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If you picked up Nintendo Switch 2’s Mario Tennis Fever last month when it launched, you weren’t alone. Apparently, many did, as it was the best-selling game on Nintendo platforms for the month of February on retail sales alone. Behind it were Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Resident Evil Generation Pack, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Resident Evil Requiem, in that order. As you will notice, there are two Resident Evil entries in the top six here. If you combine Resident Evil Generation Pack, which includes Resident Evil Requiem, with Resident Evil Requiem, the Capcom game comes in at #2 for the month. Considering the survival-horror Capcom game came out on the second-to-last day of the month, this is pretty impressive. Meanwhile, Mario Tennis Fever came out in the middle of the month, so it had more opportunity to sell copies.
The Power of Mario
While we were impressed with Mario Tennis Fever when it released last month, it only ended up scoring a 77 on Metacritic, a solid score, but not the best score, especially by Nintendo’s standards. That said, this is usually what Mario sports games score, and like the games before it, Mario Tennis Fever proves that it doesn’t matter how good Mario sports games are; an appreciable number of people will buy them no matter what.
