Wii U sales double in Japan as Mario Kart 8 sells 350k

MCV: Mario Kart 8 has topped the weekly Japanese charts and boosted sales of the hardware in Nintendo's home country.

Here are the hardware numbers for the week ending June 1st:

1. Nintendo 3DS LL – 19,622

2. WiiU – 19,031

3. PS Vita – 11,755

4. PS4 – 6,866

5. PS3 – 6,818

6. Nintendo 3DS – 4,863

7. PSP – 1,237

8. PS VitaTV – 769

9. Xbox 360 – 140