Mario + Rabbids On Nintendo Switch Has Sold More Than Two Million Copies

Lovely sales. Didn't actually ever expect Ubisoft to post official sales numbers, as they don't even seem to do that for their most popular series. And what a game to report on!

I really appreciate Ubisoft so far. The fact that they are trying their best to cater to us fans (like with Starlink) and gifting good ports like Child of Light and Valiant Hearts. Hope there's more incoming!

Oh yeah, and this game is sick. One of my favorites on the Switch. Not enjoying the DLC as much, but still a good addition to an already solid and fun game.

Game was awesome . DLC was sorta lame

Pretty sure no other tactical strategy RPG outside of this game and X-Com have sold more than 2 million copies.

good to hear that it's doing good.

I hope this doesn't push Ubisoft even more down the 'only cute stuff sells on Nintendo' route, as that's not true. We just want good games.

I think most people that don't know any better though would think it's a first party game. Still good for them. Not long before we see Mario as the lead in Assassins Creed! 😜

Wow that’s great! I still have to grab this one, but it might be January before I can swing it.

Good news as it's a fun and not 'indie-or-aged-port' title. But I wouldn't call any licensed game with Mario characters 3rd-party.

My 2nd favorite Switch game after Zelda BOTW

Honestly wouldn't mind more X-com inspired strategy games for Switch. With or without a Nintendo character. Aside from Mario, I think that's what helped it, since there's not many big ones on the platform yet.

Excellent game. I would love a sequel with Rayman and gang playable.

Rabbid Peach confirmed for Smash.

Can that guy who blocked me explain why this game wasn’t on Nintendo’s financial report if Nintendo’s financial reports include third party games? Oh wait, I forgot he blocked me, because he thought I was an idiot for thinking LEGO City Undercover was published by Nintendo on the Wii U (which Nintendo did publish on the Wii U) What a Nice Guy.

Devil's advocate here. I imagine the casual consumer thinks it's a first party title.

Ubisoft is French?!?

When you make a quality game for the Switch it will sell well

Well deserved, the game was far better then expected and made the crossover really well.

With such a reception I’ve always been surprised to not see Nintendo give the game a nod with the rabbids being part of Smash either as playable character or cameo as assist trophy...

@Heavyarms55 I represent the devil pro bono, and I'm pretty sure the casual consumer barely pays attention to who actually creates the game in the first place. Like people who think Marvel and DC films are made by the same people, and get confused when they hear Marvel movies are made by Disney. I could be wrong, but that seems to be the case when I talk to people anyway.

Mario Rabbids and Octopath Travellers are original games developed for Switch that's why they sold so well.

I must say, as a proud owner of this game (and its DLC) it deserves it! Well done, Ubisoft!

So, nobody cared about the donkey Kong dlc?

Nice figures. Still need to pick my copy.

@ieatdragonz They didn't post it. One of the developers revealed he shaved his beard as he promised he would do if the game passed 2 million sales, and that it was some time ago.

@Kinoen Answering to the post #16: Yes, it is.

@link3710 Oh, well, at least the devs nice enough haha. I know it sounds weird but I love hearing sales numbers. Makes me happy the developers are getting the love they deserve, and apparently, the love was strong enough for the beard to go ;P

Humph! You think yours is a real moustache?!
Who's done me a thousand wrongs
ever since Donkey Kong?
Slithering down every pipe,
despite his plumb-shape body type!
Who's gonna run in fear
while screaming "Mama Mia"?!
Who leaves me gray and grim?
Oh, what does Peach see in him?!
MARIO!
With great joy in my heart
each time I watch Mario Kart
You're first and doing so well,
but here comes the Spiny Shell!
And now you and your Rabbid friends
have finally met your ends...
Just let me catch my breath,
then I'll "high C" you to death!!

Who do you think you are?
You should kneel! I'm the star!
You are nothing but a parody; I'll find you a good role in a tragedy!
"It's-a-me!", "Let's a-go!", the only words you know!
My art will touch your princess' heart
and you will be pulled apart!
You think you'll win this tournament?!
I'll send you to retirement!
You're so not worth the hassle...
Your princess is in another castle...!
Mushrooms won't end the pain...
Time for the Phantom to start his reign!!

Good news but still ways off GTA San Andreas sales of 17 million

Sounds great! I am glad Ubisoft did a console exclusive this gen for a Nintendo console. I was so annoyed after they went back on Rayman Legends as a Wii U console exclusive right before release. Ubisoft won't celebrate for too long though. By the end of this year Octopath Traveler will probably take the crown for best selling third-party game on Switch!

