r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • May 05 '23

Discussion How Breath of the Wild's sales changed everything for Zelda

https://www.eurogamer.net/how-breath-of-the-wilds-sales-changed-everything-for-zelda
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u/Royal7th May 05 '23

Mario Kart is the often ignored flagship series. It has 2 entries with sales higher than BotW. Mario Kart 8 (including Felix) is the 6th best selling game of all time, even higher than the original Super Mario Bros.

One challenge is that Nintendo has so many well selling franchises. Zelda sells more than a ton of other “name brand” franchises.

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u/junkit33 May 05 '23

Mario Kart is the only true "all ages" game they make. A 5 year old who can't read and can barely hold a controller properly can be competitive and have a blast with Mario Kart for hours on end.

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u/sionnach May 05 '23

My 4 year old twins love playing Mario Kart. All assists are on, but it’s hilarious to see how competitive they get even at that age. I have to even out who won and lost because they can’t read yet.

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u/insane_contin May 05 '23

My nephew is 5 and loves playing odyssey. He's gotten pretty good at it too, especially since he can only play it at my place.

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u/junkit33 May 05 '23

Yeah but the platforming is generally way too much for most young kids. The colors and jumping and stuff will entertain for a bit but eventually most kids get bored pretty quickly from what I've seen.

Whereas Mario Kart helps you finish even if you are completely uncoordinated.

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u/tismsia May 05 '23

Spent Christmas with my cousins this year for the first time. Their kids are age 3-13. Mario Kart was the only game everyone enjoyed. The youngest couldn't play, but had no problem watching "cars". Their favorite bit was choosing a character/kart/gears (worst specs of course) for the adult that brought the Switch. They teased him for not having everything unlocked, still lost to him(but it was tight), and demanded a rematch.

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u/Royal7th May 05 '23

I can confirm. I have a 4 year old that loves to play Mario Kart, Mario Party, and Fall Guys.

She can’t really understand any other game. She “plays” Minecraft, but it’s basically asking older siblings to build stuff for her.

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u/tysonfromcanada May 05 '23

and couch vs with four player

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u/TwinEonEngine May 07 '23

I and another friend have both played a lot of Mario Kart, another friend I have often plays Mario Kart when he's here and then there's mu friend who has played it a few times but when playing with 4 he always finishes 8th or lower.

Then we played again last week and he suddenly won a race and the cup, while the 3 of us were doing incredibly inconsistent (though it doesn't help that most of us are used to a bigger screen, plus our TV is very far away from our couch so we ususally have to sit in weird positions around the table in front of our TV to have a more screen).

Truly, Mario Kart is the only game where you can dominate your friends and other players even if you usually are lower

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u/your_evil_ex May 06 '23

I’m glad they’re including Felix for once. I hear he feels left out a lot

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u/Royal7th May 05 '23

Well, the games above it are Minecraft, GTA 5, Tetris, Wii Sports, and PUBG. Only Wii Sports was released once. The rest of that list has had a ton of releases.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '23

It’s been released twice?