Historically launch for the Nintendo Switch 2, historical start for Mario Kart World, which literally explodes the figures made by Zelda Breath of the Wild during the release of the Nintendo Switch.
As soon as it was announced last April, Mario Kart World was the subject of a lively controversy. Not because of its content, which immediately attracted many players, but rather because of its price, which many deemed exorbitant as they are exaggerated. In fact, between two calls for boycott on social networks, one might wonder if the title, which acts as a spearhead for the Nintendo Switch 2would be able to meet the expected success. And likeHogwarts Legacythe figures are there to prove to us that between networks and reality, there is a real world.
Mario Kart World explodes all records
Indeed, if we believe the information shared by Famitsu, Mario Kart World would currently meet a much better start on Nintendo Switch 2 than The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild At the launch of the Nintendo Switch. As proof, in the space of only three days, Mario Kart World would have sold 782,566 copies on Japanese territory, against only 193,060 units for Breath of the Wild in 2017. And the most impressive in all of this? These are only physical sales, the most expensive version!
Because as specified by the famous Japanese media, the detail of the digital sales of Mario Kart World is not yet known for the moment. In other words, reality would like this figure to be even higher, to the point, perhaps, to approach or even exceed a million sales just in Japan. Suffice to say, therefore, that we are dealing with a truly colossal success with this new opus, which makes more than quadruple the results recorded by Breath of the Wild at the launch of the first Switch.
A question of context
Of course, it is then always good to specify that the context is obviously there for many. Let us recall that at the time, Nintendo was just out of an absolutely abyssal Wii u generation, while the Switch 2 follows a successful switch generation. Similarly, Mario Kart wants to be a series much more generally than Zelda, as can testify to the 68 million Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Set on Switch – which then make it the best -selling game of the machine.
That said, this obviously does not detract from the feat achieved by Mario Kart World, who then accompanies the historic launch of this Switch 2 generation for Nintendo. Because with 3.5 million units sold around the world in four days, the Japanese firm signs the Best start of its story to date. It should also be noted that in a way, Breath of the Wild continues to contribute with the arrival of his Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, which allowed him to climb to eighth place in the best -selling games in Japan the week of June 2 to 8.
