Super Mario Party Jamboree had a strong month in the UK and Japan last month, and we’ve now received an update from Circana’s executive director and video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella on how it performed in the US.
As far as Nintendo releases go, it debuted at the top of the Switch charts in October, with Sonic Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom also dropped from first to second place. The Final Fantasy I-VI bundle also jumped from 194 to fifth place!
In the top 20 ‘best-selling premium games’ of the month, Super Mario Party Jamboree started in seventh place with Call of Duty: Black Ops6 top of the charts. Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom dropped from fourth to twelfth place and Sonic X Shadow Generations started in ninth place. Please note that this does not take into account digital sales on Nintendo platforms.
In terms of video game hardware, Piscatella noted that spending fell “23% in October” compared to a year ago, and Switch Dollar sales fell “38% year over year” in the same month.
Another “big story” was the release of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, which is shaping up to be the “launch of the year” on the mobile front, with 22% of in-app spending in the first week coming from US users (via Samuel Aune from Sensortoren).
The latest follows news of the new Mario Party game debuting at the top of the charts in both Britain and Japan. The game was also updated to version 1.1.1 earlier this week.