In its opening weekend in Japan, Super Mario Party on the Nintendo Switch sold 142,868 copies. Joy-Con sales were also reportedly up by "+200%" (three times the regular amount) during this launch period. It's likely no surprise to hear the game has now significantly outsold sales of the previous entry in the series, Mario Party 10.
According to Media Create, the 2015 Wii U release in Japan sold just 52,000 copies in its first week. It's also mentioned how entries in the Mario Party series often sustain long-time sales. For example, the previous release went on to reach around 250,000 sales, despite an underwhelming launch and bumpy generation for Nintendo in general. In addition to this, sales tracker Dengeki has revealed the latest game on Switch has sold through 50 percent of its initial shipment.
Are you at all surprised to hear Super Mario Party is selling so well? Have you bought a copy yourself or are you holding out for the holiday period? Tell us in the comments.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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Nice. Not interested in the game myself but I'm not shocked it's doing well. I've been hearing a lot of positive stuff.
Surely the title should say "Super Mario Party's First Week Japan Sales Outperform Previous Weekly Sales Entry On Wii U" or something like that, as I read it that the first week sales outperformed the entire sales of the Wii u version!
That is good news otherwise!
I’m torn between this and Splatoon 2 for my next dad n daughter game....is this any good for solo players too? That would add value for me.
If u don't like the Mparty it's because u have no friends. #micDrop
Game is very good. Play it a lot with my 3 daughters. So much fun. But dont worry. Its still fun for adults. Me and my partner play. Feels like the game of old. Fond memorys of mario party 2 playing this.
@KIRO need 2 switches and 2 physical copys for splatoon 2 for multiplayer goodness. I ended up buying my daughter her own switch and copy. We love playing together. Prob go with mario party in your situation as ya can go 4 player right off the bat. Solo isnt bad....
I think Mario Party is one of those titles that sells more over the long term. I would guess this title will sell well more than 500k lifetime in Japan alone.
Nice!
it sucks that i can't use my pro controller I'm forced to buy another joy con
My friend from work just bought his first console ever, for his kids. This is the game I recommended for him, and they love it.
I suspect this will have a very high digital attach rate, so between physical and digital sales this should blast though 1m worldwide quickly. My copy was digital...
I think at this point, pretty much anything that happens on the Switch is going to out-perform the entirety of the WiiU's lifecycle.
@roboshort Yup, just like their Nintendo sports titles. You sort of just get them as they come out, so that you have more ammo for parties and family night. A lot of people who own a Nintendo console eventually get a few of them. It's pretty much a given.
I'm kind of hoping we get a Mario Sluggers, Mario Strikers, or a Warioware next year too. Need to keep filling up my party game list.
@Dazzle The Master difficulty CPU's are a little more competent, especially in minigames. Just got to unlock the difficulty setting.
The drought is real.
great news! hopefully this speaks wonders that we never want anything like 9 or 10 ever again
Mario Party 10 is the worst-selling mainline Mario Party game ever. Only the two recent 3DS spin-offs have sold worse.
Super Mario Party outselling Mario Party 10 is not impressive at all.
No car. Bowser playable. No car. Back to basics Mario party play. No car. On Nintendo's recently popular console. Yeah, pretty obvious right there. Oh right, I almost forgot.
No car.
Is this even a fair comparison? Japan is a handheld market, clearly indicated by how Vita and 3DS did there, with the fact that after Switch came out both fell off a cliff in sales (yes, even 3DS has dropped massively something like 80% lower year-on-year for weekly sales in Japan), so just the fact that this thing is the 3DS's successor there should give comparison to how Star Rush or another Mario Party 3DS game did, not Mario Party 10 which was easily the weakest of the franchise (seriously, ND Cube did you not learn after how lowly rated 9 was to lose the damn car??).
"For example, the previous release went on to reach around 250,000 sales, despite an underwhelming launch and bumpy generation for Nintendo in general."
So, I guess they're talking about Mario Party: The Top 100, since that's their last Mario Party game. 250k isn't so surprising seeing as it hasn't been out a whole year yet, and I would think that most people have moved on to the Switch. It seems like any releases anymore on the 3DS aren't going to be getting the sales they once did.
@BigKing The ability of people to reinterpret information to fit into their pet narrative is real.
@Nintendo_Thumb Nope, that’s talking about Mario Party 10 on Wii U.
@PanurgeJr
He's a broken record too. If it's not "Switch drought Switch drought!!", then it's "NintendoLife reviews so biased!!"
It surprises me how much hate Mario Party 10 gets. I actually liked that game, maybe even more than the new one, but it's too early to tell. I get it, people didn't like the car, although it did make sense for Bowser Party mode (which I loved) since it's the team vs Bowser. Anyway, not trying to change anyones mind, but I really did like 10.
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