The Labo was not the only Nintendo-related product to appear in the April 2018 NPD sales report. Mario Kart 8, Zelda: Breath Of The Wild and Super Mario Odyssey are still selling. That said, another Nintendo title has debuted on the charts. The April reporting period for NPD ended the day after Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze launched on the Switch. So far, the game is doing very well. Here’s the NPD data:
Software
- God of War 2018
- Far Cry 5
- MLB 18: The Show
- Labo Variety Kit
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze*
- Mario Kart 8*
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Super Mario Odyssey*
- NBA 2K18
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds**
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Monster Hunter: World
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
- A Way Out**
- Yakuza 6: The Song Of Life*
- Sea Of Thieves
- Kirby Star Allies*
- FIFA 18**
*No digital sales included
**No PC digital sales included
Nintendo Switch (physical only)
- Labo Toy-Con 01 Variety Kit
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
- Mario Kart 8
- Super Mario Odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Kirby Star Allies
- Labo Toy-Con 02 Robot Kit
- Splatoon 2
- Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
- Pokken Tournament DX
Nintendo 3DS
- Pokémon: Ultra Sun
- Pokémon: Ultra Moon
- Detective Pikachu
- Super Smash Bros.
- Mario Kart 7
- Super Mario 3D Land
- Minecraft
- Super Mario Maker
- Mario Party: The Top 100
- Kirby: Battle Royale
The best-selling games of 2018 so far
- Far Cry 5
- Monster Hunter: World
- God of War 2018
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Dragon Ball: Fighterz
- Grand Theft Auto V
- NBA 2K18
- MLB 18: The Show
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds**
- Mario Kart 8*
The best-selling games over the last 12 months
- Call of Duty: WWII
- NBA 2K18
- Destiny 2**
- Madden NFL 18
- Super Mario Odyssey*
- Star Wars: Battlefront II 2017**
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Far Cry 5
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins
- Mario Kart 8*
How is Donkey Kong here if it didn’t release until May 4th?
“The April reporting period for NPD ended the day after Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze launched on the Switch.” So apparently the first week or first few days of the month are counted as part of last month’s sales.
The reporting period was April 8th – May 5th.
That really doesn’t make sense but whatever.
Know what else doesn’t make sense? Releasing a magazine in, as an example, May 2018 that says June 2018 on it. Yet here we are today where these two things are the norm.
Yeah it’s still stupid. Very stupid.
Wtf ??? We have been betrayed 😡
I got a 20% off code for any pre-owned game at GameStop. I think I’ll use it to get Ultra Sun next month.
Have y’all heard of those houses they are constructing out of GTA V boxes ? Lol seriously though it’s 2018 and still making best seller lists. Crazy but I don’t even own the darned thing yet 😅
Honestly, I lost interest in the series a long time ago. I just don’t see it as anything other than shiny but pointless features to dress up the same gameplay from the PS2 games. I bought GTA V, and didn’t even finish the prologue missions.
Hate to say it but the same could be said for Pokemon, Zelda, Mario, & hundreds of other franchises that have been around for more than 5 years.
“Hate to say it but the same could be said for Pokemon, Zelda, Mario, & hundreds of other franchises that have been around for more than 5 years.”
Depends on which game you mean. Most modern Mario games have had significant deviations from the last one in the series, BOTW is clearly of a different Zelda mold, and while the Pokemon main series is copypasta, they make a lot of side games that aren’t. Though your point is taken. I was just commenting on it here because GTA seems to be immune to the laws of diminishing returns.
Especially this entry. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say this one has sold BETTER than most entries. We can thank the online component (GTA Online) for that. Online, along with open world, has become pretty popular in gaming these days. Before it, it was platformers, then RPGs, then FPS, then motion controls. I wonder what will be next.
RIP Breath Of The Wild!
What do you mean by that?
Nintendo has not released anything really good in 2018, and it shows. Need new games, not just ports. Ports are good if released together with new games.