The primary massive recreation of the Switch 2 period has emerged, as Nintendo has bought nearly as many items of Mario Kart World as precise Switch 2 consoles. In its Q1 monetary outcomes for the three months that ended on June 30, Nintendo reported that it had bought 8.67 million items, with Mario Kart World being liable for 5.63 million of these gross sales. That is nearly as many items bought as Switch 2 consoles bought, indicating a really excessive connect fee.
To place this into context, it’s price noting that Nintendo launched the Switch 2 with a bundle deal that included Mario Kart World. On condition that the sport has an MSRP of $80–and Nintendo hardly ever drops the worth on its evergreen titles–it did make monetary sense to seize the bundle and save $30 within the course of.
The sport additionally has a protracted solution to go earlier than it dethrones Nintendo’s best-selling recreation of all time, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The Switch recreation has reached lifetime gross sales of 68.86 million items, however these are nonetheless very early days for Mario Kart World. There might be some competitors on the best way with Drag X Drive, Metroid Prime 4: Past, and Pokemon Legends: Z-A this yr, nevertheless it’ll be fascinating to see if Mario Kart World will get pleasure from the identical stage of longevity as its predecessor. There are additionally loads of third-party video games on the best way, as this week’s Nintendo Direct confirmed off 25 video games headed to the Switch 2 all year long and properly into 2026.
Total, enterprise is sweet for Nintendo as gross sales throughout the quarter that ended on June 30 reached roughly $3.8 billion and working revenue grew 4% to $378 million. Nintendo remains to be predicting that it will promote 15 million Switch 2 consoles by March 2026, even throughout turbulent monetary instances introduced on by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.