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News Mario Tennis Aces Has Stellar Launch In Japan, Doubles Early Sales Of Ultra Smash On Wii U
Game, set and match
Mario Tennis Aces was finally released to the world on Switch on 22nd June, and if these Japanese sales figures are anything to go by, it seems to have already been a pretty big success. According to data provided by Media Create, Mario's latest Tennis adventure racked up an impressive 123,774 sales in its opening...
News Grab Yourself A Bargain In The Big Nintendo E3 2018 Sale
Deals everywhere!
To celebrate the biggest gaming trade fair in the world, E3 - which you no doubt know has been taking place this week - Nintendo is hosting a huge sale across Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U with offers on digital purchases. There are currently two sales taking place, one for North America and one for Europe. We've...
News Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido Has Shockingly Poor Launch In Japan
Not the best start for Nintendo's new IP
Just last week, Nintendo's latest creation Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido launched on both Switch and 3DS. The game is an action-puzzle mash-up with an incredibly high level of polish and a great story mode (we rated it rather highly in our review), but the initial sales figures for the game are shockingly...
News GameStop Still Seeing "Very Steady Level Of Demand" For Switch And Its Games
Consistent Zelda sales are "surprising"
American video game retailer GameStop has revealed its latest financial results for Q1 2018, with drops being present across the board in comparison to the same time last year. Of course, Q1 of last year saw the successful launch of the Switch, and it was likely expected that revenue would be down without such...
News Switch Owned More Market Share Than Xbox One In UK Last Month
Over 23%
Just last week we reported that Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was the best-selling game in May in Japan, and it seems that Nintendo has had a pretty strong month in the UK, too. Figures are in for UK sales between 29th April and 26th May, and things are looking bright for the 'Big N'. The Switch's market share has been increasing...
News Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Was The Best-Selling Game For May In Japan
Switch the best-selling console, too
Sales figures have been released for software and hardware sales in Japan for the month of May, and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze has smashed and ground-pounded its way to the number one slot. Famitsu has shared the latest numbers and chart positions for the month, which actually cover the four week...
News Wulverblade Developer Highlights Success On Switch
Defend the North
Ever since the launch of Nintendo Switch there has been an influx of releases into the Nintendo eShop. It's appeal is obvious, a growing, dedicated user base hungry for games that can be played both on the move and in your living room. Now, both PlayStation and Xbox have had success in the past with the "indie" market, but...
News Nintendo Continues To Dominate Japan's Charts As 7 Of The Top 10 Games Are On Switch
Although the top-selling game is on PS4...
That Nintendo remains top dog in Japan this week in terms of sales perhaps isn't the most shocking news - the company regularly finds itself in pole position in its homeland. However, the Media Create sales figures for the 14th of May to the 20th show that a PlayStation 4 game came in at number one -...
News Owlboy On Nintendo Switch Made A Profit Within 24 Hours Of Launch
Flying high
We love Owlboy here at Nintendo Life - just check out Ryan's glowing 9/10 review for proof of that - and it turns out a lot of you do, too. So well, in fact, that the Nintendo Switch port turned a profit for developer D-Pad Studio within 24 hours of launch. The news was revealed in a recent AMA on Reddit by programmer and CEO J-Remi...
News Nintendo Switch Only Accounted For 7% Of Ubisoft's Yearly Revenue
Mario + Rabbids still going strong
Ubisoft has released its full year sales and earnings figures for the 2017-18 period, providing us with a breakdown of how the company's games performed across various platforms and regions. A chart showing the difference in sales between rival platforms shows that the Switch accounted for just 7%, with PS4...
News Ubisoft Is Now Hosting A Sale On The North American Switch eShop
Want Mario + Rabbids?
Out of all the major gaming platforms available, Nintendo has always been a bit behind in terms of the sales that it runs. The company generally seems to believe in the maintained value of its games well after their launch date passes, and the few sales that it does run generally aren’t all too competitive with the kinds of...
News EA Just Had A Record-Breaking Year Despite A Decline In Physical Sales
Live services are now EA's golden geese
Electronic Arts has just released its financial results for the fiscal year that ended in March, and they show a significant shift in the publisher's revenue, with a record-breaking 12 months that's seen live services form 40% of the company's earnings. EA reported net revenues were up by 6.2%, bringing them...
News The Switch Port Of Bayonetta 2 Has Outsold Its Sister Version On Wii U
It's witchcraft
While it may have struggled to keep a place in the charts, that doesn't mean Bayonetta 2's much-welcomed Nintendo Switch port hasn't performed in terms of sales during the first nine weeks of release - especially so when you compare it to sales of the original Wii U version over the same period. A report released by Nintendo in...
