Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has sold another 6 million copies in some way over the past year

Probably 8 years old*, but Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Keep selling, like this is a brand new game for the Switch. Example: 6.23 million racing games sold Nintendo's last fiscal year (April 1 to March 31, 2024, 2025). This will bring title lifetime sales to 68.2 million units.

For comparison, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold two newer switch versions from Nintendo's previous fiscal year –The Legend of Zelda: The Echo of Wisdom and Paper Mario: A thousand-year-old door. The former regards Princess Helia as the protagonist and has sold 4.09 million copies since its launch in September. Meanwhile, Mario RPG remake rate sold 21 billion units after it arrived on May 23, 2024.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Nintendo's best-selling game of all timeif Wii Sports doesn't consider it as an indie game. However, in all major markets outside of Japan, that small collection focused on motion control contains Wii hardware. Next closest Switch games in sales rankings It is the Animal Cross: 47.82 million new horizons, and the Super Smash Brothers ultimately accounts for 36.24 million units.

Zoom in, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is The fifth largest sales game ever When the sale was released with the original Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U, the racing champions would only fall behind Tetris, Minecraft, Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto V and Wii Sports in that command.

May slow down the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Mario Karting World. In more than a decade, the franchise's first brand new console entry will be held on June 5 with Switch 2 system.

*Mario Kart 8 was launched on the Wii U in 2014.