Soundwave said:
Zelda II: Adventures of Link (NES) - 4.38 million Zelda III: A Link to the Past (SNES) - 4.61 million Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - 7.61 million Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64) - 3.36 million Zelda: The Wind Waker (GCN) - 4.55 million Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii + GCN) - 4.77 + 1.56 million Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) - 3.5 million = 40.5 million (approx) Mario Kart Wii = 33 million (approx)
Mario Kart is actually Nintendo's most consistently big selling franchise period. Mario Kart is the 2nd highest selling SNES game of all time (non-bundled) after DKC. It's the 2nd highest selling N64 game of all time after Mario 64. It's the 2nd highest selling GCN game of all time after Smash Bros. Melee. It's the highest selling Wii game after Wii Sports. It's the third highest selling DS game of all time. So to say that it's just "boomed" overnight is pretty silly. Every Mario Kart on every Nintendo console has sold more than it's Zelda counterpart. By a pretty huge margin in most cases. Mario Kart 7 on 3DS is well on its way to hitting 10+ million, which would be the third straight Mario Kart game to get there, a barrier no Zelda game has come close to sniffing. |
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1 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | N64 | 1998 | Adventure | Nintendo | 4.10 | 1.89 | 1.45 | 0.16 | 7.60 |
2 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Wii | 2006 | Adventure | Nintendo | 3.54 | 1.93 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 6.72 |
3 | The Legend of Zelda | NES | 1986 | Adventure | Nintendo | 3.74 | 0.93 | 1.69 | 0.14 | 6.51 |
4 | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass | DS | 2007 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.79 | 1.74 | 0.95 | 0.47 | 4.95 |
5 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | SNES | 1991 | Adventure | Nintendo | 2.42 | 0.91 | 1.15 | 0.13 | 4.61 |
6 | The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | GC | 2002 | Adventure | Nintendo | 2.60 | 0.99 | 0.89 | 0.13 | 4.60 |
7 | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | NES | 1987 | Adventure | Nintendo | 2.19 | 0.50 | 1.61 | 0.08 | 4.38 |
8 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | GB | 1992 | Adventure | Nintendo | 2.21 | 0.96 | 0.54 | 0.13 | 3.83 |
9 | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Wii | 2011 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.83 | 1.07 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 3.59 |
10 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | N64 | 2000 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.90 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.06 | 3.36 |
11 | The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks | DS | 2009 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.34 | 0.82 | 0.74 | 0.26 | 3.16 |
12 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 3DS | 2011 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.42 | 0.77 | 0.57 | 0.20 | 2.97 |
13 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | GBA | 2002 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.75 | 0.52 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 2.70 |
14 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX | GB | 1998 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.00 | 0.63 | 0.45 | 0.13 | 2.22 |
15 | The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages | GB | 2001 | Adventure | Nintendo | 0.92 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 1.92 |
16 | The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons | GB | 2001 | Adventure | Nintendo | 0.87 | 0.52 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 1.86 |
17 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | GC | 2006 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.15 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 1.59 |
18 | The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap | GBA | 2004 | Adventure | Nintendo | 0.89 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 1.42 |
19 | Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda | GBA | 2004 | Adventure | Nintendo | 0.46 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.89 |
20 | The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures | GC | 2004 | Adventure | Nintendo | 0.63 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.81 |
21 | Classic NES Series: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | GBA | 2004 | Adventure | Nintendo | 0.37 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.70 |
22 | The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap(weekly JP sales) | GBA | N/A | Action | N/A | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.27 |
Total: 70.6m
Predictions for LT console sales:
PS4: 120M
XB1: 70M
WiiU: 14M
3DS: 60M
Vita: 13M