Nintendo has revealed the launch day numbers for Mario Kart 8: Deluxe, which shows the game to be the fastest selling in the series, pushing over 459,000 copies on April 28th alone, reflecting both physical and digital sales, and surpassing Mario Kart Wii's (433,000 launch copies sold) previous record. Nintendo also claims that 45% of Switch owners purchased the game on launch. Nintendo Switch sales are also mentioned in the press release, and at the time of writing, 2.7 million systems have been sold worldwide.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has also received more perfect review scores than any other Mario Kart game ever. With a current Metacritic score of 93, the critically acclaimed title is the highest-rated game in the series in 15 years – tying the overall review score of Mario Kart: Super Circuit for Game Boy Advance.

To continue this strong momentum into the summer, a series of great games will launch for Nintendo Switch over the next few months, including Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (May 11), Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers (May 26), ARMS (June 16) and Splatoon 2 (July 21).

EDIT: Mario Kart 8: Deluxe made it's way to #1 on the UK charts as well, becoming the first number 1 physical released Nintendo game to reach that peak since 2011's Pokemon White. Breath of the Wild itself didn't even reach #1, staying a place behind to Sony's Horizon Zero Dawn.

Source: GBAtemp Press Inbox

 

[LuxerWap]

Well Mario Kart Wii was shit, so..

Regardless, Double Dash is still the best

Wii is still my top favorite, Double Dash!! is still my very first MK game, but looking back at it now, the physics were off from that game. Wii beats it by a mile for me. Lol

 

[Dr.Hacknik]

Wii beats it by a mile for me

Same, but is that a unintentional pun there?

 

[Adrot]

Had a go with MK8 on a store. It feels as fluid as MK7, I really liked it, and it has a fair shake of difficulty (when it's not 200cc). Obviously Deluxe is better with the Joycons and split-screen.