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SMP is over a million now! And those hardware numbers are insane.

Should have been “This will keep you bee-sy”

This game is at most a 3. Just another example of NL bumping up scores because it's a Switch exclusive. smh

It’s too bad WarioWare didn’t do better. It’s a really good game.

@leo13 Top selling for December and 5th best for the year.

@Neram Sure, anyone can get a tattoo, but only a Pokemon fan would permanently emblazen Eevee onto their skin. And that was after she said she played Let's Go for 15 hours straight. I think it's pretty clear she likes the series lol.

@westman98 No, it’s not the end of the world. Just the end of Europe

@Samwise7 I don’t have any specific numbers, but Nintendo said they were the top publisher for 2018 in the US at the end of November, and that was before Smash sold 3 million in 11 days...

@JHDK I agree, mediocre showing from Nintendo, honestly. And Smash is only 4th. Pretty disappointing.

EDIT: Okay, a lot of people in the comments think I'm actually disappointed. I was just kidding. It's hard to be upset with nearly doubling sales lol. Sorry for being unclear.

@RadioHedgeFund You have a point with the graphics. I don't have any nostalgia for either gen, and I much prefer the sprites to the original 3D models. I still think that an N64 Mini could probably sell better than the PS1 Classic if the price would lower, but maybe not as well as the NES or SNES Minis sold. Either way, I'd prefer those games on Switch - more convenient and cheaper for me!

@RadioHedgeFund Disagree on the modern audiences disliking 32 bit games being the reason for the PS1 Classic's poor sales. I think it had more to do with poor emulation, disappointing selection of games, and a high price point. Nintendo's own classic consoles have been more retro yet much more successful. That being said, I would prefer that Nintendo does not release an N64 Mini and instead releases N64 games as part of its Online Service.

@MrBlacky I don't see the problem as long as NL continues to make new articles. Many people didn't read this site last year, so these are like whole new articles to them

EDIT: New article pitch: 11 NL articles about the Wii U that we'd love to see revised for the Switch.

@SethNintendo You're being a little too hard on the younger gen. This guy is a one-hit wonder, and I doubt that most young people would even remember his name if he didn't constantly repeat it in that song.

tl;dr No, he doesn't have the talent of the artists you mentioned, nor does the younger gen care that much about him.

Truly the end of an era. I expect that, in a decade or so, internet forums will be dominated by posters reminiscing over the Christmas that they found a Soulja Boy under their tree, and the Soulja Boys will be regarded in a light not dissimilar to the Sega consoles of old.

Also, I hate how negative everyone online was about these consoles. Console wars are for immature middle schoolers. Grow up and let people enjoy what they want.

@DockEllisD On the other hand, that's a great objective value. I mean, just the time to download the game alone likely provided more time/$ spent than 99% of the games available

This was generally how I voted, with the exception of WarioWare: Gold as my 3DS game of the year. Happy for Smash and Celeste!

Also, to the people saying that he can’t suggest that they won’t make it, don’t forget that it wasn’t too long ago that he seemed somwhat skeptical that Nintendo would reach the goal.

@electrolite77 Totally agree on NSMBUDX. 2D Mario games frequently outsell their 3D counterparts. Now, I don’t think NSMBUDX will outsell Odyssey, but, considering DKTF has done so well on Switch, NSMBUDX should be a huge seller.

@Octane Every time I try to sit down to try to play BOTW, I just can’t bring myself to start. I used to love the game, but now that I know over 10 million people like the same thing, it’s just not the same

SouljaBoy finally has some competition.

@MeloMan There's a lot of stuff to praise in Celeste. The difficulty is steep, but everything feels very fair and well placed. In some ways, it's like a puzzle game. All of the levels are broken down into individual screens, and it's often in your best interest when entering a new screen to plan how you want to approach the challenge before proceeding. If you would prefer a more relaxing time, the developers put in a pretty robust Assist Mode that lets you adjust things like the speed of the game and how many dashes you have. You can read more about it here:

https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/26/16935964/celeste-difficulty-assist-mode

The pixel art and music are also really good. I don't have any nostalgia for retro games since I didn't grow up with that era, but the pixel art and music here are very nice.

Finally, the story and characters have much more depth than they do in most platformers. Celeste would still be a terrific game without a good story, but having one helps it stand out in a crowd of other platformers with amazing gameplay on Switch.

@thedicemaster Oh, I know that. I was just going for the shameless pun.

Celeste is awesome. I hope that Matt and Matt Makes Games make a lot of more games!

@rjejr Oh, I see what you mean now. Yes, I think 100 million is very possible. Should be a fun ride from now until then

Smash and Celeste are my favorite games from this year.

@rjejr "Wii U and 3DS totaled about 85m and Wii U was an abject failure."

