Updated sales numbers for Switch titles: Super Mario Bros. Wonder (11.96M), Super Mario RPG (3.14M), and more
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Shit, at 4.5m it might just barely eke out over Bowser's Inside Story for the best selling traditional Mario RPG
I'd expect it to tap out at the low range of 4 million though, which is still a huge success all things considered
I could see Prime 4 hitting 5 million but even if it does reach the top 100 it won't be there for very long
I don't think so, based on what we know: the fourth installment of a first person adventure for a brand that sold 3+mil at best in 30 years
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Because the team behind Yoshi wanted to make another Yoshi game, the team behind DK didn't. We know a DK game was in development at VV and got canceled. You have no evidence that TF flopped other then vibes because sales results don't reflect that.
We almost never have evidence that game flopped, unless publishers specifically say so. But selling 2m for a franchise like Donkey Kong Country, to me, looks like a flop coming from an entry selling 6m+.
But it did later sell well with the Switch re-release, so i hope that leads Nintendo to see that there is a future for new Donkey Kong games.
Considering that DK is being used in their theme park expansions, I would imagine that they (Nintendo) would want to make new DK games regardless of how TF sold on the WiiU.
Hey Serebii, could you tell me what your source for the Platinum-number is? I've been searching and I can't find the number anywhere. @Celine has the game at 7,6 mio, but if you have more up-to-date numbers and can source it, I'd gladly include it in my sales overview. Thx!Scarlet & Violet is now the third best selling Pokémon game of all time, passing Gold & Silver
I find it incredibly hard to imagine it's only going to sell a little over 1.25m more copies throughout the rest of its lifespan considering what it did in its first 6 weeks. This is a Mario game.. look at the list above, so many on there that are many years removed still did another 500k in this past quarter. Switch 1 games will have some legs after the Switch 2 comes out (regardless of when that is), so I really cannot see it totally falling off a cliff.
This is an RPG, not a platformer or kart racer. Paper Mario: The Origami King fell off even way more.
I guess we'll see, but there have been countless Paper Mario games over the years -- that was just another in a long line of them and not particularly special. Mario RPG is something that people had been clamoring for for literally decades and is a lot easier to recommend. I understand using it as an comparison tool, but I don't think you can just assume it will replicate it. Time will tell!
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Feels like a lost art. I dont think any modern publisher would insist for 4 games on a franchise until it finally becomes a hit. With higher risk associated with each individual project and more finance-leaning suits in leadership, a developer would probably be shifted to licensed IP or a support studio if they couldnt make the first one a hit.
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Format: Worldwide ranking | GAME [Overseas ranking / Japan ranking]
Worldwide LTD [Overseas LTD | Japan LTD]
1 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe [1 / 3]
60.58 million [52.63 million (87%) | 7.95 million (13%)]
2 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons [2 / 1]
44.79 million [33.59 million (75%) | 11.20 million (25%)]
3 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [4 / 4]
33.67 million [26.18 million (77%) | 7.49 million (23%)]
4 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [3 / 13]
31.61 million [27.78 million (87%) | 3.83 million (13%)]
5 | Super Mario Odyssey [5 / 16]
27.65 million [24.38 million (88%) | 3.27 million (12%)]
6 | Pokémon Sword and Shield [6 / 6]
26.17 million [20.17 million (77%) | 6.00 million (23%)]
7 | Pokémon Scarlet and Violet [9 / 2]
24.36 million [16.32 million (66%) | 8.04 million (34%)]
8 | Super Mario Party [7 / 17]
20.34 million [17.25 million (84%) | 3.09 million (16%)]
9 | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [8 / 15]
20.28 million [16.64 million (82%) | 3.64 million (18%)]
10 | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe [10 / 24]
17.20 million [15.39 million (89%) | 1.81 million (11%)]
11 | Ring Fit Adventure [14 / 10]
15.38 million [11.29 million (73%) | 4.09 million (27%)]
12 | Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! [11 / 19]
15.07 million [12.87 million (85%) | 2.20 million (15%)]
13 | Pokémon Brilliand Diamond and Shining Pearl [15 / 12]
