Nintendo has revealed that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has offered one other 2.39 million copies globally from April by way of December 2025, showcasing unbelievable endurance for the almost nine-year-old Swap recreation. What’s much more spectacular is that this quantity comes throughout a timeframe that noticed the launch of Swap 2 unique Mario Kart World in June.(*8*)
The latest gross sales determine comes from Nintendo’s financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2026, which runs from April 1, 2025 by way of March 31, 2026. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the third best-selling authentic Swap recreation throughout that timespan. In the meantime, newcomers Pokemon Legends: Z-A and Tremendous Mario Galaxy 2 took the highest two spots, with 8.41 million and a pair of.42 million copies offered worldwide, respectively. As for Pokemon Legends: Z-A, the Swap 2 Version added one other 3.89 million copies offered (sure, that features {hardware} bundles), which means along with the Swap model, the action-RPG sits at 12.3 million copies offered.(*8*)
General, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has offered 70.59 million items since arriving on Swap in April 2017. That makes it the best-selling Swap recreation of all time. Technically, the racing recreation first launched on Wii U in Could 2014 and has offered 8.46 million copies individually on that Nintendo platform. As for Mario Kart World, the Swap 2 unique is the top-selling recreation on Nintendo’s new console with 14.03 million items offered.(*8*)
For Nintendo’s final fiscal 12 months, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe moved 6.23 million copies, outselling new releases at the moment in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Yr Door. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Nintendo’s best-selling recreation ever, with one caveat–Wii Sports activities is forward however was bundled with the Wii console. Comparatively, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been bundled in restricted style with Swap throughout previous vacation seasons.(*8*)
In July 2025, Tremendous Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64 director Hideki Konno retired from Nintendo after nearly 4 many years. He was a producer on Mario Kart 8 and in addition acquired a particular thanks credit score for Mario Kart World.(*8*)