Nintendo has provided updated sales for its best-selling Nintendo Switch games and it seems that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is catching up with the previously unstoppable Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains the best-selling Nintendo Switch game at 48.41 million units sold and Animal Crossing: New Horizon has sold 40.17 million units worldwide. The two games are by far and away the best-selling titles on Nintendo’s current platform. Nintendo also announced that Splatoon 3 has sold 7.9 million units and that Kirby and the Forgotten Land is the best-selling Kirby game of all-time selling 5.27 million units.
Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games (as of September 30, 2022):
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 48.41 million (up from 46.82 million)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 40.17 million (up from 39.38 million)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 29.53 million (up from 28.82 million)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 27.79 million (up from 27.14 million)
- Pokémon Sword and Shield – 25.37 million (up from 24.50 million)
- Super Mario Odyssey – 24.40 million (up from 23.93 million)
- Super Mario Party – 18.35 million (up from 18.06 million)
- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl – 14.92 million (up from 14.79 million)
- Ring Fit Adventure – 14.87 million (up from 14.54 million
- Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! & Let’s Go, Eevee! – 14.81 million (up from 14.66 million)
