12-19-2018, 02:52 PM
Smash Bros. Ultimate Sets New Sales Record For The Series
<p>The latest installment in Nintendo's mascot fighting series, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/super-smash-bros-ultimate/">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate</a>, is off to an impressive start. The game launched for Switch earlier this month and has already shattered sales records around the globe, becoming the company's fastest-selling home console game in Europe and breaking other records for the series in the US.</p><p>According to Nintendo of Europe, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's total sales in the region over its first three days of availability have been "almost 30% higher" than <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/mario-kart-wii/">Mario Kart Wii</a>, which would go on to become one of the company's best-selling games of all time. Nintendo also notes that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the fastest-selling game in the Eshop "ever."</p><p>Ultimate's had an equally impressive start overseas as well. In its first 11 days on the market, the game has sold more than 3 million units in the US alone, based on Nintendo's internal sales data. That makes it the fastest-selling Nintendo Switch game in the region to date, as well as the fastest-selling entry in the entire Super Smash Bros. series.</p><p>Other Nintendo Switch games have had impressive sales in the US as well. The console's recent Pokemon RPGs, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/pokemon-lets-go-eevee/">Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee</a>, have sold a combined two million units in the region, while <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/super-mario-party/">Super Mario Party</a> has sold 1.4 million.</p><p>Last year's biggest Switch releases have likewise <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-breaks-huge-sales-record-in-the-us/1100-6463977/">hit new sales milestones</a> in the US. <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild</a> has sold more than 4 million units, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/super-mario-odyssey/">Super Mario Odyssey</a> has sold 4.7 million, and <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/mario-kart-8/">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe</a> has sold more than 5 million. Moreover, the Switch itself continues its impressive moment; in November, Nintendo moved more than 8.7 million consoles according to the NPD Group.</p>
<p>The latest installment in Nintendo's mascot fighting series, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/super-smash-bros-ultimate/">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate</a>, is off to an impressive start. The game launched for Switch earlier this month and has already shattered sales records around the globe, becoming the company's fastest-selling home console game in Europe and breaking other records for the series in the US.</p><p>According to Nintendo of Europe, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's total sales in the region over its first three days of availability have been "almost 30% higher" than <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/mario-kart-wii/">Mario Kart Wii</a>, which would go on to become one of the company's best-selling games of all time. Nintendo also notes that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the fastest-selling game in the Eshop "ever."</p><p>Ultimate's had an equally impressive start overseas as well. In its first 11 days on the market, the game has sold more than 3 million units in the US alone, based on Nintendo's internal sales data. That makes it the fastest-selling Nintendo Switch game in the region to date, as well as the fastest-selling entry in the entire Super Smash Bros. series.</p><p>Other Nintendo Switch games have had impressive sales in the US as well. The console's recent Pokemon RPGs, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/pokemon-lets-go-eevee/">Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee</a>, have sold a combined two million units in the region, while <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/super-mario-party/">Super Mario Party</a> has sold 1.4 million.</p><p>Last year's biggest Switch releases have likewise <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-breaks-huge-sales-record-in-the-us/1100-6463977/">hit new sales milestones</a> in the US. <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild</a> has sold more than 4 million units, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/super-mario-odyssey/">Super Mario Odyssey</a> has sold 4.7 million, and <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/mario-kart-8/">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe</a> has sold more than 5 million. Moreover, the Switch itself continues its impressive moment; in November, Nintendo moved more than 8.7 million consoles according to the NPD Group.</p>