Nintendo's latest console has already outsold the Wii U - and in less than a year, shifting over 14 million units since its March 2017 launch, compared to the Wii U's 13.5 million lifetime sales.

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Super Mario Odyssey - Over 9 million copies sold Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 7.33 million copies sold Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 6.7 million sold

The company's financials are a rousing tale of the Switch's success, which is the fastest-selling home console in US history , and managed to sell a whopping 7.23 million units in the last quarter alone, reaching 14.86 million consoles sold at the end of December.Nintendo has subsequently tweaked its forecast for the financial year ending in March, with a 33.3 percent greater operating profit of 160 billion yen ($1.47 billion) from 1.02 trillion yen ($9.38 billion) in revenue."Switch sales during the holiday season were stronger than expected in Japan, the United States and Europe," said Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima at an earnings briefing, the BBC reports.Thanks to the high attachment rate, the Switch has also had stellar software sales:Nintendo has said they expect sales of the Switch to reach 20 million this year.Got a Switch? Check out this week's releases in the Nintendo eShop

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