Zelda and Mario can only bow down, this game, which only costs 3 dollars, sold better in Japan than Nintendo’s two hits this year

Gaming News Zelda and Mario can only bow down, this game, which only costs 3 dollars, sold better in Japan than Nintendo’s two hits this year

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Like every year, the month was December marked by all award ceremonies and rankings Produced by gamers, editors, podcasters and videographers. A wave of reviews and awards from which Baldur’s Gate III emerged as the big winner. But among the games that competed with Larian Studios’ RPG, we often found The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros. Miracles.

The first, a direct sequel to 2017’s game of the year, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, was a real hit 10 million copies sold in three daysand within three months to 18.5 million. If it divided the players more than the first work, it was the title was very convincing and largely won the “Game of the Year” award. For its part, Super Mario Bros. Wonder appeared as a bit of a surprise.

Not that the public and press doubted Nintendo’s ability to deliver an excellent platformer, but we weren’t necessarily convinced that was the case so many gameplay ideas in it, whether used during gameplay or just for a level. In addition, there is Super Mario Bros. Wonder offers Mario a new artistic direction, lots of new animationsand appears to usher in a new era for the “2D platform” branch of the license while awaiting the sequel to Super Mario Odyssey.

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The audience reacted to both the game and the other, and we have seen this clearly in France since the last game was sold there more than a million copies in Francewhile Super Mario Bros. Miracle seems to have been one of the stars at Christmas if the weekly SELL rankings are to be believed. In Nintendo land, however In Japan, both games were hit on the eShop from another game that only costs 2.99 dollars.

According to the official rankings published by Nintendo, neither Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, nor Pikmin 4, nor Super Mario Bros. is the most downloaded game on the Japanese eShop in all of 2023. Miracle… but Suika game! Released on Switch on September 12, 2021, the game found itself at a crossroads between 2048 and Tetris Its popularity is exploding this year. The title developed by Alafdin stands out for its gameplay, allowing short gaming sessions and its price Hit everyone on the post to establish themselves in the archipelago.

When we talked to you about the game at the end of November, we explained that the title was like this generated 9.3 million hours of views on Twitch. The Switch version of the game is therefore also an absolute hit in Japan, even if the concept has been cloned in all directions and many free mobile applications unscrupulously repeat the principle and aesthetics of Suika Game.