15.06 million [11.19 million (74%) | 3.87 million (26%)]
14 | Pokémon Legends: Arceus [16 / 14]
14.83 million [11.13 million (75%) | 3.70 million (25%)]
15 | Luigi's Mansion 3 [12 / 28]
13.98 million [12.55 million (89%) | 1.43 million (11%)]
16 | Splatoon 2 [20 / 7]
13.60 million [8.34 million (61%) | 5.26 million (39%)]
17 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury [13 / 25]
13.17 million [11.37 million (86%) | 1.80 million (14%)]
18 | Nintendo Switch Sports [17 / 22]
12.48 million [10.48 million (83%) |/ 2.00 million (17%)]
19 | Mario Party Superstars [18 / 20]
12.31 million [10.20 million (82%) | 2.11 million (18%)]
20 | Super Mario Bros. Wonder [19 / 18]
11.96 million [9.42 million (78%) | 2.54 million (22%)]
Overseas top 20:
01. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
02. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
03. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
04. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
05. Super Mario Odyssey
06. Pokémon Sword and Shield
07. Super Mario Party
08. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
09. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
10. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
11. Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
12. Luigi's Mansion 3
13. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
14. Ring Fit Adventure
15. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
16. Pokémon Legends: Arceus
17. Nintendo Switch Sports
18. Mario Party Superstars
19. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
20. Splatoon 2
Worldwide LTD [Overseas LTD | Japan LTD]
1 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe [1 / 3]
60.58 million [52.63 million (87%) | 7.95 million (13%)]
2 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons [2 / 1]
44.79 million [33.59 million (75%) | 11.20 million (25%)]
3 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [4 / 4]
33.67 million [26.18 million (77%) | 7.49 million (23%)]
4 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [3 / 13]
31.61 million [27.78 million (87%) | 3.83 million (13%)]
5 | Super Mario Odyssey [5 / 16]
27.65 million [24.38 million (88%) | 3.27 million (12%)]
6 | Pokémon Sword and Shield [6 / 6]
26.17 million [20.17 million (77%) | 6.00 million (23%)]
7 | Pokémon Scarlet and Violet [9 / 2]
24.36 million [16.32 million (66%) | 8.04 million (34%)]
8 | Super Mario Party [7 / 17]
20.34 million [17.25 million (84%) | 3.09 million (16%)]
9 | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [8 / 15]
20.28 million [16.64 million (82%) | 3.64 million (18%)]
10 | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe [10 / 24]
17.20 million [15.39 million (89%) | 1.81 million (11%)]
11 | Ring Fit Adventure [14 / 10]
15.38 million [11.29 million (73%) | 4.09 million (27%)]
12 | Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! [11 / 19]
15.07 million [12.87 million (85%) | 2.20 million (15%)]
13 | Pokémon Brilliand Diamond and Shining Pearl [15 / 12]
15.06 million [11.19 million (74%) | 3.87 million (26%)]
14 | Pokémon Legends: Arceus [16 / 14]
14.83 million [11.13 million (75%) | 3.70 million (25%)]
15 | Luigi's Mansion 3 [12 / 28]
13.98 million [12.55 million (89%) | 1.43 million (11%)]
16 | Splatoon 2 [20 / 7]
13.60 million [8.34 million (61%) | 5.26 million (39%)]
17 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury [13 / 25]
13.17 million [11.37 million (86%) | 1.80 million (14%)]
18 | Nintendo Switch Sports [17 / 22]
12.48 million [10.48 million (83%) |/ 2.00 million (17%)]
19 | Mario Party Superstars [18 / 20]
12.31 million [10.20 million (82%) | 2.11 million (18%)]
20 | Super Mario Bros. Wonder [19 / 18]
11.96 million [9.42 million (78%) | 2.54 million (22%)]
Overseas top 20:
01. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
02. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
03. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
04. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
05. Super Mario Odyssey
06. Pokémon Sword and Shield
07. Super Mario Party
08. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
09. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
10. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
11. Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
12. Luigi's Mansion 3
13. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
14. Ring Fit Adventure
15. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
16. Pokémon Legends: Arceus
17. Nintendo Switch Sports
18. Mario Party Superstars
19. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
20. Splatoon 2
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Crazy generation to be honest.
