You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here
News flash: Mario Kart 8 is really popular. Like, really. In fact, NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella has confirmed that it's the second best-selling racing video game in the US of all time. First place? Mario Kart Wii.
The milestone is based on dollar sales and includes both the original Wii U version of the game and its Nintendo Switch overhaul, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Indeed, Ninty has been enjoying some massive success as of late. The Switch overtook the PlayStation 4 as the best-selling console in the US for last year, while Super Smash Bros. Ultimate continued to pull in the punters, setting records in the process.
If you haven't played Mario Kart 8 yet, then you should probably give it a go. Seriously, the multiplayer will take your right back to the glory days of the mid-90s, when four people were crowded around a stupidly tiny TV for some four-player mayhem.
US NPD SW – Mario Kart 8 finishes 2018 as the second best-selling Racing game of all time, trailing only Mario Kart Wii in lifetime dollar sales.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) January 22, 2019
About the Author
