It is perhaps 8 years outdated*, however Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to promote prefer it’s a brand-new sport for Change. Working example: The racing sport bought 6.23 million copies for Nintendo’s last fiscal year (April 1, 2024-March 31, 2025). That brings lifetime gross sales of the title to 68.20 million items.
For comparability’s sake, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bought greater than two newer Change releases mixed for Nintendo’s final fiscal year–The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. The previous noticed the Hylian princess because the protagonist and bought 4.09 million copies since launching in September. In the meantime, the Mario RPG remake has bought 2.10 million items after arriving nearly a 12 months in the past on Could 23, 2024.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Nintendo’s best-selling sport of all time, if Wii Sports activities is not handled as a standalone sport. That minigame assortment that centered on movement controls, although, was packed in with Wii {hardware} in all main markets outdoors of Japan. The following-closest (*8*) are Animal Crossing: New Horizons at 47.82 million copies and Tremendous Smash Bros. Final at 36.24 million items.
Zooming out, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the fifth-best-selling sport of all time when combining gross sales with the unique Mario Kart 8 launch on Wii U. The racing title solely trails Tetris, Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto V, and Wii Sports activities–in that order.
What might decelerate Mario Kart 8 Deluxe going ahead is Mario Kart World. The primary brand-new console entry within the franchise in over a decade will launch June 5 alongside the Change 2 system.
*Mario Kart 8 launched on Wii U in 2014.