firebush03 on 09 February 2025
Interesting observation to point out: Among 2017 releases, it was BotW which out-legged Mario Odyssey (despite having had the larger launch). Among 2023 releases, it seems to be Mario Wonder which is out-legging TotK (despite having had the larger launch). Wonder why that is? Maybe the overall gaming market has less of an appetite for massive open world games? Maybe Mario has simply grown more in popularity over the Switch gen — having MK8D, Mario Movie, etc. — than Zelda, hence is better as an evergreen?
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