Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Now Nintendo's Fastest-Selling Home Console Game Of All Time In Europe

That is mind-boggling. And well earned.

In the immortal words of the Announcer:

Congraaaaadulations!!

They didn't mention Amazon Pri... I mean Metroid Prime 4

Never heard of it.

@Anti-Matter Actually, their excuse when this happens has often been "It's because the Switch has no games, so they're all desperate to play something". I have seen that used multiple times across various games.

In the UK, Smash Bros Ultimate has done exceedingly well, but it lags behind the sales pace of Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit...

Which means the numbers from the rest of Europe must be big enough to make up for the difference.

It's crazy how popular the Switch is now, I never imagined that it would get this big.

I really can't wait for 2019. It's going to be amazing for Switch owners.

Yes, 2018 wasn't bad either, especially if you didn't own a Wii U, but man.. That fresh line up 2019 has. Can't wait!

@FragRed I really enjoy when they then start praising Wii u and completely ignore that the games there in general wouldn't sell well even when everyone complained of long times with no games... Lool

@G-Boy that’s what she said

And there's still the rest of December and January to take into consideration for the holiday period. Smash is going to continue to sell well and boost Switch hardware sales well into 2019. Loving the game and loving the success.

The game is freaking awesome so I'm not surprised.

wish they'd make the Queen/ Smash video the official trailer and stick that on TV, imagine the hype then!

Next year will be soo good for Nintendo. And for us, players.

I guess this seals the fate for Sakurai. That poor man probably is being led to a room within the Nintendo R&D basement and gets shackled to a computer...

GOOOO NINTENDO!!!!

It's because the Switch has no games, so they're all desperate to play something.

@MattFox Heck yeah! Can't wait!

Can't wait for animal crossing next year!

Precisely. It's actually be a good year for all three platforms... and that's really good. It's sad when something struggles

Straight up awesomesauce. Glad everyone involved in the game are part of such a record.

Not bad for a port/cash grab/only game to play/tired IP/internet reason.

@Anti-Matter,

You do realize they will say it's only sold well because there are no other games on the system.

Totally deserved. One of the finest games ever made by Nintendo.

Impressive numbers. I’m surprised that Smash Bros. is doing so well compared to other Nintendo games.

@SBandy

Eh, he's cringey but not wrong in this case.

@IHateTombs Unless @Anti-Matter edited his post, I didn’t get the sense he was disparaging any other consoles or fans of other consoles. Sounds like it was pointed more towards Switch/Nintendo critics in general regarding specific criticisms

@SBandy Bit harsh... Dude's just playing around.

@Frenean

I disagree. He is an embarrassment.

Just to clarify, chuffed for the success of the game and Nintendo.

I just don't feel the need to bring in any other company when being happy with said success. I own all 3 consoles and I want success for all becuase I am not a petulant child.

@SBandy I get it, you're not friends but not cool to slate someone randomly. :/

@DABYX

This wasn't random. I am sick of their rubbish.

@SBandy He has talked smack about Microsoft and Sony in other articles, but he didn't in this one. He was just poking fun at Nintendo haters.

@SBandy Then ignore them

(Like the actual button I mean)

@UmbreonsPapa
To clarify , i was joking about Trolls & Switch / Nintendo haters who keep shouting their negativity about Nintendo Switch. 🤓

They said Nintendo Switch will be doomed, but now look at this fact.
I bet they will crying on the floor with tantrum and cried " No! No! No! It wasn't Fair! " 😂

It’s smashed it. Credit goes to Isabelle

Oh, when did they release it on a home console?

Nice to see it selling well, though.

@DABYX
I don't think SBandy was listening to you.
He was keep insulting me just now.
Oh well... 🤔

@Saego I actually thought 2018 was a great year of games, even though I had a Wii u, and even bought some of the Wii u deluxe editions like hyrule warriors, which I never would have heard of if they didn't rerelease it

@SBandy

Alright dude, I'm blocking you and hope others follow suit. You call Anti Matter a petty child yet are displaying the behavior of one.

Uhhhh....should we all just chill out?

Good job Nintendo, Smash Ultimate is ace.

Praise be for the ignore button.

They say you you should always listen to both sides of the argument, but sometimes the sweetest luxury is not having to listen to either.

What’s with all the hostility here?

Peace to you my gaming brothers...

Smash single player is what sold it. There’s a lot of people out there who just don’t play online and want some meaty single player content to sink into. World of Light delivered, even if it can get a little repetitive sometimes. It’s so much better than the Wii U version single player. That board game was disgraceful

@JaxonH

I have no doubt contributed to it but I just can't believe how many people put up with Anti-Matter's rubbish. But hey if I made a few ignore lists I will survive especially if it is the likes of Syrek24 who I have had a look at their past posts and seen they are no angel themselves.