Thanks for the effort of compiling the data @Luminoth 4545 and @Wockio. Will be interesting to see how things evolve from there, a lot of these franchises have unprecendeted success and even more legs potential through digital stores.
Thanks for the effort of compiling the data @Luminoth 4545 and @Wockio. Will be interesting to see how things evolve from there, a lot of these franchises have unprecendeted success and even more legs potential through digital stores.
The percentages are not fully accurate with some games where we got the full worldwide sales updated but not the Japanese sales because they didn't sell over 1M in the FY. Sword/Shield and Let's Go in particular.
This list doesn't include last quarter, but there shouldn't be much difference in the top 10 once it's updated:
JAPAN: Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present
About the controversy (in another topic) from the sales of Fire Emblem Engage on Switch. I think the first game to achieve 1 million copies is Awakening. So, the franchise growth in popularity since the Famicom/Super Famicom/GBA/Cube/Wii days.
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And you can get numbers as of last December in the FY report:
Nintendo FY3/2024 Q3 Earnings Release, Switch Hardware Q3: 6.9M units (-16.16% YoY), 139.36M units LTD. Switch has outsold DS in Japan: 33.34M units
Nintendo's 3rd Quarter earnings release for the fiscal year ending March 2024. Note: M = Million (or rather 10^6) My webpage has past data and will have the current data as well, don't forget to check the special page data. My webpage now has search features within most of the data. You can...
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a worthy champion, IMO. might make it but I suspect slowdown will be heavy this year unless they have some new pokemon additions through updates
This list doesn't include last quarter, but there shouldn't be much difference in the top 10 once it's updated:
JAPAN: Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present
About the controversy (in another topic) from the sales of Fire Emblem Engage on Switch. I think the first game to achieve 1 million copies is Awakening. So, the franchise growth in popularity since the Famicom/Super Famicom/GBA/Cube/Wii days.
And you can get numbers as of last December in the FY report:
Nintendo FY3/2024 Q3 Earnings Release, Switch Hardware Q3: 6.9M units (-16.16% YoY), 139.36M units LTD. Switch has outsold DS in Japan: 33.34M units
Nintendo's 3rd Quarter earnings release for the fiscal year ending March 2024. Note: M = Million (or rather 10^6) My webpage has past data and will have the current data as well, don't forget to check the special page data. My webpage now has search features within most of the data. You can...
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 11.20m
- [GB] Pokémon Red/Green - 8.22m
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - 8.04m
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Dekuxe 7.95m
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros Ultimate - 7.48m
- [GB] Pokémon Gold/Silver 7.17m
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 - 6.99m
- [NES] Super Mario Bros. - 6.81m
- [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. - 6.49m
- [NSW] Pokémon Sword/Shield - 5.95m (+)
Nsw has managed to have 5 games in the top 10, with 3 guaranteed top be top 3. Smash bros has another 750k to go to surpass PokeRG. Not impossible but not likely.
Splat3 could do it if splat4 releases in 3years. Needs to avg 400k a year roughly
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i was talking about splatoon 3 the other day and how it was interesting that it shifted even more in japans favour, but… looking at this list it seems like japan in general is just much better at showing up for sequels. there’s a big disparity between sw/sh -> S/V and botw -> totk, with japanese sales really overperforming for the follow ups. even mario party swung a bit more in japans favour with the sequel, and it’s not the same but nsmbu -> wonder was a huge shift. so it’s not just a splatoon 3 thing at all.
is software in general doing better in japan later in the consoles life?? or is it just japan being a bit more of a hardcore audience
great. I hope SV defeats the evil