It still has some way to go before catching up with Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which is currently at 6.46 million units sold. Bayonetta 3 has sold 1.07 million since launching in October 2022, while Splatoon 3 is at 10.67 million in sales. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has sold 1.86 million and Pokemon Legends: Arceus has sold 14.83 million.

Mario titles have done very well, with Luigi’s Mansion 3 at 12.82 million, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury selling 11.38 million units, and Mario Party Superstars hitting 10.17 million sold. Mario Strikers: Battle League is the only exception, with 2.54 million sold thus far. Overall, Nintendo has sold a whopping 1,036.15 million Switch titles to date.

Splatoon 3 launched in September for the Nintendo Switch and continues to be a major success, with 10.13 million units sold. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is at 1.81 million units sold, while Nintendo Switch Sports has sold 8.61 million. Pokemon Legends: Arceus may not have hit the same heights as Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, but it’s still at an incredible 14.63 million units sold.

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe has sold 14.75 million units since coming to the Switch, while Luigi’s Mansion 3 is at 12.44 million and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is at 10.82 million. Mario Party Superstars sold 9.38 million, while Mario Strikers: Battle League managed to hit 2.47 million units sold. Finally, Kirby and the Forgotten Land has sold a respectable 6.12 million units sold.

Chief among them is Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which has sold over 5.27 million units worldwide as of September 30, 2022, up from 4.53 million units reported at the end of June. That makes it the best-selling Kirby game to date, exceeding Kirby’s Dream Land lifetime sales of 5.13 million units.

Meanwhile, Nintendo Switch Sports stands at 6.15 million units sold, up from the previously reported 4.84 million units. Mario Strikers: Battle League has crossed 2.17 million units (up from 1.91 million), while Pokemon Legends: Arceus stands at 13.91 million units sold (up from the 12.64 million sales reported in May). Mario Party Superstars stands at 8.07 million units sold.

Another game that’s continuing to do well for itself is Mario Party Superstars, which stands at 6.88 million units sold worldwide. That’s up from 5.43 million units as of the end of the previous quarter, which ended December 31. Then there’s Metroid Dread, sales for which have certainly slowed down, currently standing at 2.9 million units, up from 2.74 million. Even so, that makes it the highest selling Metroid game to date, surpassing Metroid Prime.

Other notable sales number updates include The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD currently standing at 3.91 million units, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury at 9.43 million units, Splatoon 2 at 13.3 million units, and Luigi’s Mansion 3 at 11.43 million units.

Nintendo has also revealed updated sales figures for the Switch’s top 10 best-selling first party-published titles. Read more on that through here.

Mario Party Superstars performed very well, as expected, with 5.43 million sales since its October 29th launch. The other new title released in the quarter was Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain with 1.28 million sales since launching on December 3rd. Game Builder Garage managed to sell 1.01 million units while WarioWare: Get It Together!, which launched in September 2021, hit 1.24 million sales.

Other noteworthy numbers include Luigi’s Mansion 3 at 11.04 million sales; Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury selling 8.85 million units; The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD at 3.85 million sales; New Pokemon Snap at 2.36 million sales; Mario Golf: Super Rush at 2.26 million units sold; and Miitopia at 1.63 million sales. For more details on the top-selling Nintendo Switch titles of all time, head here.

The best-selling game of the month was Far Cry 6, which doesn’t come as much of a surprise. It topped individual software charts on both PlayStation and Xbox, and has instantly become the eighth best-selling game of the year. In second place is Back 4 Blood, which occupies the same spot in the PlayStation and Xbox charts as well.

Meanwhile, Metroid Dread has also seen a solid launch month. Debuting in third place, the game was the best-selling Switch game of the month, and managed the highest ever launch month sales for any Metroid game to date. Its launch sales are nearly twice as high as those of Metroid Prime, which previously held that record.

There a number of other new releases that figure in the top 10 of the software charts as well, including Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles in fifth place, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy in seventh place, Mario Party Superstars in eighth place, and NHL 22 in ninth place.

On the hardware front, while the PS5 emerged as the dominant console in September, the Nintendo Switch, buoyed by the launched of the Switch OLED, has come out on top once more. It was the best-selling console of the month in terms of both, units sold and revenue generated. The Switch is still the best-selling console of 2021 in unit sales, while the PS5 remains on top for the year in terms of dollar sales.

