© NintendoAccording to the latest Famitsu sales list, the new Nintendo release: Paper Mario: The Origami King – sold 109,092 copies in its first week in Japan. It debuted second, with the exclusive PlayStation 4 Ghost of tsushima taking the first place.
However, how does this particular entry compare to the previous weeks of Paper Mario’s release? According to the Game Data Library, it ranks fifth overall in terms of opening week physical sales. The best launch is for Super Paper Mario in Wii (2007), the second place goes to Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (2004), third is Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012), and fourth place is the original Nintendo 64 (2000) release.
Beneath the King of Origami is the title of Wii U 2016 Paper Mario: Color Splash. Here is the GDL sales breakdown:
| System | Title | First week of sales | Lifetime sales | Release date |
| Wii | Super Paper Mario | 156,055 | 506,298 | 2007 |
| GCN | Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door | 137,750 | 409,600 | 2004 |
| 3DS | Paper Mario: Sticker Star | 130,009 | 564,823 | 2012 |
| N64 | Paper Mario | 118,322 | 425,609 | 2000 |
| Change | Paper Mario: The Origami King | 109,092 | _ _ | 2020 |
| Wii U | Paper Mario: Color Splash | 28,436 | 63,056 | 2016 |
Of course, this data does not include the digital sales of Paper Mario: The Origami King on Switch eShop. If this was taken into account, may They’ve outperformed previous entries in their opening week, and note that sales of digital games on Nintendo platforms are now stronger than ever.
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