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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - The Official Legend of Zelda Thread: BotW Sells 31.61M Units & TotK Sells 20.28M Units

 

Which Zelda game have you finished the most?

The Legend of Zelda 5 21.74%
 
A Link to the Past 10 43.48%
 
Link's Awakening 0 0%
 
Ocarina of Time 2 8.70%
 
Majora's Mask 0 0%
 
The Wind Waker 0 0%
 
Twilight Princess 4 17.39%
 
Skyward Sword 0 0%
 
Breath of the Wild 1 4.35%
 
Other 1 4.35%
 
Total:23
curl-6 on 28 January 2021

So Age of Calamity has already outsold the N64 release of Majora's Mask, and Spirit Tracks, and looks to pass A Link Between Worlds, Link's Awakening, and Skyward Sword even assuming short legs.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 31 January 2021

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Wyrdness on 01 February 2021

BOTW's updated total is now 23.1m (21.45m for the NS version, 1.65m for the WiiU version).



S.Peelman on 01 February 2021

Never thought I'd see the day that a Zelda game would be at 23.1M, and still going at the pace it is. Back in 2016 I was thinking 5M would be a decent expectation for the new mainline Zelda game, after we knew a decent amount about the game. When A Link Between Worlds released I was hoping the retro-style would have an NSMB-like nostalgia effect on fans and finally take the series to 10M.

But here we are today, it couldn't have gone better for the series.



Wyrdness on 01 February 2021

I had it to do 8m based on it launching a new platform much like how TP did which many considered too optimistic and it still even blew that away.



S.Peelman on 01 February 2021

Yeah I also thought 8-9M was a ceiling for the franchise, but figured BotW wouldn't make it that high because I was sceptical about the success of the Switch, so I figured 5M was reasonable. Sky's the limit now though, it actually accelerated during last year.



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Wyrdness on 01 February 2021

35th year of Zelda as a series as well and it could be marked with the launch of BOTW's sequel.



Veknoid_Outcast on 01 February 2021
S.Peelman said:

Never thought I'd see the day that a Zelda game would be at 23.1M, and still going at the pace it is. Back in 2016 I was thinking 5M would be a decent expectation for the new mainline Zelda game, after we knew a decent amount about the game. When A Link Between Worlds released I was hoping the retro-style would have an NSMB-like nostalgia effect on fans and finally take the series to 10M.

But here we are today, it couldn't have gone better for the series.

Same. I figured Zelda was destined to remain a critical darling but always live in the shadow, sales-wise, of juggernauts like Super Mario, Mario Kart, Pokemon, etc.



Metallox on 01 February 2021
Wyrdness said:

35th year of Zelda as a series as well and it could be marked with the launch of BOTW's sequel.

Let's hope it does, I'm starting to get optimistic. I still remember when they made a huge deal about Skyward Sword 10 years ago for the 25th anniversary. Time sure flies. 



My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first. 

curl-6 on 01 February 2021
Metallox said:
Wyrdness said:

35th year of Zelda as a series as well and it could be marked with the launch of BOTW's sequel.

Let's hope it does, I'm starting to get optimistic. I still remember when they made a huge deal about Skyward Sword 10 years ago for the 25th anniversary. Time sure flies. 

On the other hand, let's be cautious; a lot of folks were sure BOTW would come out in 2016 because it was the franchise's 30th anniversary.



Wyrdness on 02 February 2021