Nintendo's latest earnings report contained plenty of good news for the company, including the revelation that the Nintendo Switch has now sold nearly 80 million units worldwide. Even more eye-popping, though, is the news that
Useful for multiplayer tournaments or free-form games like net tag or hide-and-seek. Buy from Nookling. The charming community-building franchise returns for with Animal Crossing: New Leaf. 16.9%: Animal Crossing: New Leaf sales as a percentage of total Nintendo 3DS sales (12.82M / 75.94M) 10.4%: Animal Crossing sales as a percentage of total GameCube sales (2.27M / 21.74M). 1 Current glitches 1.1 Sitting mouth bug 1.2 In-game friend list 1.3 Kimono position glitch 1.4 K.K. Slider bug 1.5 Villager mouth animation glitch 1.6 Fish/Bugs stop spawning bug 1.7 Shirtless glitch 1.8 Stuck moving out glitch 1.9 Holding up Nothing Bug 1.10 In boxes glitch 1.11 Infinite Box exploit 1.12 False campsite visitor announcement glitch 1.13 False campsite visitor claim glitch 1.14.
- Mar 25, 2020 Unlike in previous Animal Crossing games, where you had a single dedicated recycle bin found inside the Civic Center, in New Leaf you can place trash cans in your village through Public Works.
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf amiibo features. All Animal Crossing amiibo™ figures and cards will be compatible with the game. Tap an Animal Crossing amiibo card or figure to invite the pictured.
To show just how incredible it is for an Animal Crossing game to sell 31 million copies, we've gathered some relevant statistics to help put that massive number into context:
31.18 million: Sales for Animal Crossing: New Horizons through December 31, 2020
- 11.77 million: Number of those sales that came in the game's first 12 days on the market in March 2020.
- 31.38 million: Lifetime sales for Pokemon Red/Green/Blue on the Game Boy.
- 30.8 million: Lifetime sales for New Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo DS.
- 35.12 million: Total combined sales for all previous Animal Crossing console games.
- Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (Wii U, 2015): 490K
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (3DS, 2015): 3.47M
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS, 2012): 12.82M
- Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii, 2008): 4.32M
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS, 2005): 11.75M
- Animal Crossing (GameCube, 2001): 2.27M
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Vs. Nintendo hardware share
39%:Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales as a percentage of total Nintendo Switch sales (31.18M / 79.87M)
- 16.9%:Animal Crossing: New Leaf sales as a percentage of total Nintendo 3DS sales (12.82M / 75.94M)
- 10.4%:Animal Crossing sales as a percentage of total GameCube sales (2.27M / 21.74M)
- 7.6%:Animal Crossing: Wild World sales as a percentage of total Nintendo DS sales (11.75M / 154.02M)
- 4.3%:Animal Crossing: City Folk sales as a percentage of total Wii sales (4.32M / 101.63M)
- 3.6%:Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival sales as a percentage of total Wii U sales (0.49M / 13.56M)
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- 35.12 million: Total combined sales for all previous Animal Crossing console games.
- Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (Wii U, 2015): 490K
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (3DS, 2015): 3.47M
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS, 2012): 12.82M
- Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii, 2008): 4.32M
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS, 2005): 11.75M
- Animal Crossing (GameCube, 2001): 2.27M
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Vs. Nintendo hardware share
39%:Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales as a percentage of total Nintendo Switch sales (31.18M / 79.87M)
- 16.9%:Animal Crossing: New Leaf sales as a percentage of total Nintendo 3DS sales (12.82M / 75.94M)
- 10.4%:Animal Crossing sales as a percentage of total GameCube sales (2.27M / 21.74M)
- 7.6%:Animal Crossing: Wild World sales as a percentage of total Nintendo DS sales (11.75M / 154.02M)
- 4.3%:Animal Crossing: City Folk sales as a percentage of total Wii sales (4.32M / 101.63M)
- 3.6%:Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival sales as a percentage of total Wii U sales (0.49M / 13.56M)
Vs. other Nintendo best-sellers
39%:Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales as a percentage of total Nintendo Switch sales (31.18M / 79.87M)
- 41.8%:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sales as a percentage of total Switch sales (33.41M / 79.87M)
- 39.7%:Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sales as a percentage of total Wii U sales (5.38M / 13.56M)
- 36.7%:Mario Kart Wii sales as a percentage of total Wii sales (37.48M / 101.63M)
- 34.1%:Super Smash Bros. Melee sales as a percentage of total GameCube sales. (7.41M / 21.74M)
- 29.9%:Mario Kart 64 sales as a percentage of total N64 sales. (9.87M / 32.93M)
- 29.1%:Super Mario Bros. 3 sales as a percentage of total NES sales (18M / 61.91M)
- 24.9%:Mario Kart 7 sales as a percentage of total Nintendo 3DS sales (18.92M / 75.94M)
- 21.5%:Super Mario All-Stars sales as a percentage of total SNES sales. (10.55M / 49.1M)
- 19.9%:New Super Mario Bros. sales as a percentage of total Nintendo DS sales (30.8M / 154.02M)
Vs. quick-selling first-year video games
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31.18 million: Sales for Animal Crossing: New Horizons in about 9.5 months (approx. 3.28M / month)
- 34 million: Sales of Grand Theft Auto V in ~8.5 months (approx. 4M / month)
- 30 million: Projected first-year sales of Cyberpunk 2077, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg (projected 2.5M / month).
- 20 million: Sales for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in ~7 months (approx. 2.85M / month).
- 15.4 million Sales for Mario Kart Wii in ~12 months (approx. 1.28M / month)
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