Even die-hard Zelda fans come to the Success of the Tears of the Kingdom, which appeared just five days ago, is no longer amazed. The new nintendo game blasts straight to release all kinds of records and floods YouTube, Twitch and Co. with countless videos and streams that entertain millions of viewers! Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has already broken five (!) hefty records at once, as officially announced by Nintendo – also here in Germany.
Tears of the Kingdom is a Nintendo masterpiece
Even the direct predecessor Breath of the Wild was a mega hit and not only gave Nintendo numerous prizes and juicy ones millions in sales, but also years of attention from Zelda and Nintendo fans.
The new part Tears of the Kingdom tops the switch again, with one more larger game world, still more creative freedom and still more cool skills. You can find out why the new Zelda is so good here in our test!
Tears of the Kingdom breaks all records
In an official press release, Nintendo has already released the most important switch game of the year just five days after the release unbelievable sales figures and shattered records reveal.
In the first three days after the release alone, i.e. last weekend, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (buy now €56.42 ) worldwide already over 10 million times for the Nintendo Switch sold!
Never in Nintendo’s decades-long history as a video game company has a game sold better in Europe. The same applies to Germany, Austria and Switzerland: Never in history has there been a Nintendo game sold faster.
Tears of the Kingdom is the most successful Zelda game of all time
And one more another record broke Tears of the Kingdom in just three days of release: it broke the highest grossing Zelda game release of all time laid down. No game in the Zelda series has ever sold faster after release!
Since the very first Zelda game from 1986 (The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System) until March 2023, Nintendo has sold a total of over 130 million Zelda games around the world. Tears of the Kingdom will drive this number even higher in the coming months and years.
