{"id":478954,"date":"2026-05-11T09:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/478954\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:44:11","slug":"nintendo-shares-updated-sales-stats-for-all-its-switch-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/478954\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo shares updated sales stats for all its Switch games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The Nintendo Switch generation has been massive for the console maker, with many of their first-party titles easily selling in excess of 10 million copies. With the Switch 2 closing in on its 1 year anniversary, Nintendo has shared an updated list of its game sales \u2013 confirming that multiple titles are nearing major milestones.<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/en\/finance\/software\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">As published to its IR Information page<\/a>, Nintendo shared updated sales stats for all of its Switch generation games (up until the 31st of March 2026).\n<\/p>\n<p>In terms of Switch 2 exclusives, there are already a number of big successes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/en\/finance\/software\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">with the most notable being<\/a> Mario Kart World (currently at 14.7 million copies sold). It is worth stressing that World was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitguru.net\/gaming\/mustafa-mahmoud\/mario-kart-world-nears-10-million-sales-as-switch-1s-8-deluxe-approaches-70-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">offered as part of a launch console bundle<\/a> and so its numbers are somewhat skewed.\n<\/p>\n<p>The second best-selling Switch 2 exclusive meanwhile is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitguru.net\/gaming\/mustafa-mahmoud\/nintendo-addresses-donkey-kong-bananzas-inconsistent-frame-rate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a>, which has so far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/en\/finance\/software\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sold a total of 4.52 million units<\/a>. In terms of more recent releases, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitguru.net\/tech-news\/mustafa-mahmoud\/pokemon-pokopia-sold-2-2-million-units-in-its-first-4-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pokemon Pokopia<\/a> has managed to sell-through 4 million copies during its first 5 weeks.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitguru.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/onz385aa4te41.png\" rel=\"lightbox[735918] nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-735933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/onz385aa4te41-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch 2\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\"  \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Nintendo has also released many different Switch 2 Editions of past games, helping to push these last-gen titles to new heights. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/en\/finance\/software\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Some of the biggest in this regard include:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons (49.91 million)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (33.84 million)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom\u00a0 (22.56 million)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Super Mario Party Jamboree (9.96 million)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In case you missed it, Nintendo also shared updated sales stats for its consoles, confirming that the Switch 2 is closing in on 20 million units sold. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitguru.net\/?p=735916&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Full details on the hardware breakdown can be found HERE<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>KitGuru says: What do you think of the Switch 2\u2019s first year on the market? Have there been enough exclusives to satisfy your purchase? Will the Switch 2 surpass any of the OG Switch\u2019s records? Let us know down below.<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=17187616\" data-patreon-widget-type=\"become-patron-button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Become a Patron!<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nintendo Switch generation has been massive for the console maker, with many of their first-party titles easily&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[209762,90014,16755,18,19,17,27605,5,3904,209763,114870,122104,165213,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-478954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-50-million","9":"tag-animal-crossing","10":"tag-console","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-new-horizons","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-nintendo","17":"tag-pokopia","18":"tag-switch","19":"tag-switch-2","20":"tag-switch-2-edition","21":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116555302252409348","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}