Princess Peach and Mario vs Donkey Kong Become Million Sellers – Princess Peach: Showtime!

Nintendo’s annual earnings report, which was released moments ago, updated the totals for software and hardware units shipped by the company since its last quarterly report, i.e. inclusive of January to March 2024. The best sellers have continued to fatten their numbers, but it’s at the bottom of the table where the most interesting additions are to be seen.

The report lists two new million sellers: Princess Peach: Showtime! and Mario vs. Donkey Kong, games that fans will consider brand new, and therefore have sold their first million in an astonishingly short time. As for the platform game for all audiences, it took just 10 days to ship 1.22 million on physical and digital, at a pace of more than 100,000 copies per day. As for the remake of the puzzle platformer, it sold 1.12 million in the month and a half since its February release. Two sweeping entries for second-tier games that reflect the Switch’s massive installed base and the power of Mario-derived franchises in other genres.

At the top, it’s back to the usual suspects, et Mario Kart 8 Deluxe which never runs out of gas and has been the best-selling Switch game again this year, with no less than 1.39 million in Q1 to surpass 62 million copies at this point. No other titles sold more than a million in the period, however Animal Crossing: New Horizons has already sold more than 45 million and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate more than 34.

On the other hand, you can look at the performance of ‘Zeldas’, with Tears of the Kingdom already at 20.61 million after placing 330,000 units, and therefore almost 10 million below the 31.85 ‘kilo’ of its predecessor Breath of the Wild with a run six years longer.

Finally, a minor game deserves a mention: Pikmin 4which is already close to 3.5 million units.

Did you expect Peach and DK to reach these numbers so quickly?

Via: Nintendo.