[Updated] Nintendo Main Series: Switch vs Past System

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Chicho said:

S.Peelman said:
You made a mistake with Zelda though, not that it matters for the conclusion, but the highest it sold before BotW is either 8.9m for a combined Twilight Princess or 7.6m for N64 OoT.

Anyway I’d say will break the records set by their predecessors, heck most already did! 3D Mario is a done deal and Mario Tennis is likely as well. Kirby has no chance though and Mario Kart will be extremely difficult. I don’t think it’ll make it but the fact that it’s not flat-out impossible is an achievement already. 2D Mario and Mario Party will be other tests. And Pokémon, but I doubt anything will ever get near the sales of the original games ever again.

if you are combining, ocarina of time got a 3ds port that sold over 5 milions so Ocarina of time combined is at over 12 millions sold.

 

edit: breath of the wild might past that lifetime but it hasn't yet

Actually, if you combine both versions of BotW it's at ~11m. So it will definitely surpass Ocarina of Time combined, and it will happen this year... probably even on Switch itself, which is at 9.3m at the moment.