Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sells faster than any Nintendo game in history

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has become the fastest-selling Nintendo game of all time.

[chrisx]

Congrats to Nintendo. I will definitely get around to playing this eventually.

[just_looken]

i agree but the switch is also one of the most sold nintendio devices so toss a new game with alot of hype on a massive player base you should except alot of sales.

[Zhipp]

Faster than Pokemon, though? That's insane

[lukasmain]

Why would it be a Guiness World record? No one else in the "world" is or can possibly get the award besides Nintendo. "The Fastest Ever Selling Nintendo Game". They are the only ones eligible. Isn't it just a Nintendo record?

Well done to TOTK by the way lol

[Tapani]

Probably, because there are tens of thousands of Nintendo games made since 1975, and Tears of the Kingdom is the one that outsold all of them. Switch alone has nearly 5000 titles. Being the one and only is not a feat easily done.

[mkis007]

i mean it stands to reason video gaming is becoming more popular over time not less.

[merlox]

Nintendo has been around since 1889. They've been making games since then. They were making card games since they started. Didn't start making video games until the late 1970's. So they are older than you think. They are still making card games today.

[roadkillers]

I'm sure there are records in Guiness for tens if dozens of other publisher/developers... but Nintendo is so iconic they include them. When I was younger, I would buy the Guiness books. I actually thought that the book included all the records... Not possible, they just include what sells (or in this case gets the most click).

[Outlawzz]

i wouldnt worry too much about how genuine a Guiness world record is. they have some of the most ridiculous awards tbh lol

[Flawlessmic]

Nicely done and well deserved!!

Literally finished it a few hrs ago after a good 90-100hrs and for the most part it's as good as the reviews said it is, although not as perfect as they have made it out to be.

Bosses, temples, the depths and the home stretch of the game weren't great, kinda soured my experience with it.

Hated the depths and the stupid gloom, ends on a very high note, I'll say so I'm grateful cause the last few hrs up to that moment wasn't great.

This game will break a few more records Nintendo I imagine.

[ZeekQuattro]

I can't put the game down. Very well deserved. On to the next record for TOTK.

[Adnanilyas21]

I am the same

[Good-Smurf]

Sad that this kind of success meant that the team can only go open world for the sequel.
As Nintendo just won't allow any other way.
Hope they can balance this out next time but I doubt it, maybe outside dev took a chance at classic style hub world Zelda game instead but the main team stuck doing open world Zelda.

[Zhipp]

Knowing Nintendo I doubt this will be the case.

[Nebaku]

Even in the "worst" case scenario where this is true,

They're consistently making traditional top down zeldas like Link Between Worlds, Links Awakening DX, Tri Force Heroes, etc.

[Outlawzz]

if the devs think a game would be better in a more linear fashion, trust me it will be done. nintendo pay attention to the intended vision including whether its best played open world, linear, top down, etc. Zelda always sells well in either case and zelda has a history of different play styles and formulas so i wouldnt be too worried

[hiawa23]

Well deserved. The previous game sold 30 million which is insane. The Switch has a huge install base so any new Nintendo legacy franchise should have massive sales.

[Nebaku]

I wouldn't say "any". Most Nintendo legacy franchises are not Mario and Zelda.

Metroid Dread for instance sold 3 million. Which is actually big for that series, but a drop in the bucket comparatively. A new Star Fox, Kid Icarus, or F-Zero would likely sell even less.

[aws04]

It's weird to see zelda becomes biggest nintendo franchise right now

[CBaoth]

right, especially since the Japanese have historically shat on Zelda as an IP. But like Mkis007 said above it shows you how popular gaming is right now. Awesome record but a little devalued when Nintendo sells 50 million more Switches than NES's a gen

[shammgod]

TotK is GOAT

[anast]

They are riding the easy train. Copy and paste a game, people eat it up and beg for more. Nintendo has got the actual golden goose.

[DefaultComment]

Nope, you are just riding the hate train because you cant stand the fact that a zelda game is outperfomring eveyone else.

[anast]

Who would hate the golden goose? I sure wouldn't.

[coolastheycome]

Almost all Sony first party games look the same speaking of copy and paste.

[Charlieboy333]

More like dumbastheycome. A true braindead comment from a bleating sheep that regurgitates tired old Xbox fanboy narratives like a parrot. Can you actually think for yourself in life or do you have someone that still tells you what to do...like your mom. So you honestly think that games like Ratchet and Clank, God of War, Horizon Forbidden West, Ghost of Tsushima, Last of Us, Uncharted and Spider-man all look and play the same. Why, because they all share a third person VIEWPOINT? Does Kratos look like Ellie to you? Do you often confuse axes and blades with guns? Or is it the similarity between spaceships and alien planets and feudal japan and samurai that is throwing you off? Wait wait I know what it is....it was that time that Nathan Drake was swinging through New York with his webs climbing on walls and shit. You are so right! I often find myself having to check the game cover to make sure which one I'm playing!

[OMNlPOTENT]

Nintendo created a formula of a game that actually focuses on engaging player experience and providing player driven decisions. The game is vastly different than BOTW, and only an idiot would call it a copy and paste game. The only game in the past 10 years that brought me this much enjoyment was Elden Ring, another game that didn't force the player to play the game in a specific way.

[anast]

Only an idiot would refuse to see that it is a copy and paste game. I can do this too.

[talocaca]

It is a really good game. I have spent around 30 hours playing and so far it's been very enjoyable (certainly better than BOTW, but not as groundbreaking as the original).

My one complaint is that the ancient Switch does struggle to keep up. The frame rate can and will collapse during some sections.

Being mainly a PS5 user, the frame rate and the long loading times are annoying. Hopefully Nintendo has a new console in the near future.

[gold_drake]

well deserved.
game is brill. altough i find myself so invested that i already have 60h in and no where near the end haha

[kindi_boy]

All of that on the weakest platform.... talk about Nintendo magic, on the other hand the 8K console only has 1 game this year.

[Demetrius]

They deserved it this game is good Nintendo is good at not putting microtransaction bs in games and not forcing multiplayer in our faces

[Ristul]

Game of the generation for me, it's on a whole new level. Nintendo really hit it out of the park with this one!

[ZeekQuattro]

Crazy isn't it? People were saying that about BOTW when it came out. Nintendo has done it again. As a diehard Zelda fan I'm proud. It took TP a multi-plat over a decade to get close to 10 million. It took TOTK a 3 day weekend to surpass that.