10-31-2018, 12:18 PM
A Decade Later Mario Kart Wii Has Now Sold 37.14 Million Copies Worldwide
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<p>Nintendo’s latest financial results have <a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/10/nintendo_switch_hits_22_86_million_worldwide_sales_has_now_outsold_the_gamecube">revealed</a> the Switch has now shifted 22.86 million units worldwide. The system has done so well, it has already outsold the lifetime sales of the GameCube.</p>
<p>While revenue for the company is predominantly coming from its new hybrid device released early last year, there’s a certain Nintendo-developed Wii game from 2008 that’s still earning a pretty penny on the side. Over the period of the last quarter, <strong><a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/wii/mario_kart_wii">Mario Kart Wii</a></strong> has shifted another 40,000 copies. This puts its total sales at 37.14 million.</p>
<p><strong><a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/wii/wii_sports">Wii Sports</a></strong> still reigns supreme as the best-selling Wii game, with a total of 82.86 million sales. Back in July of this year, Nintendo game sales figures for the Switch <a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/nintendo_releases_complete_sales_figures_for_its_million-selling_switch_games">revealed</a> the latest Mario Kart outing – <a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/mario_kart_8_deluxe"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe</strong></a> – had shifted 10.35 million copies globally, making it the second best-selling game on the system so far.</p>
<p>So where are all these Mario Kart Wii sales coming from, you ask? Obviously, there are still new copies of the game out in the wild. At the end of <a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/01/random_mario_kart_wii_made_amazons_top_100_games_in_december">last year</a>, the Wii release was the 83rd best-selling game on Amazon for the holiday season. Not bad for a title that’s now a decade old.</p>
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<p>Nintendo’s latest financial results have <a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/10/nintendo_switch_hits_22_86_million_worldwide_sales_has_now_outsold_the_gamecube">revealed</a> the Switch has now shifted 22.86 million units worldwide. The system has done so well, it has already outsold the lifetime sales of the GameCube.</p>
<p>While revenue for the company is predominantly coming from its new hybrid device released early last year, there’s a certain Nintendo-developed Wii game from 2008 that’s still earning a pretty penny on the side. Over the period of the last quarter, <strong><a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/wii/mario_kart_wii">Mario Kart Wii</a></strong> has shifted another 40,000 copies. This puts its total sales at 37.14 million.</p>
<p><strong><a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/wii/wii_sports">Wii Sports</a></strong> still reigns supreme as the best-selling Wii game, with a total of 82.86 million sales. Back in July of this year, Nintendo game sales figures for the Switch <a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/nintendo_releases_complete_sales_figures_for_its_million-selling_switch_games">revealed</a> the latest Mario Kart outing – <a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/mario_kart_8_deluxe"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe</strong></a> – had shifted 10.35 million copies globally, making it the second best-selling game on the system so far.</p>
<p>So where are all these Mario Kart Wii sales coming from, you ask? Obviously, there are still new copies of the game out in the wild. At the end of <a class="external" href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/01/random_mario_kart_wii_made_amazons_top_100_games_in_december">last year</a>, the Wii release was the 83rd best-selling game on Amazon for the holiday season. Not bad for a title that’s now a decade old.</p>
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