After just four days, the Switch 2 had sold 3.5 million units, making it the most successful console launch of all time. Nintendo is now reporting it sold just shy of six million Switch 2s in the system’s first month,

Mario Kart World was available as part of hardware bundles, but Nintendo ‘s figures suggest that a number of players bought the standalone Switch 2 console and bought Mario Kart World separately, bringing the game’s total attach rate to 96.7%.

When the Nintendo Switch 2 launched, it did so with Mario Kart World and a handful of other exclusives. Then, on July 17, Donkey Kong Bananza released for the Switch 2, earning rave reviews and becoming one of the year's highest-rated new game releases in the process.