Nintendo Quarterly Sales Update to 31st Dec 2025: Switch 2 at 17.37m

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PAOerfulone said:

firebush03 said:

What I find most interesting is how DKBananza was actually outsold by games such as MPJamboree and Anima Crossing New Horizons. Heck, even Mario Odyssey came close to outselling DK. My theory has to do with that $70USD price tag… DK should’ve done a lot better. Solid figures for a Donkey Kong game, but this is the big system seller besides MarioKart and Pokémon— it’s getting handily beaten by Mario Odyssey and BotW’s first holiday figures.

I don't really buy the $70 hypothesis considering Kirby Air Riders sold tremendously well for a Kirby spinoff - Already outsold the original Kirby Air Ride in less than two months and is firmly in the top 15 best-selling Kirby games will certainly climb higher in the months and years to come.

The more likely hypothesis could just be as simple as Donkey Kong is not as big of a name as Mario or Zelda.

Proof that DK needed two dedicated Directs not just the one (just kidding, or am I?). Kirby was certainly helped by having a bundle in Japan