The first quarter period will have been complicated for publishers, given the influx of releases that took place between February and March, with the arrival of very large games that overshadowed each other. Corn nintendo proves once again that its licenses can resist against all odds from the moment they are released on Switch, since despite the traffic jam of releases (especially on March 25), Kirby and the Forgotten World is a new commercial success for the manufacturer.
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It’s the second biggest launch of 2022 in Japan so far, behind Pokémon Legends and above Elden Ring. pic.twitter.com/6Vlmp1tOq4
— Game Data Library (@GameDataLibrary) March 31, 2022
At least in Japan, according to figures reported by Game Data Librarywhich shows that this episode achieves the best launch of a Kirby game in Japan, with more than 380,000 sales. A nice score that allows him to quietly overtake the former number 1, Kirby Super Star Ultrareleased for the Nintendo DS in 2008.
Better, Kirby and the Forgotten World achieves the second-best start to a game in 2022 in Japan, just behind Pokemon Legends Arceusbut in front Elden Ring. If we don’t expect Kirby to exceed Bandai Namco’s game sales figures (since these results only concern the very specific market of Japan), it’s still a very nice score. What give ideas to Nintendo about the future of the license, no doubt.
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