Nintendo confirmed that the recently released and critically acclaimed Super Mario Odyssey is the fastest-selling title in the Super Mario platformer series. The previous record holder was New Super Mario Bros. Wii , which released in 2009.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold 28.4M according to VGC. While Super Mario Odyssey LT sales looks promising, I don't see them reach that number for the simple reason that 3D Mario never sell as much as 2D Mario:
That being said, I predict Odyssey will be the best selling 3D Mario game and will outsell both Super Mario Galaxy (11.36M) Super Mario 64 (11.89M) by quite a margin. I personnaly think it may sell in the 15M-20M range.
While looking at other platformer franchises, Super Mario Bros. is in its own league as none of the other main platformer franchises are selling near as much*:
*VGC numbers, digital sales not included.
Also, it would be interesting to see how much a new Donkey Kong game can do on the Switch.
What are your thoughts?