News Kimishima Says Nintendo Has Plans For The 3DS In 2019 And Beyond
It's not going away any time soon
When the Nintendo Switch launched, it was a foregone conclusion that the Wii U would be axed, but many wondered where the new hybrid would put the 3DS. The now antiquated console has certainly had its time in the sun, and given that the Switch is a technically superior handheld, it seemed likely that the company...
News While Other Toys-To-Life Products Struggle, Sales Of amiibo Continue To Grow
In your face, previous fiscal year!
It's fair to say that the Toys-To-Life party is pretty much over now with Skylanders, Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions all seemingly at the end of their natural lives. You might assume that the same would be the case for Nintendo's amiibo line, but Nintendo's latest financial statements suggest that...
News Super Mario Odyssey Passes The 10 Million Sold Marker
1-2-Switch has outsold Xenoblade Chronicles 2, ARMS and Pokkén DX
Super Mario Odyssey has sold a whopping 10.41 million units on Switch since its launch, Nintendo has confirmed. Arguably the Switch's lead title at Christmas, Super Mario Odyssey joins the console's "million seller" club, which now stands at an impressive 12 titles. Zelda: Breath...
News Switch Sales Top 15 Million As Nintendo Profits See 500% Increase
It's been a very good fiscal year for the Big N
Nintendo just announced its latest financial results, with some incredible Nintendo Switch sales helping drive one of the best years for the company in recent memory. Nintendo increased its forecast to 15 million units by January of this year, and that figure was pretty much bang on the money with 15.5...
News Neon Nintendo Switch Was The Best Selling Hardware Of March In The U.S.
Well, sort of
The Nintendo Switch has certainly been a hot product, comfortably outselling its Wii U predecessor in under a year and steadily gaining in momentum as it goes into its second year. Although sales had hit a bit of a decline over the last couple months, it would seem that the console is back on the rise again, as the latest NPD results...
News Kirby Star Allies Sets A New Series Sales Record
Surpassing Nightmare in Dreamland, at last
Last month Kirby Star Allies ended a relatively quiet start to 2018 as the first major first party release on the Switch. We thought it was pretty good, and while it didn’t seem like a particularly exceptional release in the pink puff’s long lineage, new NPD results show that it apparently was quite a...
News Shovel Knight Just Crossed Two Million Units Sold
For shovelry!
Shovel Knight has been one of the biggest indie games to come out in the past few years, demonstrating that not every Kickstarter campaign has to end in a middling final product. The core game was excellent enough on its own, but Yacht Club Games has followed it up with two other full-length campaigns (and a third one to come) that...
News Nicalis Is Running A Sale On The North American Switch eShop
Cave Story! Issac! VVVVVV!
Nicalis has been a company that’s given the Switch plenty of solid support, bringing the likes of quality games like Cave Story+, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, and The End is Nigh to Nintendo’s platform. Now, some of these games can seem a little on the pricey side—like the 14-year-old Cave Story going for...
News Grab Zelda, ARMS, FIFA 18 And More In The Big eShop Sale On 3DS, Wii U And Switch
Bag an EU bargain
With the Nindies Showcase arriving this week (later today, to be exact), what better way to celebrate than some much-needed discounts? Across the European Switch, Wii U and 3DS eShops over 140 titles that have had their prices slashed - including some of the biggest titles to feature on all three platforms. Here are some...
News Last Year Was Particularly Good For Pokémon Sales In Europe
It's super effective!
Sometimes it's easy to just think of Pokémon as a very successful video game franchise, with recent releases such as Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon on 3DS and Pokémon GO on mobile both performing really well. Of course, the Pokémon franchise is so much more than just video games and today we got an update from...
News Nintendo Switch Is Now The Fast-Selling Console In France With 1 Million Units Sold
De bonnes nouvelles
Nintendo Switch is continuing to show strong sales across Europe, with news that the handheld wonder has now sold over a million units in France, making it the fastest-selling console in the region. According to French newspaper Le Figaro, the handheld machine just passed the milestone having shifted 911.000 units in 2017...
News Nintendo Switch Sold The Most Consoles In the US This Past January
A rising tide raises all ships
It’s interesting to think about where public opinion was on the Switch at this time last year. After the Wii U, people were skeptical that the Switch would be able to find a major audience, and the admittedly anemic launch lineup didn’t do much to convince skeptics that things would go over well. Fortunately, the...
