Mario Kart World nears 10 million sales as Switch 1’s 8 Deluxe approaches 70 million

Since the launch of the Switch, Nintendo has managed to achieve a level of adoption for its first-party games which we perhaps have never seen before, with countless titles selling over 10 million copies – and others like Mario Kart going even beyond 50 million. As they do each quarter, Nintendo has published updated game sales data, revealing that a solid half-dozen of their titles are about to hit new major milestones.

Taking to their investor relations site to publish the updated sales figures, Nintendo revealed just how well their legacy Switch 1 titles are doing, and how the current crop of Switch 2 games are performing.

With the data tracking up to the 30th of September, the Switch 1 titles which are set to hit major milestone sales are the following:

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 69.56 million
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 48.62 million
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 36.93 million
• Super Mario Odyssey – 29.84 million
• Pokémon Scarlet/Violet – 27.61 million
• New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 18.53 million

Given that the Switch 2 is still in its early days (and considering the fact that the data only goes up to the end of September), only two titles have made its list so far, with Mario Kart World sitting at 9.57 million copies sold and Donkey Kong Bananza bringing up the rear at 3.49 million.

We also got updated hardware sales data for the Switch 2 at the same time, allowing us to figure out the exact adoption rate for both Mario Kart World and Bananza – with the former at an impressive 92.37% and the latter at a respectable 33.69%.

Of course, Mario Kart World was given away as part of a Switch 2 launch bundle, helping its sales. Still, it appears as though like the OG, the Switch 2 will have plenty of best-selling games given time.

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