Nintendo has released its latest financial data covering the first six-month period for FY2025 and, as part of that, it has updated the top ten best-selling games list once more.
The only major change we can see with this one is that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has usurped Super Mario Party to claim the eighth position. We'd also predicted a similar shift with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and Pokémon Sword and Shield, but alas, it seems as though both Pokémon generations are selling at a fairly similar rate at the moment (with Scarlet and Violet enjoying slightly higher sales), leading to a bit of a stalemate.
Elsewhere, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to sell reasonably well, increasing its total sales by 1.37 million from Nintendo's previous update, while The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has managed to cross the 21 million unit barrier.
Here's the breakdown (we've included the figures from last quarter for comparison).
| Game | Q1 25 (millions) | Q2 25 (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 62.90 | 64.27 |
| Animal Crossing: New Horizons | 45.85 | 46.45 |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 34.66 | 35.14 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 32.05 | 32.29 |
| Super Mario Odyssey | 28.21 | 28.50 |
| Pokémon Sword and Shield | 26.35 | 26.44 |
| Pokémon Scarlet and Violet |
25.29 |
25.69 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | 20.80 | 21.04 |
| Super Mario Party | 20.84 | 20.98 |
| New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | 17.61 | 17.77 |
Nintendo has also revealed its latest hardware figures for the Nintendo Switch, noting another downward trend resulting in a lowering of its overal fiscal year forecast. We've all got our fingers crossed for a new console announcement in the coming weeks and months, but for now, we'll just bop our heads to some tunes on Nintendo Music.
Did you pick up any of the top ten best-selling games recently? Which one is your favourite of the bunch? Leave a comment with your thoughts down below.
[source nintendo.co.jp]
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I wish Mario Wonder had gotten up there but apparently it hasn't been selling much this year. It always feels a little silly to see new super mario bros U in the top 10 list; good game, but Switch has it's own 2D Mario now!
Looks like the two Pokemons are in a close race.
Unsurprisingly the usual games other than some positions shifting as mentioned by the article, at this point I expect at most U Deluxe getting kicked out of this top 10 and even that is no easy feat!
The Switch had a very good run this generation. I do hope the Switch 2 would be able to keep the momentum.
Go go go Tears of the Kingdom! Next stop: Pokemon. You'll get to surpass them, we trust you.
i think Nintendo was comparing 2024 quarters @Ollie Reynolds, not 2025 quarters.
This really cements my feeling that Animal Crossing will be a launch title for the new console.
@Twilite9 I don't see that happening. Animal Crossing is more a system pusher and not really a system seller. You'll need a decent installed base for AC to be a hit.
I think the launch line up will be:
1. MarioKart 10
2. Splatoon 4
3. Metroid Prime 4 4K (as a seperate release to the Switch version)
maybe 4. New 3D mario game.
And ofcourse (I'm 99% sure about that) Switch games will run on the Switch 2 as well, with day one patches for a handful games to allow for higher quality in those games.
I'm not sure it's accurate to say Sw/Sh are still selling at the same rate as Scarlet/Violet. The former added 90k units this quarter, the latter 400k.
Glad to see Tears of the Kingdom so high, it is the best game of all time. Hopefully they add it to Nintendo Music tonight
It's an impressive top 10. What's not seen here is the 10 million plus sellers. We've really been spoilt this generation. Let's hope that Switch 2 keeps the momentum going. I'm hoping as now unlikely for Switch that Nintendo fills the gap on some of its dormant IP on Switch 2. Franchises like Starfox and Fzero are still AWOL. Fingers crossed 🤞
I kinda wish they made this list top 20 or just do another list for 10+ million sellers. I would like to know the latest on the likes of Splatoon 3 and Mario Wonder. Gotta check the reports for that I guess.
Good for Zelda Tears topping Super Mario Party. It’s just too bad Mario Wonder won’t top NSMBU. Not that I dislike NSMBU, but despite its flaws, Wonder is clearly the more creative and appealing game. It’s a victim of being late in the Switch’s life.
Sad face - no Pikmin 4.
Quizzed face - SMBUDeluxe wtf?
Rolls eyes - MK8D (where’s MK10 already?)
Angry face - no Wave Race 4.
TOTK would be so much higher if it didn't have a higher price tag. The game has had no legs considering already it reached 20 million in late 2023.
3 out of the 10 are just ported or updated Wii U games and still people will say Wii U has no good games or Wii U flopped because it didn't have good games.
I know I'm hardly original, but MK8 DX just sells so much. It's wild how well it's STILL doing.
@Cheez Oh yeah, the Wii u had some stellar games. Dkc tropical freeze, Mario 3D world, yoshis wooly world, and that's not even mentioning any on this list. The biggest problem the library had was what it didn't have. No traditional Kirby, no Metroid, no original Zelda til the next systems release, no Animal crossing, no good Mario sports or party games, etc. But I do still regardless love the lineup, even if it is imperfect.
What’s particularly interesting to me is that both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom sold the same 240,000 units last quarter. Pretty cool.
@Axecon I don't think the problem was/is the price.
The problem might be people who has multiple consoles, not only the Switch, and during that period other games came out and people bought those games instead of ToTK.
I still have to buy the game and it's not even on my high priority list.
@Simone93 There is also a view going around the game is just a big hunk of DLC for Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' which I don't personally agree with but have noticed is widespread and I feel it has turned some people off giving it a chance because of that.
@WheresWaveRace I'd love to see Nintendo get a team like Monster Games or something, to give us a new Waverace, 1080, and Excite Bike/Truck/Bots. They could be smaller scale games, releasing one every two years or so throughout the Switch 2's life. They wouldn't top charts, but it could bring in a few old fans that need more than just Marios and Zeldas to pull them in. Plus it would give the system a few titles to differentiate the library from the OG Switch a bit.
@judaspete yes agreed. Seems like an easy win to me. I understand not wanting to cannibalise MK sales but MK is family oriented and these would be slightly more mature oriented and would compliment rather than cannibalise surely.
@judaspete I honestly think a new Fzero is far more likely than all of those combined.
Let's be real, though: that's the one Nintendo racing franchise we all want back more than anything (outside of Kirby Air Ride).
@batmanbud2 Oh this is all just a pipe dream. Never going to happen. F-Zero could be in the cards though, depending what Nintendo's expectations were with 99.
@WheresWaveRace Totally. Different target demographics.
@FishyS I got Mario Wonder last week and it's an impeccably made game. I'm not usually one to go for 100% completion in games, but damn it, I've gotten all the wonder seeds and just want to keep playing.
Top 10 list of consoles with the most 20 million selling games, per Wikipedia:
1. 9 - Switch
2. 7 - Wii
3. 5 - PC
4. 3 - GB/GBC, XBox 360, NDS
7. 2 - PS4, NES
9. 1 - PS3, SNES
@DollyrotsFan1 Never considered TotK a sort of DLC of BotW.
@Thomystic Only 5 games on PC? On which time period?
@Simone93 Ever I guess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_games
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