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[LordOcidax]

The latest UK boxed charts data is in, and it's a resounding victory for Star Fox on Switch 2, which shoots to the top in its debut week. A lot of retailers had some compelling launch prices for the game that no doubt helped to fuel the physical sales, with many undercutting Nintendo's digital price significantly.

Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition also made its physical debut on the Switch at number 12 this week, with PS5 just about taking the lion's share with 56% of the platform split.

Worryingly, it seems The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales has tumbled out of the top 40 altogether after enjoying sixth position in its first week. Granted, it's definite a niche title, but we'd have expected it to hang around a little bit longer.

Star Fox franchise First Week Sales in UK (Physical)

Star Fox Command (Week 4, 2007) - 3.500
Star Fox 64 3D (Week 36, 2011) - 6.900
Star Fox Zero (Week 16, 2016) - 6.100
Star Fox (Week 27, 2026) - 11.800 (~23.000 + Digital estimates)

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/uk-charts-star-fox-barrel-rolls-to-the-top-and-grabs-the-gold-medal

 

[@gkTH]

Xbox is almost irrelevant there.

 

[RomanceDawn]

Thank you Star Fox! This is the start we need for consistent releases in the future! So glad the word of mouth on this game has been so positive!

 

[LordOcidax]

Looks like Starfox is going to be another "surprise" sales hit for Nintendo worldwide. The game is currently charting Nr 1 on Amazon US top sellers video games and others stores around the word.

 

[Midway-AGNC-]

SUCK IT HARD, STAR FOX DOUBTERS AND HATERS!

This just proves how bad Iwata fucked up with the franchise and how Nintendo fanboys, under damage control mode, tried to paint Star Fox as niche and irrelevant franchise.

 

[Loomy]

Good for Starfox. Shame about Elliot.

 

[LordOcidax]

Good for Starfox. Shame about Elliot.

Stock issues.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

It's a good release date, people want something like this right now.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Looks like Starfox is going to be another "surprise" sales hit for Nintendo for worldwide. The game is currently charting Nr 1 on Amazon US top sellers video games and others stores around the word.

It deserves it. Great remake!

 

[Physiognomonics]

- Not one Sony game in that top 40
- Gamepass successfully taught Xbox customers not to buy any games

Who would have guessed those events would happen?

 

[LordOcidax]

It deserves it. Great remake!

The physical version is being reported sold out in a lot of retailers, and the word of mouth on social media is great. Big sales incoming.

 

[Danjin44]

Star Fox sales it well deserved and Adventures of Elliot deserves to sales more, that game is so well made.

 

[ADiTAR]

It's a fun game tho I'm still getting used to the control, esp difficult for me is that when the ship is in the middle of the screen I can't see my reticule.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Fox in the billion-dollar grossing Mario Galaxy movie and then a game right after was brilliant marketing for that franchise. My kids saw me playing it and said "Ohhh it's a game about the guy from the Mario Galaxy movie, cool!" - I imagine this same thing is happening all over.

 

[LordOcidax]

 

[RomanceDawn]

I really think this game could pull a Luigi's Mansion 3. Not 15+ million over all but just easily be the best selling in the series by this generations end. Star Fox has a certain appeal that I think could out perform Metroid, Yoshi, Xenoblade and even Kirby barring Forgotten Land but maybe that too.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Good for Starfox. Shame about Elliot.

Square Enix notoriously under ships these HD2D games. Especially Switch cartridges. The Dragon Quest remakes were the only ones to get any serious physical shipment.

They've done this in Japan the entire Switch generation.

 

[Woopah]

Well that's fairly positive I'd say. Hopefully Elliot is selling well digitally.

 

[mckmas8808]

I really think this game could pull a Luigi's Mansion 3. Not 15+ million over all but just easily be the best selling in the series by this generations end. Star Fox has a certain appeal that I think could out perform Metroid, Yoshi, Xenoblade and even Kirby barring Forgotten Land but maybe that too.

You think 10 million for Star Fox is possible?

 

[Deerock71]

Well that's fairly positive I'd say. Hopefully Elliot is selling well digitally.

Anecdotally, it's got a 100% attach rate digitally. On my Switch 2 at my house.

 

[LordOcidax]

You think 10 million for Star Fox is possible?

I think is going to surpass 2 million first month, if the game earns the forever green status, between 6-8 Million lifetime sales is totally possible.

