As part of today's financial performance, Nintendo revealed that "Animal
Crossing: New Horizons" sold 13.41 million copies in the first six
weeks of its release.
"New Horizons" debuted on the Switch on
March 20. By March 31 (the day when Nintendo ’s latest financial period
ended), it sold 11.77 million copies. As you can see, this is already a
huge success, and its predecessor, "Animal Crossing: New Leaves of
Nintendo 3DS", has sold 12.55 million copies. The 6 best-selling games
are already numbered on the switchboard (if the sales of "Pokémon Sword"
and "Shield" are combined). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe topped the list with
24.77 million copies sold.
In recent years, the popularity of the "Animal Crossing" series has continued to increase, and
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has emerged in the current pandemic and become a common cultural
moment. It provides players with a way to escape social distance and
build their own virtual community. Animal Crossing made its debut for
Nintendo 64 in Japan in 2001. The series was first seen when the
GameCube version was released in 2002.
To date, Nintendo has sold
55.7 million Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite consoles, with an
operating profit of US $ 3.31 billion, an increase of 41% from US $ 2.34
billion in the same period last year. Net profit was US $ 2.43 billion,
an increase of 33.5% from US $ 1.82 billion in the same period last
year. The sales of Pokémon and Animal Crossing series of games
contributed to this year's strong development.
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has become the choice of more and more players. Nintendo said that
COVID-19 caused some delays in Switch production and shipment, but this
had little effect on the business performance of the year. Nintendo said
that despite the unpredictable COVID-19, production and transportation
seem to be gradually recovering.
At the same time, Nintendo said
it had sold 17.37 million sets of "Pokémon Sword" and "Pokémon Shield"
on the Switch. Animal Crossing sold 11.77 million units (as of March
31st), which is the best start of the Nintendo Switch champion ever. In
addition, Luigi's Mansion 3 and Super Mario Maker 2 also continue to
maintain stable sales. Nintendo and other Switch developers have 27
products during the year and sold more than 1 million units.
Due
to the strong sales of Nintendo Switch and the games running on it, the
company previously raised its profit forecast for the fiscal year ending
March 31. As of March 31, Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite have so far
sold 55.7 million game consoles, and as of March 31, software sales have
reached 356.2 million copies. Nintendo3DS has sold 75.7 million units
and 383 million copies of software.
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