{"id":124256,"date":"2022-04-25T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-130608"},"modified":"2022-04-25T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T14:15:00","slug":"kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-claims-third-in-march-npd-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/25\/kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-claims-third-in-march-npd-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirby And The Forgotten Land Claims Third In March NPD Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2249f8ef02b6c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2249f8ef02b6c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Kirby Yay\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2249f8ef02b6c\/kirby-yay.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2249f8ef02b6c\/kirby-yay.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Kirby Yay\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The NPD results, which cover game sales in the US along with a lot of other data, are now emerging for March. Nintendo published or distributed two notable titles last month, and their results were mixed.<\/p>\n<p>Though the full public data isn&#8217;t due until 26th April, Axios writer <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephentotilo\/status\/1518578649548705793\">Stephen Totilo<\/a> has shared the non-mobile gaming chart (covering Steam, PlayStation, Xbox and of course Switch), which is based on dollar sales. It&#8217;s worth nothing that Nintendo doesn&#8217;t share its eShop data, so those download sales won&#8217;t contribute.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lots to chew on in the March 2022 non-mobile U.S. gaming charts. <\/p>\n<p>Big caveat is Nintendo and Take Two don&#8217;t share their digital sales, so those publishers&#8217; titles (Kirby,WWE, Tiny Tina) may have done better than it appears<\/p>\n<p>That said, Triangle Strategy launched pretty low <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/duEuIBoFBq\">pic.twitter.com\/duEuIBoFBq<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephentotilo\/status\/1518578649548705793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Even accounting for the disadvantage of download sales not counting towards this chart, that&#8217;s an impressive result for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kirby_and_the_forgotten_land\">Kirby and the Forgotten Land<\/a><\/strong> in third. It had strong word of mouth at launch along with positive reviews, and that clearly converted to strong sales in an important market. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_legends_arceus\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a> are still doing well in the top 10, too.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note, Kirby is also 7th in the &#8216;year to date&#8217; chart.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">US NPD PREMIUM GAMES &#8211; YTD 2022 Top 20 Sellers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YTTDdFniWK\">pic.twitter.com\/YTTDdFniWK<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatPiscatella\/status\/1518584026910527489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Back to the results for March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/triangle_strategy\">Triangle Strategy<\/a> makes its debut down in 16th place (based purely on boxed copy sales). Though it&#8217;s not exactly lighting up the chart it&#8217;s a relatively niche genre, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/03\/triangle-strategy-has-sold-800000-copies-in-just-two-weeks\">globally it managed around 800,000 sales in its first two weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it, some solid results for Switch titles. Let us know what you think, as always, in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NPD results, which cover game sales in the US along with a lot of other data, are now emerging for March. Nintendo published or distributed two notable titles last month, and their results were mixed. 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