The latest game in the Legend of Zelda series, Tears of the Kingdom has broken sales records, living up to expectations as one of the most anticipated games in years.
Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch has become the Nintendo video game with the fastest sales of all time, as announced by Guinness World Records.
It went on sale on May 12 and sold 10 million copies in its first three dayssnatching the title from the record previously held by Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in 2018.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch held the record shortly after its release in December of that year by selling 12.08 million copies in 24 days.
However, it is currently not known precisely how many physical and digital copies of Tears of the Kingdom have been sold. Despite this, with yet another Guinness World Record, the Legend of Zelda series remains one of the most record-breaking video game franchises in history.
Prior to that, Nintendo’s best-selling game was New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii in 2009, which sold 1.4 million copies in its first week of sales and 10.5 million in its eighth week.
This new record also makes Tears of the Kingdom the fastest-selling Legend of Zelda video game in the franchise’s 37-year history. The title was previously held by 2011’s Skyward Sword.
