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Forums - Sales Discussion - Nintendo has published 55 games on Switch that have sold at least 1 million units

deerox on 29 August 2022
gtotheunit91 said:
deerox said:

No they haven't. They give updated sales numbers for all of their million sellers every time a new CESA White Papers book comes out.

These 3DS games got a slight sales increase as well:

  • Luigi’s Mansion 2/Dark Moon: 6.47 million units (+30 000 units since December 2020)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D: 6.40 million units (+60 000 units since December 2020)
  • Nintendogs + cats: 4.68 million units (+10 000 units since December 2020)
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: 4.24 million units (+30 000 units since December 2020)
  • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS: 3.79 million units (+30 000 units since December 2020)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D: 3.43 million units (+10 000 units since December 2020)
  • Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright/Conquest: 3.05 million units (+20 000 units since December 2020)
  • Mario Party: Island Tour: 2.95 million units (+20 000 units since December 2020)
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D: 2.93 million units (+20 000 units since December 2020)
  • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.: 2.68 million units (+10 000 units since December 2020)
  • Kirby Triple Deluxe: 2.65 million units (+20 000 units since December 2020)
  • Fire Emblem Awakening: 2.35 million units (+20 000 units since December 2020)
  • Yoshi’s New Island: 2.05 million units (+10 000 units since December 2020)
  • Kirby: Planet Robobot: 1.61 million units (+10 000 units since December 2020)
  • Mario Tennis Open: 1.58 million units (+10 000 units since December 2020)
  • Miitopia: 1.22 million units (+10 000 units since December 2020)
  • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam: 1.08 million units (+10 000 units since December 2020)
  • Star Fox 64 3D: 1.06 million units (+10 000 units since December 2020)
  • Rhythm Heaven Megamix: 1.02 million units (+10 000 units since December 2020)
  • Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward: 1.00 million units

https://www.perfectly-nintendo.com/cesa-white-book-2022-additional-shipment-data-for-nintendo-games-nintendo-switch/

Oooooh good to know! How often is the CESA White Papers updated?

This is something @Darwinianevolution could use as well! 

It's updated once a year. They usually come out during the middle of the year and includes sales from up to December 31 of the previous year.



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ShadowLink93 on 29 August 2022

Even the lower tier franchises have games that are selling over half a million copies on switch 3 years after their launch. DKTF sold 700K in 2021 and Mario Tennis aces 620K, by the way Mario Tennis Aces is the best selling Mario sports game ever. Also good to see Fire Emblem 3H closing in on 4m after selling 420K in 2021.

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Kakadu18 on 29 August 2022

The CESA Games White Paper 2022 was published last Saturday.
All the games on that list that are up until the end of 2021 have been updated through that.
Only Pókken Tournament DX for whatever reason doesn't get updated there anymore.

Bandai Namco also reports their numbers to CESA. Here are some of their numbers:

Dragon Ball FighterZ: 2.01mil

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2: 1.55mil

Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun: 1.34mil

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy: 1.26mil

...

I feel like I've explained the CESA White Papers over a dozen times on here already.

Here is the updated wiki article:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_Switch_video_games#List

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curl-6 on 29 August 2022

Nice to see Bayonetta 2 break a million; spectacular game.

Also cool to get an update for Kirby Star Allies, (which puts it as the third highest selling game in the series) and Yoshi's Crafted World. 

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ShadowLink93 on 29 August 2022
CaptainExplosion said:
ShadowLink93 said:

Even the lower tier franchises have games that are selling over half a million copies on switch 3 years after launch. DKTF sold 700K in 2021 and Mario Tennis aces 620K, by the way Mario Tennis Aces is the best selling Mario sports game ever. Also good to see Fire Emblem 3H closing in on 4m after selling 420K in 2021.

Donkey Kong used to be higher tier. -_-

Well it's a port, if you add both versions of DKTF (4.12m NSW and 2.02m Wiii U) then the overall sales  of 6.14m aren't too bad. IF DK had a brand new game that is an ambitious 3d platformer then it could sell 10m IMO and be a top tier franchise again just like DK was during the SNES era.

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Kakadu18 on 29 August 2022
curl-6 said:

Nice to see Bayonetta 2 break a million; spectacular game.

Also cool to get an update for Kirby Star Allies, (which puts it as the third highest selling game in the series) and Yoshi's Crafted World. (Which puts it second only to Yoshi's Island in terms of series sales)

Yoshi's Crafted World is not only behind the OG Yoshi's Island at 4.12mil, but also behind Yoshi's Island DS at 3.36mil and if you want to count that, the Gameboy version of the very first Yoshi game (that puzzle game) that sold 3.12mil.

I think it has a surprisingly good chance of outselling the OG Yoshi's Island.

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curl-6 on 29 August 2022
Kakadu18 said:
curl-6 said:

Nice to see Bayonetta 2 break a million; spectacular game.

Also cool to get an update for Kirby Star Allies, (which puts it as the third highest selling game in the series) and Yoshi's Crafted World. (Which puts it second only to Yoshi's Island in terms of series sales)

Yoshi's Crafted World is not only behind the OG Yoshi's Island at 4.12mil, but also behind Yoshi's Island DS at 3.36mil and if you want to count that, the Gameboy version of the very first Yoshi game (that puzzle game) that sold 3.12mil.

I was going off VGChartz numbers that had those at 2.8-3m. Where else has the numbers?

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Kakadu18 on 29 August 2022
curl-6 said:
Kakadu18 said:

Yoshi's Crafted World is not only behind the OG Yoshi's Island at 4.12mil, but also behind Yoshi's Island DS at 3.36mil and if you want to count that, the Gameboy version of the very first Yoshi game (that puzzle game) that sold 3.12mil.

I was going off VGChartz numbers that had those at 2.8-3m. Where else has the numbers?

Yoshi Gameboy last updated by CESA 2021 and Yoshi's Island DS last updated by CESA 2020.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Game_Boy_video_games

#16 in that list, you can the source is CESA.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_DS_video_games

#26 here, the source is also CESA.



curl-6 on 29 August 2022
Kakadu18 said:
curl-6 said:

I was going off VGChartz numbers that had those at 2.8-3m. Where else has the numbers?

Yoshi Gameboy last updated by CESA 2021 and Yoshi's Island DS last updated by CESA 2020.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Game_Boy_video_games

#16 in that list, you can the source is CESA.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_DS_video_games

#26 here, the source is also CESA.

Ah, I tried checking the individual games on Wikipedia and didn't see a sales number. 

Still, over 3 million is strong sales all things considered, such as the game's lukewarm reception.



eva01beserk on 29 August 2022

The most impressive thing is that Nintendo has masterclass dev cost. A million seller is probably super profitable for them. Would it be EA or Activision it would be a catastrophic failure. Sony or MS a moderate failure.



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