Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting game of all time
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We previously reported that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has become the best-selling entry in the series. That’s not the only milestone the Switch game has achieved. Interestingly enough, Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting title of all time.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sales sit at 15.71 million copies based on the latest data provided by Nintendo last week. Street Fighter II, the previous record holder, sold 15.5 million units.
Super Smash Bros. is also the most popular fighting game franchise of all time. The series has shifted 53.03 million copies whereas other heavy hitters like Tekken, Dragon Ball, Street Fighter, and Mortal Kombat fall short at around the 45 to 47 million mark.
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UK: Luigi’s Mansion 3 sales 140% higher than Luigi’s Mansion 2, Disney Classic Games sells the best on Switch
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Luigi’s Mansion 3 was already said to have had the fastest-selling physical Switch game of 2019 in the UK. GamesIndustry now reports that its sales are 140 percent higher than its predecessor, without including digital sales.
Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King also launched last week. It came in at #12 and sold the best on Switch. 48 percent of sales were on Nintendo’s platform, followed by PS4 at 38 percent and Xbox One at 14 percent.
As one other note, Ring Fit Adventure continues to do well. Sales dropped just 21 percent and the title remained in the top ten at #7.
Switch hardware drove highest unit sales for a September month in the US since PS4 in 2014
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September was another good month for Nintendo and Switch sales in the United States. It was once again the best-selling hardware platform and remains the best-selling platform of 2019. Nintendo also announced that Switch sales surpassed 15 million units in North America.
Adding on top of that, we’re hearing that Switch hardware drove the highest unit sales for a September month since 2014. That accomplishment previously went to the PlayStation 4 five years ago.
UK software sales – November 4, 2019
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Luigi’s Mansion 3 now the fastest-selling Nintendo game in the UK of 2019 so far
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Early data from the past week of sales reveals that Luigi’s Mansion 3 has become the fastest-selling Nintendo game in the UK of 2019 thus far. It beat out The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening to earn that achievement.
While Luigi’s Mansion 3 had a strong debut, it wasn’t the top-selling game in the UK last week. That honor went to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
We should have more news from the latest UK sales charts soon.
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Japan’s best-selling games of September 2019
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This week’s issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of September 2019. You can check out the full results below, including debut sales for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered. We also have debut digital sales for a bunch of games, including Dragon Quest XI S, Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Astral Chain, and more.
Nintendo on Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ sales, off to series’ best start, over 50% of sales in North America
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Nintendo on Switch Lite sales, doing well with female users, many purchasing it as a second Switch
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Nintendo million sellers – October 2019 – Mario Maker 2 and Link’s Awakening over 3 million, Fire Emblem at 2.29 million, more
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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.
A few notable entries appear in Nintendo’s latest list. Super Mario Maker 2 and Zelda: Link’s Awakening have both sold over three million copies at 3.93 million and 3.13 million respectively. Additionally, Fire Emblem: Three Houses is at 2.29 million.
Here’s the full lineup:
Nintendo financial results: six months ended September 30, 2019 – Switch now at 41.67 million
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Nintendo has released its latest financial results, which is tied into the six months ended September 30, 2019. As part of that, we now know that Switch has sold 41.67 million units worldwide.
Here are some other tidbits and notes from Nintendo:
