There was a lot of desire for Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Millions. In more specific figures we refer to 2.1 million copies sold in just two weeks, which has a very special merit. However, the star of Nintendo is still Switch: the two-in-one console adds no less than 107.65 million units sold worldwide, has surpassed Wii and with little more than five years is creeping closer, but without pause, to Game Boy figures in both hardware and software. Big words.
Nintendo has made its financial results public for its shareholders and deservedly draws muscle from what has been achieved so far in 2022: beyond the sales of Kirby and the Forgotten Land The Pokémon saga continues to sweep with a Pokémon Legends: Arceus that today may be at the gates of the 10 best-selling Switch games, but it is not ruled out that he achieves it before the end of the year.
Now, yellow fever is at a superb moment: Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl not only make the cut and sneak into the nintendo Olympus of sales with their 14.65 million copies sold. Fast forward to Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!/ Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! in a very tight way in figures, yes, but in record time.
From here, it’s time to update the figures and see what Switch has achieved with perspective: How is the ranking of the 10 games currently? best sellers in the family of consoles? Beware of the millionaire amounts, which dazzle.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 45.33 million copies sold
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 38.64 million copies sold
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 28.17 million copies sold
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -26.55 million copies sold
- Pokémon Sword / Pokémon Shield – 24.27 million copies sold
- Super Mario Odyssey – 23.50 million copies sold
- Super Mario Party – 17.78 million copies sold
- Shiny Diamond Pokémon / Shiny Pearl Pokémon – 14.65 million copies sold
- Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!/ Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! – 14.53 million copies sold
- Ring Fit Adventure – 14.09 million copies sold
From here we can make especially interesting and more specific readings based on these games:
Breaking down Nintendo’s success game by game
The first thing is that, as a great novelty, in this report the five games with maximum sales offer expansions. And the most interesting: those of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Y Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the two titles that lead it, are integrated into the Expansion Pack of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service. There is no stitch without thread here.
On the other hand, Splatoon 2 definitely falls out of the top 10 best sellers of Nintendo despite being one of the usual ones and having spectacular figures since 2017. The recent inclusion of the Octo Expansion on Switch Online is sure to boost sales, although the The fact that Splatoon 3 is already on the horizon does not play in its favor.
On the other hand, Pokémon is still unstoppable, positioning all double throws in the ranking. A spectacular brand that reaches its peak with the eighth generation and that Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Purple will have to overcome this year.
No less significant is the hegemony of the King of platforms with a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe which is played on just under half of Nintendo Switch consoles. And it is not at all ruled out that this figure continues to increase after the recent arrival of a new batch of circuits.
Finally, and in the absence of knowing the results of Nintendo Switch Sports, Ring Fit Adventure It is consolidated as the great sports asset of the Nintendo console. Will the successful formula that swept the Wii end up taking over? We do not rule it out.
One last note: despite the fact that the highly anticipated sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has left us in 2023, the launch of Bayonetta 3 is still set for this year. It’s time for PlatinumGames to show their superstar again!