Yeah it was fun. Dare I say better than X-Com simply because there was no boring base management between the action.

Haven’t bought the DLC. Might get it after xmas

@Mrtoad my understanding is that Nintendo only details the performance of the Nintendo published games (whether internally developed or not) that shiped/sold above 1 million within the fiscal year.

Their 'Top 10' also excludes any game for which sales figures have not been published (e.g. Pokken) even if they sold enough to be on the list.

Can we really call a Mario spin-off game on a Nintendo console third-party? Even if its developed and published from a third party its got Mario on it. It doesn't count

Where’s my new 2D Rayman game, Ubisoft?

Third party game shifts 2 million on Nintendo hardware. Doom and gloomers can't handle that news so what you get is: oh but it has Mario in the game so can't be counted as third party.

So why are we still getting crap titles from ubi? Oh well.

@Kinoen

Don't tell me that you don't know ? Have you ever heard Yves Guillemot (the CEO) when he speaks ?

"Hélow My Nayme is EVE GUIMOT and I want to sank you to be ire"

Otherwise, fantastic sells for the best Switch game exclusive from my perspective. Bravo UbiSoft !

@Heavyarms55 There are Mario games that have sold less than 1 million. So a casual player believing it's 1st party won't guarantee sales.

As a few others have said, the casual crowd doesn't know or care if any title is 1st, 2nd or 3rd party. It never even enters their heads.

The fact that the Mushroom Kingdom characters are the stars of the game, however, definitely gave the game a boost. But the fact is, 3rd party games are seeing relatively solid sales on the Switch, and that can't be bad. Skyrim and FIFA 18 are both on the verge of becoming million sellers. That's pretty good news for everyone.

I bought this for my little ones. It proved a bit tough for them. Well I might as well play. I've been playing M+R ever since. Just got to the final boss yesterday. Great quality game and hard to put down!

I am tempted to play this but I can't stand the Rabbid characters. Rabbid Mario looks way too much like Ron Jeremy for me to handle. I wish they would use Rayman and friends instead.

"Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle had been the highest selling third-party game on the Switch."
Of course it is; it's using Mario. Doesn't seem like a fair fight.

@Mgene15 game is awesome I hope they make another dlc pack ... The dlc was great, DK one was fantastic and the hard trials were good the only thing that was abit meh are the dlc weapons as they weak, should have made them way stronger

I dont understand the complaints about the Rabbids in this game. They arent even annoying. And anything you could consider annoying such as cutscenes and overworld rabbids are optional. - _- The worst thing they do is scream. And it's not even that bad or often

I get people like Rayman but people saying they shouldve used him instead I just cant agree. The rabbids bring a humorous touch to the game that couldn't be fulfilled by Rayman. Also the rabbids are more popular, Rayman sales have been slumping. I dont see what Rayman could bring to this that the rabbids dont. But if you are judging this game bc it has rabbids in it, just play it its just some character models.

Very good game though I wish they spent a bit more time polishing up the DK DLC as it's rather buggy.

Wow that's great, my son adores the game, I'll probably get him the DLC at some point. It'll keep on selling too, which is excellent.

It does show that there are more directions Mario could go if Nintendo allowed more companies a franchise deal.

See third parties, all you have to do is put Mario in all your games, it's easy!

Lets just be real for a second.

This is great and i love that Ubisoft has achieved this, but 2/3rds of those sales are 100% down to Mario being on the front cover.

Even Nintendo wouldn't be able to get an unknown IP to sell 2m copies if it didn't have Mario on the cover, regardless of how good the game actually is.

They couldn't do it with Arms (though i think this will be Nintendo's future fighting IP with better installments to come).

Not just a good third-party game but also marketed by Nintendo and featuring Mario equals to big success.

Played it. Enjoyed it. Amazing soudtrack, beautiful graphics/style and funny animations. Prod of Ubisoft and Nintendo for building a great product. I hope that we can het an Assassin's Creed collection next. Switch Pro?

@Cobalt Even worse was Iwata's English, I could not understand anything, he should have been dubbed on Nintendo Directs. :S

@Razer isn't ARMS over 2million? It's not far of it if it isn't. And Splatoon on the Wii U says hi.

I hope this gives Nintendo more confidence to allow 3rd party companies to experiment with their IPs in crossover games. I know Starfox is going to be in Starlink, too.

@Razer according to this very website arms is over 2mil

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/nintendo_releases_complete_sales_figures_for_its_million-selling_switch_games

Easily my favorite game I’ve played on Switch so far. Feels weird to admit, but I purchased this and Odyssey on the same day, played Odyssey first, then didn’t go back to it again until I completed Kingdom Battle.

