NPD Stats Point’s To Nintendo Hardware’s Strongest Year Since 2011

NPD has released the gaming industry statistics for August 2018 and it has shed quite a bit of light on Nintendo’s amazing return to form after their Wii U blunder.

According to NPD’s statistics, the Nintendo Switch has seen a year-over-year sales growth but it wasn’t alone. Nintendo’s retro console, the NES Classic also saw year-over-year growths.

In fact, Nintendo home consoles (NES, SNES Classic included) helped drive part of plug-and-play console’s 400% yearly growth, as Nintendo made comparable sales to that of the PlayStation and Xbox. This makes it Nintendo’s strongest year since 2011*.

As for popular games on the Switch, here’s NPD’s ranking for Switch and 3DS games:

Nintendo Switch

1. Mario Kart 8
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. Monster Hunter: Generations Ultiamte
5. Mario Tennis Aces
6. Octopath Traveler
7. Splatoon 2
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
10. Minecraft

3DS

1. Pokemon Ultra Sun
2. WarioWare: Gold
3. Pokemon: Ultra Moon
4. Mario Kart 7
5. Super Smash Bros.
6. Super Mario 3D Land
7. Minecraft
8. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
9. Super Mario Maker
10. Mario Party: The Top 100

You can read more of NPD’s statistics for August here.

*Corrected from 2001, we apologise for the typo on our part.

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