At first it might have seemed a bit strange, but Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is proving to be a critical and commercial success. The Ubisoft game is now Nintendo Switch’s top-selling non-Nintendo title, according to sales numbers from the NPD Group and Chart-Track GFK and reported by Eurogamer.
Back in early September, sales data from Australia and New Zealand showed Mario + Rabbids was the top-selling game across all platforms in the two countries during its launch week. The game was the second most-purchased game across all platforms during the same week in the UK.
Mario + Rabbids has already topped the list since its release at the end of August. Eurogamer also reports Nintendo has picked up the game for publishing in Japan and South Korea.
While Nintendo titles like Breath of the Wild and Splatoon 2 have continued to dominate sales charts, other third party games like Super Bomberman R have been selling well.
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is a strategy game with its roots in XCOM-style, turn-based combat. You pick a squad of characters (including Super Mario staples and Mario-ified versions of Ubisoft’s Rabbids) and face off against a bunch of enemy Rabbids.
We look forward to see how other third-party games like DOOM and Wolfenstein 2 will do on the Switch.