 

[Robb]

Awesome, it's a fantastic remake. Hopefully it performs great worldwide so that we get a new game as well.

 

[Witchilich]

Jez is right about the PS5 to Xbox sells not being 6:1. This looks like 10:1.

 

[SupremeJ]

Boxed sales.... Past thing...

Digital x 10

 

[VGA-Games]

Awesome

 

[SupremeJ]

Jez is right about the PS5 to Xbox sells not being 6:1. This looks like 10:1.

No. Boxed sales represent just 5% of total UK games revenue for 2025.

 

[LordOcidax]

No. Boxed sales represent just 5% of total UK games revenue for 2025.

I think that includes the mobile video games and PC market too. Not only consoles.

 

[Loomy]

Square Enix notoriously under ships these HD2D games. Especially Switch cartridges. The Dragon Quest remakes were the only ones to get any serious physical shipment.

They've done this in Japan the entire Switch generation.

Cannot get out of their own way.

I also wonder what the cost of a switch cartridge.

 

[RomanceDawn]

You think 10 million for Star Fox is possible?

For this particular title, around 6-8 million by generations end. I do think Star Fox as a franchise could be a 10 million seller. I know that's more than Donkey Kong and what Zelda used to be but I see the potential.

 

[Dr Bass]

SUCK IT HARD, STAR FOX DOUBTERS AND HATERS!

This just proves how bad Iwata fucked up with the franchise and how Nintendo fanboys, under damage control mode, tried to paint Star Fox as niche and irrelevant franchise.

Maybe that makes me not a fanboy (I've always been a fan, generally speaking) I've said for decades all they needed to do for StarFox was have traditional games in the vein of the SNES and N64 editions and just make them fun to play with new adventures. They are mercenaries. They could take on new enemies every game.

Instead StarFox has been used as a vehicle for gimmicky un-fun ideas. Of course it's not going to sell well when you make a game series dumb and boring.

Anyway, just do more of this Nintendo. Just make fun, well-made, shoot em up SF games and they will sell.

 

[Midway-AGNC-]

Maybe that makes me not a fanboy (I've always been a fan, generally speaking) I've said for decades all they needed to do for StarFox was have traditional games in the vein of the SNES and N64 editions and just make them fun to play with new adventures. They are mercenaries. They could take on new enemies every game.

Instead StarFox has been used as a vehicle for gimmicky un-fun ideas. Of course it's not going to sell well when you make a game series dumb and boring.

Anyway, just do more of this Nintendo. Just make fun, well-made, shoot em up SF games and they will sell.

And the big problem is: Nintendo never acknowledged that. Instead of admitting how they mishandled the franchise and trying again, they tried to blame the franchise instead and alienated their die-hard fanboys to parrot that. But Star Fox is perhaps one of the most famous IPs Nintendo ever created; there is no secret as to why it charted among the top-selling games for three Nintendo hardware generations in a row.

I'm happy to see Star Fox is coming back to the place where it truly belongs and making its doubters look dumb as a result.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

I think is going to surpass 2 million first month, if the game earns the forever green status, between 6-8 Million lifetime sales is totally possible.

That would probably be the absolute upper limit, the price helps it a lot, but 2 million is a lot.

Either way, it's a shot in the arm for the Star Fox franchise, Nintendo has handled this well, from the Galaxy movie til this.

 

[DEAD ORIGINAL]

Wow that chart Playstation Vs Nintendo the big fight and Xbox dead in the gutter.

 

[blacktout]

You think 10 million for Star Fox is possible?

It only has to break 5 million to be thie highest selling title in the series, right? I believe both the OG Star Fox and 64 sold between 4 and 5 million.

And the big problem is: Nintendo never acknowledged that. Instead of admitting how they mishandled the franchise and trying again, they tried to blame the franchise instead and alienated their die-hard fanboys to parrot that.

How did Nintendo "try to blame the franchise?" Did they make any kind of official statement about why they felt Zero failed?

It seems like between the terrible sales of the Wii U itself and the hostile critical and fan reception to Zero, there would be no reason to blame the larger franchise for that game's failure.

 

[zaga]

Fingers crossed for a new Star Fox game in a few years

 

[LordOcidax]

Fingers crossed for a new Star Fox game in a few years

100% is going to happen.

 

[begotten]

Between this success and the incoming film, will be great to see a new resurgence and full-blown new entry game for StarFox. Has to be on the cards now.