TOP 3 GAMES PER CONSOLE
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Wii Sports had to be split in half since it was skewing the graph too much.
TOP 3 GAMES PER FRANCHISE
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
2D MARIO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
A bit surprising how Mario Maker 2 did in comparison to NSMBUDX. I personally expected the game to take-off after the success of the original and the widespread popularity of the Switch, but it wasn't the case at all. Might be one of the franchises with the least growth factor from the WiiU > Switch transition (Mario, Zelda, Smash, Kart, Kirby, Party, Tennis all saw substantial increases in comparison). Game will probably still receive additional content in the form of free updates, but I think sales are probably capped around 8-9 million.
3D MARIO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
There are some rumours of a 3D World port and it's likely Nintendo is not too far from a Odyssey sequel either, so I will be interesting to see how far Odyssey will be able to go.
ANIMAL CROSSING SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
I'm expecting New Horizons to vastly outperform New Leaf when it's all said and done, but during the next Earnings Release there will be only 10 days of sales accounted for. Animal Crossing is the type of franchise with massive legs and with the planned updates & DLC the game should be selling until the Switch era is over.
DONKEY KONG SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
FIRE EMBLEM SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Only includes Western released titles
Three Houses will soon become the highest selling entry in the franchise, consolidating even more the status of Fire Emblem among Nintendo's portfolio.
F-ZERO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
**F-Zero GX info source
KIRBY SALES
Blue = Handheld Console; Yellow = Home Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
LUIGI'S MANSION SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Luigi's Mansion 3 has in my opinion been of the biggest surprises of last year. Dark Moon performed really well, but I wasn't expecting the latest entry to have such staying power in the charts. Game has been consistently charting in most regions since last year.
MARIO KART SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
No idea how Nintendo will handle this franchise this year. Deluxe is still selling incredibly well but at the same point it's likely they started working on Mario Kart 9 before all this success.
MARIO PARTY SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Another Switch game soon to be the highest selling entry in the franchise. I expected some kind of post-launch support but have the impression Nintendo has been working on a sequel.
MARIO RPG SALES
Blue = Paper Mario ; Yellow = Mario & Luigi
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
MARIO TENNIS SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
METROID SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
PIKMIN SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
POKEMON SALES
Blue = Original Version ; Yellow = Third Version ; Green = Remake
16m in 45 days is an insane number, even for a franchise such as Pokemon. Noteworthy how Sword & Shield was able to achieve this even at a significantly higher price. With the model-change from third game to DLC support, it's expected the game will have even higher legs than the previous entries. Wonder if the game will surpass Gold & Silver in the next couple years.
SMASH BROS SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
SPLATOON & ARMS SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
*ARMS should be Green
STAR FOX SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
WARIO SALES
Blue = Wario Land ; Yellow = Wario Ware
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
YOSHI SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
ZELDA SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Of all the charts in this post, the Zelda one is the most noteworthy to me. The franchise has always been commercially successful but never to this extent. Expectations for BotW 2 will be huge, I'm very curious to see how that game will perform. Awakening has performed quite well so far, even though this chart only includes new entries I felt the game was worth including for time sake. Might spit it afterwards.
NINTENDO HARDWARE SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Even after three years, the turnaround from the WiiU to the Switch is still amazing to me.
All graphs based on OP.
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Wii Sports had to be split in half since it was skewing the graph too much.
TOP 3 GAMES PER FRANCHISE
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
2D MARIO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
A bit surprising how Mario Maker 2 did in comparison to NSMBUDX. I personally expected the game to take-off after the success of the original and the widespread popularity of the Switch, but it wasn't the case at all. Might be one of the franchises with the least growth factor from the WiiU > Switch transition (Mario, Zelda, Smash, Kart, Kirby, Party, Tennis all saw substantial increases in comparison). Game will probably still receive additional content in the form of free updates, but I think sales are probably capped around 8-9 million.
3D MARIO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
There are some rumours of a 3D World port and it's likely Nintendo is not too far from a Odyssey sequel either, so I will be interesting to see how far Odyssey will be able to go.
ANIMAL CROSSING SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
I'm expecting New Horizons to vastly outperform New Leaf when it's all said and done, but during the next Earnings Release there will be only 10 days of sales accounted for. Animal Crossing is the type of franchise with massive legs and with the planned updates & DLC the game should be selling until the Switch era is over.
DONKEY KONG SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
FIRE EMBLEM SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Only includes Western released titles
Three Houses will soon become the highest selling entry in the franchise, consolidating even more the status of Fire Emblem among Nintendo's portfolio.
F-ZERO SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
**F-Zero GX info source
KIRBY SALES
Blue = Handheld Console; Yellow = Home Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
LUIGI'S MANSION SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Luigi's Mansion 3 has in my opinion been of the biggest surprises of last year. Dark Moon performed really well, but I wasn't expecting the latest entry to have such staying power in the charts. Game has been consistently charting in most regions since last year.
MARIO KART SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
No idea how Nintendo will handle this franchise this year. Deluxe is still selling incredibly well but at the same point it's likely they started working on Mario Kart 9 before all this success.
MARIO PARTY SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Another Switch game soon to be the highest selling entry in the franchise. I expected some kind of post-launch support but have the impression Nintendo has been working on a sequel.
MARIO RPG SALES
Blue = Paper Mario ; Yellow = Mario & Luigi
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
MARIO TENNIS SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
METROID SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
PIKMIN SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
POKEMON SALES
Blue = Original Version ; Yellow = Third Version ; Green = Remake
16m in 45 days is an insane number, even for a franchise such as Pokemon. Noteworthy how Sword & Shield was able to achieve this even at a significantly higher price. With the model-change from third game to DLC support, it's expected the game will have even higher legs than the previous entries. Wonder if the game will surpass Gold & Silver in the next couple years.
SMASH BROS SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
SPLATOON & ARMS SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
*ARMS should be Green
STAR FOX SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
WARIO SALES
Blue = Wario Land ; Yellow = Wario Ware
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
YOSHI SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
ZELDA SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Titles marked with * lack official sales numbers
Of all the charts in this post, the Zelda one is the most noteworthy to me. The franchise has always been commercially successful but never to this extent. Expectations for BotW 2 will be huge, I'm very curious to see how that game will perform. Awakening has performed quite well so far, even though this chart only includes new entries I felt the game was worth including for time sake. Might spit it afterwards.
NINTENDO HARDWARE SALES
Blue = Home Console ; Yellow = Handheld Console ; Green = Hybrid Console
Even after three years, the turnaround from the WiiU to the Switch is still amazing to me.
All graphs based on OP.
