Nintendo offered 10.6 million copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe final 12 months

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an unstoppable gross sales juggernaut. The sport has surpassed 35 million copies offered because it debuted in 2017. From April 2020 by means of March 2021 alone, Nintendo offered 10.62 million copies of the mascot racer. That makes Mario Kart 8 Deluxe one of many best-selling video games by means of that interval even when put next in opposition to a few of largest releases of the 12 months.

For comparability, Sony confirmed that Ghost of Tsushima, one among its best-selling video games of final 12 months, offered 6.5 million copies by means of March. That makes Ghost an enormous hit — however it doesn’t come near the gross sales of an previous Nintendo kart-racing sport. This implies Mario Kart’s 12-month interval beginning in April 2020 doubtless additionally outsold video games like Ultimate Fantasy VII Remake.

We all know that, in america, the bodily copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe alone outsold Ultimate Fantasy VII Remake and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales throughout 2020. However Mile got here out late within the 12 months and has continued to promote properly into 2021, so it’s doable that it’s approaching Mario Kart-like outcomes at this level.

Not dangerous for a Wii U rehash.

What this actually illustrates, nonetheless, is simply how evergreen sure Nintendo properties are. Mario Kart is the most effective instance of that pattern, however it’s not the one one. Tremendous Smash Bros. Final offered 5 million copies throughout Nintendo’s final fiscal 12 months. And thru that very same interval, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tremendous Mario Odyssey offered 4.86 million and three.42 million copies, respectively.

I imply, 2018’s Tremendous Mario Occasion offered 4.69 million copies alone final 12 months.

These are numbers that publishers would kill to get for his or her new releases. For Nintendo (within the case of Mario Occasion), it’s virtually occurring with none actual effort.