The action-adventure remaster sold over a million and a half units over the course of the quarter, Nintendo has announced.
It sold an additional 16,000-plus units, with the Nintendo Switch once again topping proceedings on the hardware side of things.
The HD remaster sold an additional 33,000-plus units in Japan over the course of its second week on sale.
The remaster was also accompanied by Luigi's Mansion 3 re-entering the top 10, taking the No. 7 spot.
Luigi's return to Evershade Valley is a welcome one.
It is the second-fastest selling Nintendo Switch game of the year in the UK, behind Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Tantalus Media previously also worked on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD.
That's almost double the all-time peak of Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, which is 38,275 players according to SteamDB.
The Switch remaster's credits confirm that the Australian studio behind Twilight Princess HD returned for the Skyward Sword remaster as well.
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Rebuilt assets, 4K support, modernized UI, and more await in this upcoming remaster.
However, AoE3's beta will be structured different from AoE2:DE.
Standard and Deluxe Editions, the latter containing some post-launch content, are available to pre-order.
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If you're interested to see what the game plays like, you'll be able to try it out at Gamescom starting on August 21.
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