Nintendo have announced worldwide sales figures for Kid Icarus: Uprising, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and other Nintendo 3DS titles.

“I just want to enjoy the game and I think I’m just intolerant of aspects that block that enjoyment,” Sakurai says about games where the story gets in the way of his fun.

Using a mouse, keyboard or gamepad add to the strain, so Sakurai’s solution is to use a trackball instead of a mouse.

Sales tracker, Media Create, have released a list for the top-30 best-selling games in Japan for 2012.

Sakurai says that a Dark Pit Figma will be available as well.

Kid Icarus: Uprising studio, Project Sora, has been closed. However, Masahiro Sakurai’s company, Sora Ltd., still seems to be around.

Software sales fell by 42%, while hardware sales dropped by 32%, owing to fewer high-profile releases.

Mario Party 9 isn’t tired of partying just yet! And neither are a whole bunch of other games.

Nintendo also provided 3DS sales for March, and updated numbers for the two Mario titles.

Additionally, the NPD Group report that Kid Icarus: Uprising did rather well, too.

Things aren’t looking good for Kingdom Hearts 3D’s staying power.

Kid Icarus: Uprising got off to a great start in its first week, but Black Panther 2: Yakuza Asura Chapter wasn’t quite so lucky.

See prototype videos of the Nintendo 3DS game inside.

How did the uprising fare?