@BlueOcean

Yeah but Iwata was THE BEST CEO EVER ! I consider him as a mentor.

Don't get me wrong, Guillemot is a fantastic man too. I met him some years ago and I was extremely surprised how approachable he was. Simple and humble, a great CEO, no doubt !

Really good to hear! - Mario Rabbids was awesome and the tone was refreshing. - I hope they are working on a part 2. ...Teaming up with Bowser and some minions.

Beware that the Gold Edition does not include the DK-chapters on the cart. Only as a download code. Once used, you can not sell your game second hand as Gold Edition anymore.

Now noticed that BensonUii already mentioned that.

This is my most played title on my switch so far apparently I’ve played more than 150 hours without hardly playing the dlc 😅

@Starkiller987 It’s weird, as they are both awfully similar games. The games are almost twins.

@Razer ARMS is literally over 2 million and 1-2-Switch is as well.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

@VexingInsanity I think in a way it's similar to the original response when it was leaked. People didn't think it would be good game because of the Rabbids characters, but they also didn't want the Rabbids to be in the game even after it was found to be good. Which is kind of like saying they don't want the Rabbids to be in good games.

@Cobalt Yes, Guillemot seems to be a nice person.

@Razer er Arms and Splatoon say hello!!

Yeah arms has literally got exactly 2m sales. But i still don't think this game would have even sold 1m had Mario not been on the front cover.

I really don't get why people insist that only established Ninty franchises will sell well on their consoles. It might have been true once upon a time but it definitely isn't true today. ARMS is at over 2 million, so is 1-2-Switch, while Skyrim and FIFA18 are hovering just outside of the Switch's top ten at almost a million copies each.

Stardew Valley has also sold over a million copies on Switch. About a quarter of its total sales come from Switch. And it doesn't even have a physical release on the Switch.

Outside of the mega sellers, things are also looking very good for third parties on Switch. Disgaea 5 Complete has sold almost as many copies in one year as Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance has sold on PS4 in three years. A recent statement from NIS said Disgaea 6 is definitely happening, and I'm pretty sure we have the Switch sales to thank for that. Numerous other smaller houses have said that their Switch releases have blown the other platforms away in sales figures. Success is relative. Not every game can sell 17 million copies, and a lot of developers are thrilled with sales in the hundreds of thousands.

Loved the game and the dlc

Let's not pretend that every game with Mario on the cover will definitely sell 2+ million copies.

The last time a Mario spinoff (outside of Mario Kart) sold through 2 million copies in a year was Mario & Sonic at the 2012 Olympic Games. That was 6 years ago.

@westman98 let's not forget NBA street vol 3 on GameCube. That had Mario and Luigi on the front cover in Japan.

Mario strikers never hit 2 million either. But hey, people don't wanna deal with facts. Anything with Mario on the cover is guaranteed to sell 2 million

Hopefully this means we'll get a sequel at some point then!

@kobashi100
I don't think any Mario sports game has exceeded 2 million copies sold. Mario Tennis Aces will be the first to do so by the end of the year.

AC legacy collection please Ubi. And port all of the PoP games while you are at it.

@Razer I hate to break this to you but Splatoon 1 almost hit 5 million sales and there's not a shred of Mario in that game. In addition, ARMS managed to hit over 2 million sales which, you guessed it, also had no shred of Mario in it.
You wanted to be real, right? Well this is real.

@Ooyah Definitely! I actually put my pre-order in for the physical copy months before. Sucks for people who wanted to pre-order after the last demo of the game was released on the eShop. It's definitely a lost opportunity.

New switch owners are still getting this game because it’s a must have on your switch library

Hand on heart, Rabbids is probably my favourite Switch title yet. I would have trouble picking between this and Oddyssey.

@JasmineDragon There are even more cases if you look at past consoles. 3DS had plenty of big 3rd Party sellers, but even the Wii U had a handful of titles that broke a million, including smaller IP's like Yoshi-heck, it's the console where Splatoon debuted, and that had 4 million sales on a console that only sold 13 million units.

Established franchises have better odds, but that's the case with any series out there, and it's not an automatic success because of that. I think it's more fair to say that games similar to Nintendo titles have a better shot, but Doom and Skyrim doing well enough for Wolfenstein 2 and Doom Eternal to come to Switch prove it's not a rule. Make a good game, get some good ads (paying for it helps, but you typically can't buy good reviews, those tend to be earned) and you've got a fair shot.