Nintendo Reveals 2010s Million Sellers

I'm actually really surprised that Donkey Kong Country Returns sold over 4 million copies in such a short period of time. Definitely deserves the sales it got though. Retro Studios did a fantastic job with that game.

Oh and what the...Pokémon Black/White cracked the 5 million mark already? This is madness!

That's only one country as well. I bet that game is going to sell over 15 million. I'm not sure if it'll beat Red and Blue's 30 million though. I hope it does.
Also New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold over 21 million in a year O_o that's more than Modern Warfare 2 on PS3 and 360 combined.

I'm stunned by the performance of Layton 3 in Europe/US considering people were talking about how the series is in decline. US sales of Kirby and Mario vs DK are HUGE as well!

L said:
Also New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold over 21 million in a year O_o that's more than Modern Warfare 2 on PS3 and 360 combined.

Total lifetime sale figures are provided where available

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 6,580,000 | 21,280,000

They're amazingly high figures. What is all this floating around about the Wii dying and the other consoles taking lead? I can't see much dying with those figures.

SirLink said:
I'm actually really surprised that Donkey Kong Country Returns sold over 4 million copies in such a short period of time. Definitely deserves the sales it got though. Retro Studios did a fantastic job with that game.

Oh and what the...Pokémon Black/White cracked the 5 million mark already? This is madness!

I agree 100%. DKCR was platform excellence. Retro Studios did an amazing job.

kirby epic yarn was one of my last titles so excited that it sold so good still waiting for the new kirby

yes I am very surprised by donkey kong country returns and I hope they make a 2d metroid

New Super Mario Bros Wii was released in Nov. 2009, so it would have sold 21 million in a year and 2 months, which is pretty respectable.

It should be noted that these are the sales since April 2010 (the start of Nintendo's fiscal year) and not the entire calendar year 2010.

( Edited 03.02.2011 06:47 by Sonic_13 )

jesusraz said:

Total lifetime sale figures are provided where available
Check again...

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 6,580,000 | 21,280,000

Miyamoto and Iwata

Rolling in cash Since 2006.

PMD said:
New Super Mario Bros Wii was released in Nov. 2009, so it would have sold 21 million in a year and 2 months, which is pretty respectable.

Sonic_13 said:
It should be noted that these are the sales since April 2010 (the start of Nintendo's fiscal year) and not the entire calendar year 2010.

L said:
Alright, 21 million is still impressive for 1 year and 2 months. I'm pretty sure that's the quickest any single platform title has taken to break the 20 million mark?

Okay, wow, simply wow!

Seeing sales figures over 25 million units is simply shocking. A game is (generally) judged to be a major success if it crosses the million threshold. Selling 25+ times that is astonishing.