Nintendo Switch continues to devastate in Spain: 2 million consoles and Metroid Dread beating records

Metroid (Jap. メトロイド, Metoroido) is a video game series of Nintendo. It has its origin in the Nintendo Department Research & Development 1 (short: R & D1) under Gunpei Yokoi, found her early 1986 on the Nintendo Entertainment system and has become one of the largest franchises of Nintendo. The creator of the series is Makoto Kanō, Hiroji Kiyotake and Yoshio Sakamoto, three employees in R & D1. Kanō chucked the scenario and the protagonist, Kiyotake designed for these specifications the designs and Sakamoto wrote the story and acted in development as director.

The success of Nintendo Switch at Spain seems to be far from ending. As the Japanese company has announced today, the console has already sold more than two million units in national territory, where it rises for the third consecutive year as the hardware most bought in stores according to GFK data.

This sales figure corresponds to the three Systems of Nintendo Switch in Spain, including its OLED model, released just a few weeks ago. No concrete data has been given about their performance, but details about Metroid Dread have been shared, making sure that the last adventure of the hunter Samus Aran has sold more than 30,000 copies, a record for the saga.

Best selling SWITCH games in 2021

Mario 3D World has sold 150,000 copies this year The development of Mercurysteam joins a huge list of triumphs of the Japanese company at the Spanish borders this 2021. In total, six of the ten best-selling games in Spain Year are works distributed by Nintendo, with Super Mario 3D World + Bowser s Fury. The extended reissue of Wii U platforms has sold in what is going on course 150,000 units. It is also mentioned among the other successes of the publisher to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe, Minecraft: Switch Edition, Ring Fit Adventure and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD.

Returning to Nintendo Switch, the console has remained unbeatable quarter after quarter this 2021 despite the launch in 2020 of PS5 and Xbox Series X | s. As for Metroid Dread, this Thursday launched a free demo in La Eshop.