Super Mario Party Jamboree got off to a strong last month in the UK and Japan, and we've now got an update from Circana's executive director and video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella about how it performed in the US.
In terms of Nintendo releases, it debuted at the top of the Switch charts in October, with Sonic X Shadow Generations being the other new entrant in the third spot. Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom also dropped from first to second place. The Final Fantasy I-VI bundle also jumped from 194 to fifth place!
In the top 20 'best-selling premium games' for the month, Super Mario Party Jamboree started out in seventh place with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 topping the charts. Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom dropped from fourth place to 12th and Sonic X Shadow Generations started in ninth spot. Keep in mind this doesn't factor in digital sales on Nintendo platforms.
In terms of video game hardware, Piscatella noted how spending dropped by "23% in October" compared to a year ago, and Switch dollar sales "fell 38% year-on-year" in the same month.
Another "huge story" was the release of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket which is looking to be the "launch of the year" on the mobile front, with 22% of in-app spending in the first week coming from US users (via Samuel Aune of Sensor Tower).
This latest follows news of the new Mario Party game debuting at the top of the charts in both the UK and Japan. The game was also updated to Version 1.1.1 earlier this week.
Did you contribute to Super Mario Party Jamboree's sales success in its opening week? Have you picked it up since then? Let us know in the comments.
[source bsky.app]
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The new Mario Party is great. My only complaint so far is that some of the mini games are way too long. The Jamboree Buddy games in particular. I preferred the allies. The Jamboree Buddies are just too much work for a nerfed reward that can be stolen next turn.
Ain't no party like Mario Party. The only things that causes more fights between family members and friends is Monopoly.
Dee123 wrote:
Most people play Monopoly with house rules, where money (like taxes, etc.) get put into the middle of the board and are "won" by anyone who lands on "Free Parking". This pumps more money into the economy, making it much more difficult for anyone to go bankrupt and be eliminated. That is the main reason why Monopoly is horrible and never ends (though there are others of course, it is a 120 year old game after all).
@MontyCircus As kids, we used to have Monopoly marathons that would go into multiple days. Added rules like free parking and IOUs, no one went bankrupt. I'm not sure if many people actually know what the base rules are 😄
I still haven't buy Mario Party Jamboree, but I will try to get the game later.
I still prioritize 3rd party kids games first than 1st party Nintendo games.
Amazing hitting number without including digital sales.
I wonder it Switch 2 games will just be getting extra performance and better visuals compared to standard Original Switch or if some Switch 2 games will be exclusive to that new device?
I'm so looking forward to the reveal and the preorders 😍
That’s pretty impressive for Pixel Remaster Collection. But isn’t that because it got that rerelease in October?
I’m actually surprise CoD outsold Sparking ZERO. On PSN the pre-orders for ZERO were actually greater than CoD.
Love to see Jamboree on top followed by Echoes of Wisdom on Switch and them at least in 7th and 12th in the general charts!
Also, happy to see Generations, Hogwarts Legacy, Final Fantasy I-VI in both charts, the usual 8 (Deluxe I assume), Wonder and Ultimate in the Switch ones and Sparkling Zero, Metaphor and Astro Bot in the general ones.
That is very impressive even when taking Nintendo's reluctance to report digital sales into account. Sometimes I wish they would so that we could see the full picture.
Seeing as digital sales weren’t included, I’d like to think that Mario Party Jamboree beat Dragon Age too.
I didn't know FIFA was on Switch. How is it?
@Gryffin
I haven't played it but I've read a lot about it. Unlike previous installments, this one has all the features, but "plays best on other platforms". I believe NL said it's the best soccer/football game on the Switch. So it depends on your expectations and available consoles you have.
Will get this game at Christmas.
@MontyCircus I actually don't allow this for this exact reason. The worst player can get lucky and stay in the game way longer than necessary. Who needs a 4 hour monopoly game? haha
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