Mario Kart 8 Deluxe And Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Cross Major Sales Milestones

Good for Smash. No surprise with Mario Kart 8, that game literally prints money.

Mario Kart 8 has outsold the console it originated on 4 times over (adding up Wii U and Switch sales).

Madness!

Well deserved for such great games.

I am sure that I will get flack for this and I am not trying to put the author down here, but did you need a separate article for this? I quote the following paragraph from the milestones article which you have linked in this one:

"Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to be unstoppable, racing past 50 million units sold. Up to 31st December 2022, the racing game has sold an incredible 52 million units. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has also surpassed 30 million units."

I am not sure why you would extrapolate an article when it was said so succinctly in another?

Well, personally I still have some interest with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but if I compared Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with other games I played especially the underrated / unpopular 3rd party games, they are more interesting to play oftenly than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in my opinion.

I wouldn't say no to one more DLC pack for Ultimate.

I mean, what is a Switch without these two games?

I still pop into Smash fairly often, mainly for the amazing Stage Builder. Seriously, that mode alone has made me invest lots of hours, and I’ve maxed out the 99 stage limit with almost half of mine and others’. Smash Ultimate got some nice DLC but I can’t help but wonder just how much better it’d be if they didn’t just focus on characters but more modes besides Home-Run Contest. I still think it’s a shame we can’t watch the character reveal cutscenes in-game!

@Anti-Matter Fancy giving some insight in to what these other games are you’re so fascinated by? You’re not really saying anything by just paying lip service to the article then saying ‘I like other types of games’. Bully for you.

I've never quite found what the attraction is with Smash Bros. I have tried it but just don't "get" it

I do like fighting games as well so it's not that I don't enjoy the genre.

Surely I'm not alone in my thoughts

@MS7000 I agree. Usually I check out Nintendo World Report for sales numbers as they compile everything into a single article but they haven't posted this yet 😭

It will be very interesting to see how Nintendo move past Mario Kart 8.
It can’t be an easy decision or process to deal with.

Mario Kart 8 is such an amazingly playable game. It really is a must have on the system. To say it was a port from a less successful console it really feels like its a Switch only Killer App.
Mario Kart 8, Breath of the Wild, Metroid Dread, Mario Odyssey, Paper Mario (yes I liked it, sue me), Pokemon's, Monster Hunter Rise, Bayonetta 3, Super Smash Bros., Astral Chain.... I mean there are more too, the system is just killer, with quality titles, I don't think anyone can reasonably argue that compared to the competition it's crushed them. Deservedly so.
Don't get me wrong Xbox and Playstation have had some incredible games too, but I feel Nintendo have just had more consistently high quality hits. I'm sure I can be proven wrong on that.

So ... if we sum up the original WiiU release and the revised Deluxe version ... Mario Kart 8 reached 60 million units sold.
That´s really impressive.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Nintendo's second best selling game and Smash Ultimate is their 9th best selling game.

@TheBigK You can look it up on Nintendo's IR website.

@Dezzy70 agreed. It feels like they've put everything into 8. Like they've evolved it into a kind of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate of Mario Kart games. May be they won't do more. I hope they do, but I dunno what they could add to elevate it more.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has outsold the SNES.

@IceClimbersMain It doesn't. But I don't know anyone with a Switch that doesn't have Mario Kart

Legendary games.
Quote from Mario
“Waaaaahoooooo”

@D_Munk
I’m not sure either what they can do to change things up really and drive new MK9 sales.

I want a smash bros melee remaster

I haven’t even touched my switch in the past 6 months.. MK:9 and Zelda TotK will hopefully fix that.. come tf on with MK:9 already.. MK:8 will still sell well

I’ve lost two cartridges of Smash since I got the game, I will of course get it again someday but digitally for sure

I am here purely to ask who remembers the guy who got the #FreeMelee Tattoo

@arabiansanchez
I have very big appetite gaming from farming sim games like Story of Seasons, rhythm games like DDR, life sim games like ACNH / The Sims 4, RPG games from Yokai Watch 3 Tempura 3DS, so I played these games more than playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe since I have bigger interest in those genres (farming sim, rhythm, life sim, RPG).
I still have some interest with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but since I have very low hype with racing games, I rarely played Mario Kart games after I played for more than 60 hours.

@WolfyTn You are an exception that proves the rule: Mario Kart does not need a new release on Switch from Nintendo's point of view.

They will probably wait until they can use MK9 to push new hardware.

As a player, I'd like to wait less time, and for Nintendo to take some big risks with the format: give us adventure mode, bosses, different goals on tracks, different kinds of vehicles (like Diddy Kong Racing, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed).

@MS7000 Besides you, apparently, who does it hurt? Most people skim headlines, or at best, skim paragraphs.

For people who comment, we are going to read more of the article, most of us, but I also appreciate being able to discuss things in a more focused comment section.

@Aventurier me from December 2019 to April 2021 (how the hell did I survive the worst time of the pandemic with just Smash, Luigi's Mansion 3, Tetris 99, Super Mario 3D All-Stars and a single pair of Joy-Cons is anyone's guess).

I really only got it because it was on sale for an acceptable price and because nobody wanted to play the Wii U original. Granted this was way before the Booster Course Pass was a thing.

@aaronsullivan "Most people skim headlines, or at best, skim paragraphs."

So because people skim the headlines rather than read them instead of having an article with all of the information, we should have 10 articles which tell the same information across the headlines?

If the NintendoLife team want to waste their time repeating the same information, then by all means, have at it. I personally feel it gives more clutter, not to mention they have a perfectly good forum if you would like more detailed discussions.

This article feels particularly superfluous when it is following up from an earlier article that said the exact same thing, but in fewer words.

Still play Mario Kart regularly, my kid and i are competing to see who can earn more gold stars for every cup we are now in the 155cc, good game!

@KorGonia
Maybe paper Mario Kart, not sure.
Remember this game has sold millions they won’t want to risk the next instalment selling a lot less.

@MS7000 We can agree to disagree, personal preferences and all.

I'll just add that other reasons to have separate headlines is that the first report was wide-reaching and some people might be only interested in Mario Kart, or Splatoon but see a long article and just skip it and go on with their lives.

Not to mention, NintendoLife is supported by ads, clicks, etc. Glad to support them and the community by scrolling a little further over a few articles I don't care about. I guess completionists would find it infuriating?

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has sold more than the SNES. Crazy.

Maybe they can take all that money from smash sales and make a decent Battle Lobby system in the next one

At this rate we will never get Mario Kart 9...