As of March 31, 2023 11 games from Nintendo for Switch sold over 10 million copies each… This is a new record in the history of the Japanese company consoles.
The previous record belonged to Nintendo ds – over the entire life cycle of 10 exclusives created by the platform holder, more than 10 million buyers found it. On the Wii 9 games have taken the coveted bar, Nintendo 3DS – 7.
Many Nintendo franchises have set all-time sales records on Switch. For example, before The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild no Zelda has sold more than 10 million copies, and the Switch game has already found more than 20 million buyers.
Nintendo Games for Switch with over 10 million sales as of March 31, 2023:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 35,390,000 copies
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 32,630,000 copies
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 23,840,000 copies
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 22,280,000 copies
- Pokemon Sword & Shield – 21,100,000 copies
- Super Mario Odyssey – 20,830,000 copies
- Super Mario Party – 14,790,000 copies
- Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu & Eevee! – 13,280,000 copies
- Splatoon 2 – 12,210,000 copies
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 10,440,000 copies
- Ring Fit Adventure – 10,110,000 copies
Previously released games to the list of 10 million players should soon be joined by Luigi’s Mansion 3… At the end of March, its circulation is 9.59 million copies. The previous record for the series was recorded on the Nintendo 3DS, where Luigi’s Mansion 2 sold 6.33 million copies.
According to Nintendo, Switch has just reached the middle of its lifecycle.… It follows from this that by the end of its generation, it will even more break away from its predecessors in terms of the number of exclusives with a circulation of 10 million copies.
Games from the top ten have also not frozen in place and will continue to find a new audience in the coming months and years. Over the last quarter (January-March 2023), they sold in such quantities:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 1,980,000 copies
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 1,450,000 copies
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 990,000 copies
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 830,000 copies
- Pokemon Sword & Shield – 750,000 copies
- Super Mario Odyssey – 600,000 copies
- Super Mario Party – 970,000 copies
- Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu & Eevee! – 280,000 copies
- Splatoon 2 – 310,000 copies
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 620,000 copies
- Ring Fit Adventure – 1,430,000 copies
Updated sales figures for other Nintendo games that sold in the million copies in 2023-2021 (below are their total sales as of March 31, and in parentheses are sales for January-March 2023):
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 9,590,000 copies (+460 thousand)
- Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 9,010,000 copies (+690,000)
- Super Mario Maker 2 – 7,150,000 copies (+240,000)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – 5,490,000 copies (+1.11 million per year)
- Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 3,140,000 copies (+520,000)
- Paper Mario: The Origami King – 3,120,000 copies (+70 thousand)
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (outside Japan) – 3,070,000 copies (+230,000) (international sales – 3,700,000 copies)
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 2,040,000 copies (+100k)
- Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition – 1,520,000 copies (+40 thousand)
- Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit – 1,270,000 copies (+190k)
Extended version of the platformer Super mario 3d worldreleased on Switch in February 2023, by the end of March had sold 5.59 million copies… This is also a clear candidate for joining the 10 million players club. Original for Wii U throughout its existence has attracted 5.85 million buyers.
Read also: Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the only exclusive ever to sell over 30 million copies in its first year…
