Saying Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a tremendous success for Nintendo would be an understatement. Still topping the UK charts in 2021, Twitter recently revealed it as their most talked-about game for 2020 and it also became Metacritic's top-rated Nintendo game for last year.
Undeniably, New Horizons has been a huge factor in pushing Switch console sales, so we can't be too surprised that it's also become France's top seller for 2020. It's a spot previously occupied by EA's annual FIFA entries, which were France's biggest games between 2014-2019, meaning New Horizons has broken a successful 6-year streak.
It also marks Nintendo's first game to claim this crown since Mario Kart Wii in 2008. Before that, we're looking all the way back to Pokémon Silver in 2001, as Call of Duty and Pro Evolution Soccer also dominated for a long time.
In any other year, it would've been more surprising to see FIFA lose that position, but by September alone, New Horizons' had sold 26.04 million copies worldwide, a mere six months after release. It also became the fastest game to hit 6 million physical sales in Japan back in November, so seeing this success spread to other countries wasn't particularly unexpected.
Are you still making the daily rounds in New Horizons? Is it time you checked in on your worried villagers? Let us know in the comments below.
[source nintendoeverything.com, via twitter.com]
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Animal crossing new horizons world domination. well deserved for an awesome game.
Bien joué. But I guess France is not the only country to have achieved this, right?
@echoplex
Bien joue, that;s that ice cream right, love the vanilla one with the white chocolate polar bears.
Ah, yes.
I still play ACNH despite my hype right now on PS3 and PS4 games.
ACNH is the Great Britian of the gaming world
"The first game to do so since Mario Kart Wii in 2008"
So France hasn't had a bestselling game in twelve years?
@johnvboy Sorry I have no idea what you're referring to! Bien joué means 'good job', 'well played' or even 'good game'.
@JimmySpades Did you not hear of the ban of game sales in France from 2009 to 2019?
@echoplex,
Silly joke, thought Bien joue sounded a little like Ben & Jerry's when written down.
@TheSmashTheorist a laughing stock?
@Terra you might want to update the sub heading, I think there's a crucial word missing there 😜
I know I am a bit stupid, but when I read the title I wonder who the hell was this France guy and why was it important that he likes Animal Crossing.
26 million by September. Wonder what it is up to now then?!
@Otoemetry It's been updated!
@Bizaster,
Without a doubt, but the people who vote tend to be core types.
@AmplifyMJ no more like world domination
FIFA typically sells around 1.2-1.3 million copies each year in France, so Animal Crossing should be well above that.
@Bizaster
I've not played it myself, so I can't say, but man, it must be one heck of a game. There's do use that I know personally. There are dudes that I know personally who I thought would NEVER ever touch a game that looks and plays like that who absolutely love it. So with that anecdotal evidence in honestly just universal acclaim, I'm really honestly debating on getting it. Just not at the current price. On a side note though Hades was personally my GOTY. Way more deserving game of that honor than that whack P.O.S. that you labeled the trash of Us Part 2 lol.
Animal Crossing New Horizons is problaby now the best/highest selling Switch game(32 milions units sold).
I keep playing everyday.....searching for Dom
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