To assist get 2025 underway Nintendo revived its Wii and 3DS title Donkey Kong Nation Returns for the Swap. Circana’s government director and trade analyst Mat Piscatella has now shared US chart knowledge for the month of January – revealing how precisely the sport carried out on the native charts.
Donkey Kong Nation Returns HD debuted in eighth spot and was the one new entrant on the charts for January. It was just under EA Sports activities School Soccer 25, with Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 taking out the highest spot. Tremendous Mario Occasion Jamboree dropped from fifth to 14th and Mario Kart went from sixteenth to seventeenth place.
Piscatella additionally notes how Donkey Kong’s gross sales listed below are based mostly solely on bodily knowledge:
“Donkey Kong Nation Returns was the one new launch to seem on the month-to-month prime 20 best-sellers chart, with bodily gross sales alone sufficient to attain the #8 place.”
Focusing in on the “prime 10 best-selling” Swap video games for the month of January, Donkey Kong Nation Returns HD maybe unsurprisingly took out the highest spot, with Tremendous Mario Occasion Jamboree in second place and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in third place. In tenth spot was the MySims Cozy Bundle, which debuted in November.
By way of {hardware}, there have been “double-digit share declines in comparison with a 12 months in the past” on all main console platforms, with Swap taking out second place “in models offered” for the month:
“PlayStation 5 {hardware} spending dipped by 38% year-on-year, with Xbox Sequence declining by 50% and Swap 53%.
“PlayStation 5 was as soon as once more the best-selling {hardware} platform of the month throughout each models and {dollars}. Xbox Sequence ranked 2nd in {hardware} spending, whereas Nintendo Swap edged out Xbox Sequence to rank 2nd in models offered.”
On the cell entrance, Pokémon TCG Pocket apparently dropped three locations, nevertheless it might be tied to the main replace:
“Pokémon TCG Pocket, the most important launch of 2024, fell three locations, however this might be extra of a results of its replace cadence. The week beginning Jan 27, 2025, was Pokémon TCG Pocket’s 2nd largest week to this point by income, as an replace with new booster packs was launched, stated Aune.”
And in case you missed it, Nintendo has additionally launched a demo for Donkey Kong Nation Returns HD, which you’ll obtain proper now from the Swap eShop. And if you happen to’re curious to seek out out extra concerning the Swap model, learn our full assessment right here on Nintendo Life.
