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Nintendo has announced its financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2019. We’ll be rounding up all of the important pieces of information from the report below.

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Thanks to Nintendo’s latest financial results, we’re able to get a look at the company’s latest million sellers. There are a few new entries this time around, and a couple are already at 10 million.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the current best-selling Switch game at just over 15 million. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a new entrant, sits at 12.08 million worldwide. Pokemon: Let’s Go has also sold 10 million copies.

Here’s the full lineup:

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 52,429
PS4 Pro – 33,032
PS4 – 19,612
New 2DS LL – 3,781
Vita – 1,701
New 3DS LL – 972
2DS – 179
Xbox One X – 82
Xbox One – 11

In what has become an annual tradition, Metacritic has provided new analysis regarding game publisher review rankings.

Nintendo dipped to the fourth spot after charting second last year. The company’s average Metascore was 76.4%, with Smash Bros. Ultimate being the best game at 93% and Kirby Battle Royale as the worst at 57%.

Metacritic provides the following analysis of the reviews Nintendo received:

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New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Switch

1. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – Nintendo
2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
4. Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! – Nintendo
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
6. Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo
7. Super Mario Party – Nintendo
8. Minecraft – Nintendo
9. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
10. Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! – Nintendo

Wii U

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
2. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
3. Lego Marvel Avengers – Warner Bros. Interactive
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. Just Dance 2019 – Ubisoft
6. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
7. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD – Nintendo
9. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
10. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive

3DS

1. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
3. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
5. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Donkey Kong Country Returns – Nintendo
8. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
9. Pokemon Ultra Moon – Nintendo
10. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Animal Crossing moves all the way to #2, and Dragon Quest XI S enters the top five for the first time.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 10 and January 16.

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Below are the latest Nintendo products that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

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Two weeks after North America and a whole month after Japan, Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey is finally launching in Europe today. Nintendo shared the following trailer today, which gives an overview of the story, gameplay and changes from the DS version:

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown # (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.17} (¥7.600) – 202.379 / NEW
02./01. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (¥5.980) – 88.840 / 255.143 (-47%)
03./02. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) – 49.533 / 2.726.273 (-21%)
04./00. [PS4] Yakuza 4 (Sega) {2019.01.17} (¥3.990) – 18.440 / NEW
05./06. [NSW] Super Mario Party # (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) – 16.752 / 971.945 (-12%)
06./09. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 15.062 / 2.085.952 (+0%)
07./08. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! # (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} (¥5.980) – 12.351 / 1.427.298 (-20%)
08./05. [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) {2018.12.20} (¥7.800) – 11.490 / 210.493 (-41%)
09./10. [NSW] Minecraft # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 11.107 / 573.451 (-12%)
10./11. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 9.469 / 2.903.350 (-14%)
11./07. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) {2018.12.20} (¥7.800) – 9.330 / 206.392 (-48%)
12./12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 7.731 / 1.263.023 (-10%)
13./00. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet – Complete Edition (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.17} (¥7.200) – 7.474 / NEW
14./00. [PS4] PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation) {2019.01.17} (¥3.056) – 7.447 / NEW
15./03. [PS4] Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.11} (¥5.700) – 7.446 / 48.955 (-82%)
16./13. [NSW] Go Vacation (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.12.27} (¥4.980) – 5.151 / 47.862 (-32%)
17./04. [NSW] Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.11} (¥5.700) – 4.598 / 31.186 (-83%)
18./14. [PS4] Judgment (Sega) {2018.12.13} (¥8.290) – 4.527 / 244.820 (-34%)
19./15. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2018.10.12} (¥7.900) – 4.341 / 524.140 (-23%)
20./16. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.07.19} (¥6.100) – 3.720 / 294.679 (-21%)


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