One Year Later, Metroid Samus Returns Still Not Sold Over 500k

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theRepublic said:

For context, here are the sales of 3DS games in 2017 according to NPD:

Nintendo 3DS

1. Pokemon: Ultra Sun
2. Pokemon: Ultra Moon
3. Pokemon: Sun
4. Pokemon: Moon
5. Super Mario Maker
6. Metroid: Samus Returns
7. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia
8. Super Smash Bros.
9. Mario Kart 7
10. Poochy and Yoshi's Wolly World

Considering it was only beat by Pokemon and Super Mario Maker, that is pretty good.

For context that actually matters, here are the lifetime sales of the games of above according to VGChartz.

Pokemon Sun and Moon: 15.02m

Mario Kart 7: 14.92m

Super Smash Bros. (3DS): 8.19m

Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon: 6.57m

Super Mario Maker (3DS) : 3.06m

Fire Emblem Echoes: 0.69m

Poochy and Yoshi: 0.54m

Metroid: Samus Returns: 0.48m