{"id":1483655,"date":"2021-11-04T17:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T17:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/?p=21220"},"modified":"2021-11-04T17:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T17:13:30","slug":"mario-kart-8-deluxe-is-now-officially-the-best-selling-entry-in-the-series","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/mario-kart-8-deluxe-is-now-officially-the-best-selling-entry-in-the-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is now officially the best selling entry in the series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro_text\">Nintendo held their latest financial briefing yesterday, revealing the <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/en\/index.html\">latest sales figures<\/a> for Nintendo Switch and its software. Updated records now show that the Nintendo Switch has sold almost 93 million units, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe selling 3.34 million units in the last three months, for cumulative sales of 38.74 million units.<\/p>\n<p>That places Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ahead of previous record-holder Mario Kart Wii, which ended on lifetime sales of 37.38 million. The Wii also sold over 100 million units, and if Nintendo\u2019s Doug Bowser is to be believed [<a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/interviews\/22170222\/nintendo-doug-bowser-interview-switch-pro-joycon-drift-animal-crossing\">via Polygon<\/a>], the Nintendo Switch is just over halfway through its life cycle.<\/p>\n<p>With such a strong attach rate and the Switch gearing up for a huge 2022, it\u2019s hard to imagine that Mario Kart 9 is anywhere near a release date. However, with so many users, could Nintendo instead invigorate Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with DLC? The amount of content added to Mario Kart Tour is massive, and even some tracks, characters, and unlockable outfits would be a nice addition to, arguably, the best Mario Kart game ever made.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Mario Kart 8 in all its glory below, with the official launch trailer. Maybe you can imagine those characters with cool new outfits like in Mario Kart Tour?<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"ZKB9FEXhJ68\" data-embed-type=\"standard\"><img alt=\"YouTube Thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/mario-kart-8-deluxe-is-now-officially-the-best-selling-entry-in-the-series.jpg\">\n<\/div>\n<p>And while you wait for Mario Kart 9, check out our guide to the <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/best-switch-racing-games\">best Switch racing games<\/a> to burn some rubber in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/mario-kart-8-deluxe\/revenue\">Source: https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/mario-kart-8-deluxe\/revenue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1483656,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","type":"","auto_type":false,"post":"","stream":"","stream_url":"","waveform_data":[],"duration":0,"bpm":0,"downloadable":false,"download_url":"","purchase_title":"","purchase_url":"","post-count-all":0,"like_count":0,"download_count":0,"editor_note":"","copyright":"","captions":[]},"genre":[132],"artist":[146],"mood":[],"activity":[],"station_tag":[7271,5706,3620,3625,8899,3741,3806,3859,5692,5566,3643,3822,5223,3648,3829,3831,3658,3862,3863,3660,5488,5436,5631,3837,3887,3681,3729,5696,3869,3690,7772,3696,5700,3874],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station\/1483655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/station"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=1483655"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=1483655"},{"taxonomy":"mood","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mood?post=1483655"},{"taxonomy":"activity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity?post=1483655"},{"taxonomy":"station_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station_tag?post=1483655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}