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Soundwave on 01 May 2017
SpokenTruth said:
Soundwave said:

This is one benefit of having a rabid, older fanbase, you get better software sales more quickly.

Kinda reminds me a little of Mario Kart 64 which I believe for the time (1997) was the fastest selling game ever in the US. 

That was Diddy Kong Racing.  Was the fastest to sell 1 million units in the US ever at the time. Something like 11 days.

If I recall correctly Mario Kart 64 had the record first actually. But it's so long ago now (20 years ago, lol) that it's hard to find PR on the internet. I wonder if IGN64 has news archives that far back. 



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WagnerPaiva on 01 May 2017

So many puns... must resist...
No!
Well, it is a racing game, so fastest is right!
This game won´t have legs, cause karts have wheels!
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is on the top of the podium!
Seems like a good start to Mario Kart, can it win more races and get the championship?



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Mike321 on 01 May 2017

Incredible, mario kart 9 sales are gonna be very interesting.



                                                                                     

Keybladewielder on 01 May 2017

That's really amazing. Congrats Nintendo.



Soundwave on 01 May 2017

There's no way Smash Deluxe isn't being rushed to market now.



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Squeezol on 01 May 2017
Soundwave said:
There's no way Smash Deluxe isn't being rushed to market now.

I honestly hope they won't rush it. This could be a great holiday/early 2018 title.



Soundwave on 01 May 2017
Squeezol said:
Soundwave said:
There's no way Smash Deluxe isn't being rushed to market now.

I honestly hope they won't rush it. This could be a great holiday/early 2018 title.

It'll be here before holiday I think. A port shouldn't take that long anyway. Gotta keep that sales momentum. 



Slarvax on 01 May 2017
Soundwave said:

I really hope Nintendo wasn't dumb and only shipped like 150k-200k Switch hardware to the US for all of April. That would be ridiculous.

Looking at how they've sold ~200k on April in Japan so far (without MK yet), and the US is a bigger market, it would be amazingly hilarous if they shipped so little.

On another topic, MK8D has a shot to top the April NPD now?



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Soundwave on 01 May 2017
Slarvax said:
Soundwave said:

I really hope Nintendo wasn't dumb and only shipped like 150k-200k Switch hardware to the US for all of April. That would be ridiculous.

Looking at how they've sold ~200k on April in Japan so far (without MK yet), and the US is a bigger market, it would be amazingly hilarous if they shipped so little.

On another topic, MK8D has a shot to top the April NPD now?

Any big multiplats launching in April? 



Slarvax on 01 May 2017
Soundwave said:
Slarvax said:

Looking at how they've sold ~200k on April in Japan so far (without MK yet), and the US is a bigger market, it would be amazingly hilarous if they shipped so little.

On another topic, MK8D has a shot to top the April NPD now?

Any big multiplats launching in April? 

The only ones that come to my mind are Yooka-Laylee and... Lego City Undercover.



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