like this can breath some life into it. With Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Brothers, and the eventual Zelda, I believe the Wii U can have some success down the line much like the 3DS has done late in it’s life.

Ryan Latuso is an editor for MONG and the owner of many unplayed video games. Follow him on IGN and Twitter.