Well done Smash!

@SBandy
You’re preaching to the choir here. I had to put him on my ignore list a long time ago. Sometimes people just get under your skin. I’d rather ignore a person if I can’t control my temper around them

I try not to do that in most cases though, because then the person’s foolishness runs rampant, completely unchecked (cough cough Cobalt cough). I’d rather calmly respond and rationally dismantle the nonsensical argument. Much more satisfying.

Great game. Congrats Nintendo

@JaxonH

Agreed. He was on my ignore list but I recently took everyone off to see the state of things. Not much has changed.

I won't put him back on my ignore list (just yet) but will try to restrain myself a bit more.

@blackiyto12

He is wrong because there is no point fanboying. A bit of great Nintendo news and first thing he wants to do is call out detractors like it is some big win. It is just sad and pathetic.

Like Bliquid and JaxonH mentioned, the single player was important here. I've gotten addicted to the World of Light Would have been seriously bored otherwise since I play alone (online against strangers is not so fun even though it works well). I want to play friends preferably but my friends only have PS4s.

As Bliquid pointed out, good job on the hype Nintendo and outlets like Nintendolife. After having been burned on previous versions I'm glad I dipped my toes in again.

Lastly, rude comments have no place on this forum. Please contribute to a nice community instead of a hostile one. I like it here and want to keep liking it

@sbandy I don't like his extreme views either and had him on my ignore list as well, but yea, never really threw insults at the guy.

U sound really upset i just ask that you chill a bit, I'm not sure if your aware but I believe it's been mentioned in the past he's somewhat autistic, or diagnosed with some kind of handicap, forgive me if I'm wrong by the way. I've been here a long time and remember reading that here somewhere which explains a lot of his comments and makes it easier to digest.

Regardless though it did sound like u were overreacting, u sure you didn't have a bad day?

@MaSSiVeRiCaN

I mean, unless you are sure then you really shouldn't be stating these things. If that is the case I will be more considerate in future to the situation.

Perhaps today I have been overly harsh but I stand by what I say. Sometimes a harsh tone is required. The likes of @Syrek24 can go do one however as they are a cheeky little git when they want to be as evidenced by their past posts so I find it funny they take offence at me being a bit brutal tonight.

If you look at my past posts I am normally quite jovial but everyone has a dark side

It's great to know Smash Ultimate has been so well received, I've had a blast with it so far . It was my early Christmas gift, I waited long enough I could not make it to Christmas day LoL .., and I am having a great time with it I love how much better the focus on single player is in this new Smash so far. I liked the 3DS Smash but was let down a bit with the Wii U Smash only because there was not much for a single player . If I had to find a gripe with or pick at Super Smash Ultimate my only complaint so far is there is no sign of the character Tabuu from Smash Brawl, which is disappointing for me I loved that character design I would have loved to fight with or against Tabuu in HD . It would be amazing if he is one of the DLC character packs headed our way though I highly doubt it .

@G-Boy "It's crazy how popular the Switch is now, I never imagined that it would get this big."

This is the reason xbox, ps4 fanboys are stewing....they never imagined but never had a good imagination to start with before.

@IHateTombs "Not everything is ‘Nintendo vs everyone else’. Most of us own multiple consoles (if not all 3 of them) these days anyway."
Nintendo fans never started that let's get that story straight-Nintendo even said it themselves were not competing against the others.

@IHateTombs "Most people just want Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft to be at their best, cause that benefits us gamers."
We do but when others give Nintendo grief for not having enough GPU power you have to wonder whom is helping here.

@IHateTombs "Not everything has to be a contest, just let them compete amongst themselves. You’re just limiting your choices by being a fanboy."
Actually Nintendo fans never started it.

All this is what a fanboy whom console is losing would do to grab any straws they can when Nintendo didn't cause their decline.

@johnvboy "You do realize they will say it's only sold well because there are no other games on the system."

Now it's a Nintendo only title this is what they saw now. WHY am I not Surprised by this.

The levels of desperation on NL is just comical to see the reactions to Switch Sales. And it doesn't have to do 4K to do it.

@SBandy LMAO thanks for the laugh. Once your life is sorted out come back to join the fray and enjoy some good fps while your at it.

@Anti-Matter man you got a fanbase growing.... sarcasm your doing far better then myself.

@electrolite77 need a kiss man...that will grow hair on your chest.

All the woodworks are now coming out in FULL force against Nintendo. I do wonder how their life was up until this point. I fear for the growth of the world now.

@SBandy can't take heat don't play the heat.

Just doing my part to make life more retro perspective but I guess that's how it goes now.

@Rhaoulos What’s a Metroid? What’s a Samus?

