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Sales Data Lifetime Sales for The Legend of Zelda Franchise Cross 150 Million, 50 Million+ From Last Two Games Alone

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  • More than 1/3rd of that total comes from the last two releases.
  • Spin offs like Hyrule Warriors/Age of Calamity/Tingle are apparently not being counted, but I think counting those brings the total up above 155 million
  • This data was compiled by @Luminoth9090 using CESA 2023 and CESA 2022 numbers
 
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Linkstrikesback said:
Age of calamity alone is over 4m shortly after launch, so it definitely does.
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Yeah and I know the Wii U and Switch versions of Hyrule Warriors each crossed a million as well

Lugia667 said:
I think SS HD is over 4 million now
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These numbers are updated from the last CESA white book, so whatever numbers are in this report are the latest officially reported numbers we have
 
Phantom Thief said:
Yeah and I know the Wii U and Switch versions of Hyrule Warriors each crossed a million as well


These numbers are updated from the last CESA white book, so whatever numbers are in this report are the latest officially reported numbers we have
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The other thread has SS and LA switch at slightly higher numbers than the chart in the OP.

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Updated sales numbers for Switch titles: Tears of the Kingdom (18.51M), and more (UPDATE: new sales numbers for many other games, see threadmarks)

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/230803_2e.pdf https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html updated sales numbers as of June 30, 2023 (+sales in the last quarter): Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 55.46M (+1.67M) Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 42.79M (+580K) Super Smash Bros...
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Linkstrikesback said:
The other thread has SS and LA switch at slightly higher numbers than the chart in the OP.

famiboards.com

Updated sales numbers for Switch titles: Tears of the Kingdom (18.51M), and more (UPDATE: new sales numbers for many other games, see threadmarks)

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/230803_2e.pdf https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html updated sales numbers as of June 30, 2023 (+sales in the last quarter): Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 55.46M (+1.67M) Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 42.79M (+580K) Super Smash Bros...
famiboards.com famiboards.com
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Thanks, so it’s actually definitely above 155 million and probably closer to 160 million
 
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I wish this chart would separate the SKUs for TP and BOTW, even the asterisks doesn't really cut it for me

.......wait, Crossbow Training sold over 5 million???
 
50 mil in two games is absolutely fucking astounding considering the numbers of the pre-BotW Zelda I spent most of my life familiar with.

But I'm thrilled. I'm all for more Zelda in between the Zeldas that numbers like this prompt.

Síriocaz said:
Skyward Sword is the narrative origin of the series and is also the origin of its commercial breakthrough.
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The origin of the commercial breakthrough as in "we can't have the next game perform like this one did, go sound the 'make it open-world' alarm", yeah.

It's that origin in the same way the hookup you were so ashamed of was the origin of recommitting to the gym and starting the diet again, lol.
 
Wow, Minish Cap didn’t sell that well? Bizarre. Had no idea.

But jeez, Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom blasted open the franchise. What a remarkable change.
 
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Mekanos said:
I wish this chart would separate the SKUs for TP and BOTW, even the asterisks doesn't really cut it for me

.......wait, Crossbow Training sold over 5 million???
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30$/€ and bundled with Zapper. I was this close to buying it too but I played it from a "casual gamer" friend who got it.
 
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Rooster said:
The origin of the commercial breakthrough as in "we can't have the next game perform like this one did, go sound the 'make it open-world' alarm", yeah.

It's that origin in the same way the hookup you were so ashamed of was the origin of recommitting to the gym and starting the diet again, lol.
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Beautiful.
 
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Link's Awekening is as proof as you can get that Zelda 2D on Switch 2 is nothing but sure to be
 
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Phantom Thief said:
  • More than 1/3rd of that total comes from the last two releases.
  • Spin offs like Hyrule Warriors/Age of Calamity/Tingle are apparently not being counted, but I think counting those brings the total up above 155 million
  • While all these numbers are accurate, I am not entirely sure of what the source on this specific screenshot/table is, if someone can let me know, I will edit the OP to credit them properly
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www.installbaseforum.com

Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present

I'm going to keep this thread updated with new, more up to date info whenever is possible. UPDATED WITH DATA UNTIL DECEMBER 2023 独創 What does the following data represent? The data here presented is either financial data or shipment data provided by Nintendo itself directly from Nintendo's...
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I compiled the data from Nintendo's official million sellers list for each platform found on InstallBase. I went through each platform's million sellers and that's how i made the list. As others have said yesterday we got new numbers from Cesa 2023 yesterday which updated some Switch and 3DS Zelda games. These are the increases:

Ocarina of Time 3D: 6.40m to 6.44m
Link's Awakening remake: 6.08m to 6.46m
Skyward Sword HD: 3.91m to 4.15m
Majora's Mask 3D: 3.43m to 3.46m

Series total goes from 151.41m to 152.10m with these additions.

Nintendo only shows sales units for games that sell over a million units so the Gamecube's Four Swords Adventures game is missing. The only reason HW Age of Calamity is not on the list is because i didn't include it, if you want me to put spin offs on the list i will. HW AoC last number was 4 million, any other spinoffs that sold a million? HW warriors did on Wii U i think but the definitive edition Switch version didn't hit 1 million.
 
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Mekanos said:
I wish this chart would separate the SKUs for TP and BOTW, even the asterisks doesn't really cut it for me

.......wait, Crossbow Training sold over 5 million???
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Because they were dual releases and i want to keep TP at 8.85m and in 3rd place instead of dropping it down to 7.42m/1.43m. Link's Crossbow Training was sold alongside of the Wii Zapper which was basically a lightgun accesory for the Wii which had a lot of lightgun shooters or shooters that implemented motion controls.
 
Thinking about it, it is weird how Nintendo never re-released Link's Crossbow Training for the Switch with it's motion controls. It was a good little shooter back in the day.
 
Luminoth9090 said:
Thinking about it, it is weird how Nintendo never re-released Link's Crossbow Training for the Switch with it's motion controls. It was a good little shooter back in the day.
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Yeah I played it right before Tears of the Kingdom and had a fantastic time. For $20 at launch? Hell yeah it's damn good.
 
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Luminoth9090 said:
Because they were dual releases and i want to keep TP at 8.85m and in 3rd place instead of dropping it down to 7.42m/1.43m. Link's Crossbow Training was sold alongside of the Wii Zapper which was basically a lightgun accesory for the Wii which had a lot of lightgun shooters or shooters that implemented motion controls.
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I know that the game was cheaper but it's crazy that more people played Link's Crossbow Training than Skyward Sword.

Now I know why 5M who bought TP didn't buy SS.
I see people who bought like: "What? That's what a mainline Zelda became? Then I won't buy Zelda games anymore."
Of course it's a joke
 
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