Super Smash Bros Wii U sales have been going up. According to wiiudaily.com, it topped Japanese sales knocking down Pokemon OR/AS to second place a week after it has been released.

Reportedly, the Wii U sales almost doubled after the Super Smash Bros release which made a significant jump from 10k to 24k sales. VG247.com reported that Wii U sales went from 12,496 units the prior week to 24,469 units with the release of Super Smash Bros according to Media Create figures.

Here's the top ten list of software sales in Japan for the first week of December:

1. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) - 227,527 (New)

2. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) - 171,813 (1,798,097)

3. [3DS] Derby Stallion Gold (Kadokawa Games, 12/04/14) - 73,616 (New)

4. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco, 12/04/14) - 33,151 (New)

5. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) - 29,670 (1,788,460)

6. [PS3] Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign (Arc System Works, 12/04/14) - 27,278 (New)

7. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) - 25,157 (2,225,855)

8. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) - 23,557 (2,925,945)

9. [PSV] Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 (Koei Tecmo, 12/04/14) - 22,152 (New)

10. [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova (Sega, 11/27/14) - 19,833 (127,147)

It can be remembered that Super Smash Bros has been the fastest selling game in the US upon its release. According to Forbes, Super Smash Bros knocks off Mario Kart 8 to second place after selling almost 500,000 copies for 3 days just in the US only.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is the "fifth game in the wildly popular fighting game franchise that brings together all the company's biggest characters." The latest release will allow 8 players to battle at once. Players can also jump into regular 4-player battles having a lot of character options to choose from. Users can also play against friends, CPU adversaries or even with strangers online.