I hear people say this frequently, but the Switch wouldn't have to sell 85 million to be successful necessarily. There would of course be some overlap between those 3DS and Wii U owners, so the combined userbase might be closer to 75-80 million. Plus, Switch games probably make considerably more money than 3DS games, so I would imagine that the Switch would be considered a roaring success if it reached 70 million, especially if it keeps selling large software numbers. Of course, it would be even better if the Switch sold even more

EDIT: I totally agree with the rest of your post btw!

Can we just take a moment to appreciate what a turnaround selling 100 million games in a year would be? The Wii U only sold a little over 100 million games in its entire lifetime, and the 3DS with over 70 million users and 7 years on the market hasn't hit 400 million yet.

So what I think I'm hearing is that Smash is doing well.

@Agramonte Yeah, it's great to have a healthy video game industry

@Agramonte No, the UK chart is right here: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/12/uk_charts_a_solid_week_for_switch_but_smash_bros_ultimate_cant_hold_on_to_first_place

They haven't published the US charts for November yet though.

On a serious note, I’m not too surprised by these numbers. I live in the US, and Smash has always been pretty big here. Couple that with a great marketing campaign and just how good the game is itself, and you have a major hit. Of course, it still feels good to see the official numbers for confirmation

@johnvboy You want a nevative spin? No problem: all this means is that every other Switch game has underperformed. We shouldn’t praise Smash for performing adequately. We should wonder why none of the other games did

@Flipbot “used stuff for pennies”

Literally true. I sold an old version of Madden and got 2 cents! I expect they sold it to someone for around $15.

@Flipbot I’ve seen used Switches at a GameStop. They were sold for an insane $290. Just another reminder of how greedy GameStop can be

@Saego “free to buy whatever they want to buy.”

Assuming they have the $60 of course

@IHateTombs I don't think this is a case of artificial scarcity though. Amiibo sales have been declining for a long time. Piranha Plant has never been a popular character until now apparently. I'm also not sure how many people except Nintendo superfans are dedicatedly looking for amiibos anymore. Oversupply is often worse than undersupply. With that in mind, I'm just don't think it makes much sense to make big supplies of amiibo.

@shonenjump86 Or, better yet, you throw Mario’s head.

The price is scarier than the ghost.

@Ralek85 I see what you mean now. I agree that we need to have an open mind and evaluate these things on a case-by-case basis. Sorry for misinterpreting what you meant earlier.

@brunojenso I definitely agree with you. This particular study does not prove a causal relationship, but there have been controlled experiments in the past that have shown children's behavior can be affected by exposure to violent media. What we expose ourselves too does affect our behavior to some extent.

@Ralek85 It's not that I don't believe in science. It's that this survey does not prove a causal relationship like this article seems to say. Even the authors wrote that playing violent video games is "associated" with violent behavior, suggesting a correlation experiment. It's plausible that more violent people are predisposed to play more violent games and that the games have no impact on their violent behavior. If the authors of the paper want to find a causal relationship, the only way to do so is to set up a controlled experiment so that they can isolate one independent variable (in this case, playing violent games).

Can they really determine a causal relationship just in a study? It could just be a correlation. People who play more violent video games are more likely to be violent, but the video games themselves do not cause the violence.

I really want this since I’m a big Mario Party fan, but I don’t have the money right now (I’m saving for Smash). I will definitely pick it up later on though.

Don’t you all already have a review copy? Couldn’t you just tell us if there are 4 total? It comes out in two days...

@AG_Awesome Indies and more niche 3rd parties routinely sell very well and often best on Switch. And there have been more than a few mainstream cases where the Switch version has done very well. Sonic Mania sold most on Switch.

@Bensei I mostly agree with you, but FE is not even close to being as big as Mario or Zelda. I love it, but all of the mainline games in the series combined have not sold as much as Mario Odyssey or BOTW. That being said, a new FE (along with the other titles you mentioned) obviously still brings a lot of value to the Switch.

@Dalarrun Yeah, I have similar gaming tastes. I don't like a lot of the stuff that's put out by AAA studios these days, but I wouldn't want to begrudge someone that does. And, on that note, it's great to see so much diversity in the charts! There's a bunch of different genres in the top 10. Everyone has something they can enjoy right now.

@Dalarrun Yeah, that's possible. I think I might just be cynical from seeing so many people get upset over little things. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

@Dalarrun Sure, he doesn't have to like them. I'm not even a fan of them myself. But I also don't think he should be upset that those games are doing well.

@Sanquine I just meant the people who get mad whenever a minigame collection is announced. Poor word choice on my part.

I was trying (unsuccessfully) to point out that Anti-matter isn't the only one who seems to hate the existence of games he isn't interested in. It's annoying whenever someone does it.