{"id":116489,"date":"2020-08-07T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/animal_crossing_new_horizons_has_sold_more_copies_than_the_entire_metroid_franchise"},"modified":"2020-08-07T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T10:30:00","slug":"animal-crossing-new-horizons-has-sold-more-copies-than-the-entire-metroid-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/07\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-has-sold-more-copies-than-the-entire-metroid-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Crossing: New Horizons Has Sold More Copies Than The Entire Metroid Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday, Nintendo revealed that 2020 superstar Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/strong><\/a> has already sold a staggering 22 million copies<\/a> worldwide. It’s a total that makes it the second-best-selling game on Switch<\/a> despite only being available for a handful of months, already outselling the likes of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/a> and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In another comparison we wouldn’t have thought to make, this impressive sales total also means that the game has now sold more copies than every single game in the Metroid<\/strong> franchise combined. This quirky fact was brought to our attention by Reedpop’s Christopher Dring, who shared the following message on social media yesterday.<\/p>\n