Do you remember when ‘Tears of the Kingdom’ was released? It seems like ages ago, and yet it was just last year around this time. A complete success that everyone was talking about for over a month, which in the gaming world is equivalent to a couple of centuries. But now, in the midst of 2024, Nintendo has reminded us of its existence with an unexpected surprise: the revelation of how many units it has specifically sold. And they are not few.
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Specifically, the game has sold 20.61 million copies worldwide, an impressive number that places it in 9th place among the best-selling titles for Nintendo Switch. A very diverse ranking, by the way, led by ‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’ and followed by, among others, ‘Animal Crossing’, ‘Super Smash Bros’, ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ or ‘Super Mario Odyssey’.
Come on, Switch is in top form. And thank goodness, because it needs to be this year. After all, we’ve reached the point of stagnation where games are going to be released sparingly. Yes, it has very little left to offer before passing the crown to Nintendo‘s next console, and everyone knows it.
What is clear is that in the new gadget, ‘The Legend of Zelda’ will continue to aim for open worlds, rather than the closed dungeons of yesteryear. Or maybe a mix. Either way, right now the company would give everything to release a game from the saga for Nintendo Switch 2.
Between the two titles of the franchise, they have sold over 51 million units in this generation. And even by today’s standards, that’s a lot. To put it in perspective, both games combined would surpass ‘Overwatch’ or ‘The Witcher 3’. That’s saying something. Now we just need them not to disappoint us in the future, but with the movie coming soon and bringing new inhabitants to Hyrule, it’s very unlikely that they will. Let’s play the ocarina and cross our fingers.