News Splatoon 2 Crosses The Two Million Marker As Nintendo Titles Swamp The Japanese Charts
Monster Hunter World dominates the top spot, however
You have to hand it to Capcom, Monster Hunter World still reigns supreme in the Japanese charts according to the latest Media Create figures. Then of course we have the new entries of Dynasty Warriors 9 and Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet -- two franchises which prove...
News Nintendo's Ultimate Ambition Is For Switch "To Be Owned By Every Single Person"
At least they're modest...
With the Switch's success seemingly rolling on and on at the moment, it is interesting to take a step back and think about the long term, pondering over how the console might continue this fortune in the future. We've already learned that Nintendo believes the system can outlive the usual five-to-six year console cycle,...
News Nintendo Believes That The Switch Could Sell Beyond The Usual 5-6 Year Console Life Cycle
To infinity and beyond
Unless you've been living under a very sad and lonely video game-deprived rock, you'll no doubt be aware that the Switch is selling like the very best hot cakes the world has ever seen. In a rather enticing statement, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has hinted at the possibility that the console may be able to take things one step...
News Switch Surpasses Wii U Lifetime Sales in UK, But Its Dominance Isn't As Strong As Elsewhere
Another country down
According to a report from GamesIndustry.biz, Nintendo has now sold over 700,000 Switch consoles in the UK since its launch last March. Following the recent trends happening in other countries, this means that the overall lifetime sales of the Wii U have now been overtaken by the new system in the UK, too. This news also...
News Nintendo Software Dominates The Week's Japanese Charts
Even if Ninty lost the top spot to Monster Hunter World
Hats off to Capcom and the PS4/Xbox One release of Monster Hunter World. The returning co-op-centric franchise has stormed the Japanese charts according to the latest Media Create figures, taking the number one slot from Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (which held the position for just one week...
News Kimishima Talks Nintendo’s 3DS Strategy Going Forward
It’s not going anywhere
The release of the Nintendo Switch was an unprecedented moment for Nintendo, as it represented the merging of its previously separate home and handheld divisions. It was clear from the get-go that Switch would be replacing the ailing Wii U, but the fate of the 3DS has been left up in the air. With no replacement on the...
News Capcom Sees 36.9% Operating Income Surge, Ultra Street Fighter II On Switch A "Smash Hit"
Rolling in Bison dollars
Capcom's financial report for the nine months that ended on 31st December 2017 are in, and they make for some interesting reading - especially if you're a Street Fighter fan and a Nintendo Switch owner. The company posted some impressive figures, including a substantial increase to its operating income of ¥7 billion...
News Olé! Sales Of Nintendo Switch In Spain Have Now Surpassed Xbox One
Microsoft's Spanish siesta
Nintendo Switch has racked up another sales milestone. Following on from amazing performances in Japan and a huge new record in the US, Nintendo Switch is now taking Europe by storm. It wasn't long ago that it hit record sales in France a
News Analysts Suggest Nintendo Switch May Have Sold 14.6 Million, Trounced Wii U Lifetime Sales
If these numbers are true, then wow...
If there's one story - other than the announcement of Nintendo Labo and the divisive response its created - that's dominated Nintendo Switch news, it's how well the console is selling. Wii U has been the benchmark so far, with sales in J
News Nintendo Reveals The Top 30 Best Selling Digital Games On Switch In 2017
With major differences between Japan and the west
2017 was a fantastic year for digital titles on Switch; developers have been praising the system left, right, and centre for generating impressive sales, and consumers have had a wonderful variety of options to choose from for their gaming needs. Nintendo has now released lists revealing...
News Splatoon 2 Has Become The First Home Console Game This Decade To Sell 2 Million Copies In Japan
Switch is squids in
Nintendo Switch has been claiming many a sales record as a console - racking up impressive performances everywhere from Italy and France to an astounding 4.8 million units shifted in the US alone - but what about its individual games? Well, according to some Japanese chart data release last week,
News Switch's Second Year Will Be "Crucial" Says Nintendo President
Kimishima describes Switch as, “a game console with long lifespan”
Nintendo Switch's inaugural year hasn't even drawn to a close yet, and Nintendo, rather wisely, is already looking to the console's sophomore year. And, according to a recent interview with Nintendo president and all-round head honcho Tatsumi Kimishima, "in order to be playable...
News Super Meat Boy's Day One Switch Sales Almost As High As Its Xbox 360 Debut
Food for thought
The good news continues to flow for Nintendo Switch as Super Meat Boy developer Team Meat confirms the game's day one days almost topped those racked up during its Xbox 360 debut... in 2010, no less! Yes, we know SMB is almost seven years old but that's not the point. Xbox 360 used to be the place to be for indies and up and coming...