Check out Piscatella’s tweets below for a much more detailed breakdown of NPD’s October 2021 data.

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A number of new releases figure in the top 10 as we, and Call of Duty: Vanguard is, of course, the biggest of them all. Its PS4 version takes the second spot with over 28,000 units sold, while the PS5 version sold over 12,000 units for a fifth place debut. Collectively, with over 41,000 units sold, it’s quite a tepid debut- last year’s Black Ops Cold War, for instance, sold over 90,000 units on debut.

Meanwhile, Danganronpa Decadence, which is out now in Japan, debuts at No. 3, with over 20,000 copies sold. Fortnite Minty Legends Pack also debuts in sixth place with over 12,000 units sold.

On the hardware front, the Nintendo Switch continues to dominate with over 90,000 units sold throughout the week, which is up from the 74,000+ units it sold the previous week. The PS5 has seen a drop, selling over 10,000 units.

You can check out the full software and hardware charts for the week ending November 7 below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 81,399 (244,655)
2. [PS4] Call of Duty: Vanguard – 28,321 (New)
3. [NSW] Danganronpa Decadence – 20,938 (New)
4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 13,101 (2,896,232)
5. [PS5] Call of Duty: Vanguard – 12,754 (New)
6. [NSW] Fortnite Minty Legends Pack – 12,167 (New)
7. [NSW] Super Robot Wars 30 – 12,079 (82,928)
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 10,726 (4,123,374)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 10,569 (4,489,510)
10. [NSW] Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water – 9,778 (30,364)

Hardware sales (followed by last week’s sales):

• Nintendo Switch – 90,517 (74,803)
• PS5 – 10,120 (24,106)
• Xbox Series X/S – 2,593 (2,862)
• PS4 – 709 (1,975)

FIFA 22 dropped to second place for the week while Mario Party Superstars remained stable at third place. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe saw a 30 percent increase in sales thanks to strong Switch sales and ranked in fourth. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales also benefited from increased PS5 stock with sales jumping by 342 percent and landing it in fifth place.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy went from second to sixth place with sales falling by 64 percent week on week. Ubisoft’s Riders Republic has gone from eighth to 16th place after following a 48 percent sales drop. Even Far Cry 6 saw a fairly big drop, going from fourth to tenth place. Check out the full top ten for the week below.

Super Robot Wars 30 enjoyed a strong debut as well, and actually occupies two places in the charts, with the Switch version taking second place and the PS4 version coming in at No. 3. The two versions sold over 70,000 units and over 60,000 units respectively.

Similarly, the recently released remaster of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water also features twice in the top 10, with the PS4 version selling over 22,000 units and coming in at No. 4, and the Switch version selling over 20,000 units for a sixth place debut.

On the hardware front, the Nintendo Switch continues to be the best-selling console, to no one’s surprise. It sold over 74,000 units through the week, of which nearly 34,000 units were the base model, while nearly 31,000 units were the Switch OLED model.

You can check out the full software and hardware charts for the week ending October 31 below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales): 

1. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 163,256 (New)
2. [NSW] Super Robot Wars 30 – 70,849 (New)
3. [PS4] Super Robot Wars 30 – 60,386 (New)
4. [PS4] Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water – 22,196 (New)
5. [NSW] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl’s Side 4th Heart – 21,675 (New)
6. [NSW] Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water – 20,586 (New)
7. [PS4] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles – 9,351 (120,196)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 9,225 (4,478,941)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 8,829 (4,112,648)
10. [NSW] Minecraft – 8,715 (2,251,834)

Hardware sales: 

• Nintendo Switch – 74,803
• PS5 – 24,106
• Xbox Series X/S – 2,862
• PS4 – 1,975

Mario Party Superstars was the other big release, debuting in third place with sales being six percent lower than Super Mario Party. Then there’s Riders Republic debuting in eighth place with 52 percent of sales on PS5. Ubisoft’s other major new release for the season, Far Cry 6, fell to fourth place following a 23 percent drop in sales.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes went from a sixth place debut to 21st place after a 52 percent sales drop. Metroid Dread dropped to 15th place as sales fell by 34 percent but it’s already on its way to becoming the series’ sixth best-selling title of all time (Metroid: Other M currently occupies the spot). Check out the Gfk top ten for the week below.