@G-Boy I don’t even think Nintendo did. Their name means “leave luck to heaven”, though, so they must know what they’re doing [although Nintendo does seem to have a lot of weird luck, like hiring Miyamoto-san (who had no previous experience in games) and Yokoi-san, who put the handheld market on the map]. It’s essentially what they wanted the WiiU to be.

@electrolite77
Sometimes its not. A few years ago I used to let ignorance really get under my skin on this site. Nowadays I try to take more of a hands off approach. But sometimes, you just can't help but call someone's nonsense out. I do think it should be done respectfully though, and without name calling or wild emotional backlash.

I remember when Switch was revealed, and people on this site like gatorboi and people on PushSquare who are diehard Sony loyalists were laughing so hard, mocking it, "lol lol lol oh my gosh what an epic fail, this thing is the worst gaming console in history, its gonna flop harder than Wii U!" (Ironic those same people championed Vita). After the crazy success of 2017, a substantial plate of crow was served. But then came 2018 and people doubted once again, only to, yet again, be proven wrong.

I'm glad Switch is doing so well. But not for the sake of winning some imaginary race or out of spite toward Sony/MS, but because doing well means games. Mortal Kombat XI and Crash Racing and Marvel Ultimate Alliance are perfect examples of what happens to a Nintendo system that's reasonably capable power-wise and is selling well.

It took longer than most would have liked- 2 full years really. But that's because all faith was utterly destroyed after Wii U. Not even Ubisoft had a launch window exclusive ready despite Red Steel for Wii and ZombiU on Wii U. Total and utter ground zero. Square one. That's where Switch had to start from. It took a full year of proven success, wildly unprecedented, record-breaking success, before 3rd parties started factoring Switch into their multiplatform equations. And only now, after 2 years, are we finally starting to see the fruits born of this success. By the end of 2019, I think the 3rd party situation will have massively improved over 2018, which itself already improved considerably over 2017.

@Lemmy_the_Koopa Yeah. They’ll try, but I think he might finally want to move on (hopefully into Kid Icarus Uprising 2 development!)

@SBandy A bit snippy, are we?

@Mr_Pepperami That goes perfectly with your avatar

@Antraxx777

No.

@SBandy Well you sound like one when you reply back to someone with ‘shut up’

@1UP_MARIO That little OP b—-

Sound like one what?!

@RainbowGazelle I play Smash on the TV religiously; yes it is indeed a game on a console.

So, basically only comparing to Nintendo 🙄

I had the longest bicycle ride in "my" history yesterday.... See how that work.

Begs the question: What is the fastest selling home console game of all time in Europe? 🤔 Now that We know it is not from Nintendo.

@Agramonte
By that standard, no company has ever released a super successful game since 2013, because nothing has or ever will outperform the launch of GTAV.

Smash Bros Ultimate had a massive launch. You don't exactly see Sony, Microsoft, or any of the other 3rd parties declaring that their most recent title was the biggest launch in their history very often...

@westman98 Nobody needs to beat #1 to be "super successful" (it is just about context)

RED2 "success" was being "the ‘second biggest entertainment launch of all time". They compared against everyone, and came 2nd.

@Agramonte
I mean, if Nintendo didn't release a single new game in 5 years and then finally release one, I bet it'd be an even bigger success than Red Dead 2.

It's like saying that Black Panther isn't that successful because it is only the highest grossing superhero film in the US, but it hasn't matched the US box office figures of James Cameron's Avatar or Star Wars VII.

@westman98 And if they did - Nintendo would come out with a statement that compared them with everyone like "biggest entertainment launch in history"

And Rockstar would be left to create a subsection like "Rockstar's fastest selling console game in Europe of all time".

Would be Exactly the same situation.

@Syrek24

When you have to side with @SwitchForce , you are doing things wrong.

@Antraxx777
Metroid is a space metropolitan hemoroid wich claws (hence the name "Metroid") and Samus is like Alexa but with legs, hair, a pretty CGI face and body, and as chatty as Link.
Also Link is the hero from Zelda. And Zelda is also the hero dressed in green from Zelda according to some people.

Going to quote your source?
As in the exact link you found this or the venue you were at where he says this in person?

Or will you just leave it unquoted? Totally unprofessional journalism.

@the8thark

Ryan Craddock provided the quote and confirmed who said it. What other info is required?

And what do you mean by "just leave it unquoted"?

@SBandy

Where's proof of this? Just a name drop is not enough. Where's the link so we can actually see the source? Anyone can clain someone from Nintendo said something. Where's the proof.

Where's the link to a source of Ryan Craddock saying this?

There should ALWAYS by a link quoted so we can look it up and verify what is in the article. This not happening here is unacceptable. Poor journalism.

Also don't try to justify poor journalism by saying "oh they wrote out exactly what they said". That's not a linking to the source material. We botk knowe this. Don't be asinine about it.

@the8thark

This isn't Watergate, this is videogames. Don't be such a saddo.