News Nintendo Switch Is Seeing Record Sales In Both France And Italy
Très bon
Back in December we reported that Switch had reached 10 million global sales in its first nine months, while this is undoubtedly great news for Nintendo you might imagine that this impressive number was mostly down to North American sales where Nintendo traditionally does best. It seems that sales in Europe have been really impressive for...
News Nintendo Kicks Off A Big Sale on the North American 3DS eShop
What a doozy
With today’s Nintendo Direct going a long way toward filling out the Switch’s lineup for 2018, it’s easy to forget about the 3DS, a console which is slowly but surely fading into the background. Still, the handheld has amassed quite an impressive library of titles over its long run, with a pedigree that will probably still take...
News Brawlout Has Passed 50k Sales on the Switch
Smashing
It’s only a matter of time before Nintendo announces something new for the Super Smash Bros. series on the Switch, but in this brief period before that, some indie studios have already risen up with their own unique takes on the fighter’s gameplay. The first of these is Brawlout, a game that we thought is pretty good. And, evidently,...
News Switch Has Beaten The PlayStation 2's Year-One Sales In Japan
Just shy of 3.3 million consoles sold, to the PS2's 3 million
The Nintendo Switch is selling incredibly well worldwide, and Nintendo has made bold predictions based on this amazing first year, with 20 million consoles predicted to be sold in the next financial year alone. That might seem like a bold projection, but consider this - the Switch has...
News Enter the Gungeon Has Been a Sales Success on the Switch eShop
"Surpassing all expectations"
Anyone that's been paying attention to the Switch eShop charts for North America or Europe has probably figured out that Enter the Gungeon has been a popular release. Now Dodge Roll Games has given an early sales figure to highlight how quickly the eShop userbase has embraced the dungeon crawler. Check it out...
News Switch Set To Overtake Wii U In Japan After Less Than A Year On Sale
230,000 consoles sold in the last week alone
The Switch is close to surpassing the total lifetime sales of the Wii U in Japan after less than a year on sale, according to Famitsu. Last week, Nintendo's console sold 230,000 units in Japan, bringing its total in that region to 2,988,399 units. It launched on March 3rd this year. At the last count,...
News Super Mario Odyssey Is Japan's Fastest-Selling 3D Mario Outing
More than a million copies sold in 8 weeks
Super Mario Odyssey is Japan's best-selling 3D Mario game, according to recent sales figures from Famitsu. The Switch epic has sold 1,055,806 copies in its homeland after just 8 weeks on sale, putting it above the likes of Super Mario 3D Land (1,042,511 in the same time period) and Super Mario Galaxy 2...
News Reggie on Mario, Zelda, and Splatoon Sales Performance on the Switch
Wow
Today Nintendo announced that the Switch has cleared 10 million units sold worldwide; no small feat for the new hardware. Of course, the Switch wouldn’t have sold half as much as that if it’s software lineup wasn’t so appealing, and Reggie Fils-Aime recently shared some information on the sales performance stats of Nintendo’s biggest...
News Nintendo Switch Reaches 10 Million Global Sales In Its First Nine Months
Nice going
We've all known the Switch is having a great launch year, simply due to the fact that demand has remained high and prompted Nintendo to significantly increase supply into the Holiday season. Now there's a nice round figure to show how quickly the system has caught on with the public. The company has confirmed that there have been around...
News Switch On Track To Exceed 10 Month Wii Sales By 20 Percent, Says NPD Analyst
"I can easily see Switch outpacing Wii"
We'll spare you the usual intro about how well Switch is doing commercially - suffice to say, it's selling like cakes that are quite hot. The yardstick against which Nintendo console sales are judged is obviously the Wii, the company's most successful domestic system with over 100 million units sold. US Video...
News Super Mario Odyssey is the Fastest Selling Mario Title to Date in the US
Wahoo!
It's safe to say that Super Mario Odyssey has been a hit so far, both critically and commercially. It's been clocking up impressive sales in all territories, and now Nintendo of America has confirmed a notable landmark for the US market. In its first five days on sale Odyssey sold over 1.1 million units in the US, making it the fastest...
News Europe Gets Eight New Wii U and 3DS My Nintendo Discount Rewards
It's time to join the Federation Force!
Everyone loves a good discount and in Europe of Nintendo has slashed the prices of eight Wii U and 3DS games with discount rewards which are now available on My Nintendo. It's a good excuse use up those pesky platinum and gold points you may have been hoarding. Here are the discounts on offer this week:...
