Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Sold 45.33 Million Units, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Hits 38.64 Million

Nintendo has provided updated sales figures for the top 10 best-selling first party-published Nintendo Switch titles to date.

Posted By | On 10th, May. 2022

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Nintendo’s recent quarterly fiscal report saw the company announcing updated sales figures for a number of its games, as well as updated lifetime hardware sales numbers for the Nintendo Switch. At the same time, the company has also updated its list of the ten best-selling first party Switch games to date. 

Unsurprisingly, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still top, with 45.33 million units sold, which is up from the end of December by 1.78 million units. Combining its sales on the Wii U and the Nintendo Switch, its lifetime sales now stand at 53.79 million units, up from 51.81 million.

Meanwhile, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is also maintaining its solid sales momentum. It sold 1.02 million units in Q4 (January-March) of FY 2021-22, and its lifetime sales currently stand at 38.64 million units. Meanwhile, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has now hit 28.17 million units sold, while The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild stands at 26.55 million. 

You can check out the full top 10 below.

GameUnits sold (as of March 31, 2022)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe45.33 million
Animal Crossing: New Horizons38.64 million
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate28.17 million
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild26.55 million
Pokemon Sword and Shield24.27 million
Super Mario Odyssey23.50 million
Super Mario Party17.78 million
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl14.65 million
Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee!14.53 million
Ring Fit Adventure14.09 million

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