The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Difference between revisions

The game was commercially successful and became a best-seller, with 5.82 million copies (Wii) as of 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|quote= 5.82<br>million pcs.<br>sold|author= Nintendo |published= August 4, 2011|retrieved= September 2, 2017|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111017182453/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2011/annual1103e.pdf |title= Nintendo Annual Report 2011 |site= Nintendo Co., Ltd.: Investor Relations Information|type= Archive}}</ref> plus 1.32 million copies (GCN) as of March 31, 2007,<ref>{{Cite web|quote= {{Exp|Life-to-Date Total, units in ten thousands|132}}|author= Nintendo |published= April 25, 2007|retrieved= January 27, 2012|url= http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2007/070427e.pdf|title= Supplementary Information about Earnings Release, Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2007|site= Nintendo Co., Ltd.: Investor Relations Information|type= }}</ref> sold worldwide. Considering only sales of the Wii version, it is the third best-selling ''Zelda'' game to date, after ''Ocarina of Time'' and the original {{TLoZ}}. When the sales of both the Gamecube and Wii versions are combined, ''Twilight Princess'' was the best-selling ''The Legend of Zelda'' game as of September 30, 2015 with cumulative sales of 8.85 million.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= {{Romanize|『ゼルダの伝説』シリーズ最多の、世界累計販売本数885万本（※）を誇る『ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス』が、フルHDとなってWii Uで甦ります。<br><br>※2015年9月30日時点のWii版とゲームキューブ版の合算値。自社調べ。|“Zeruda no Densetsu” shirīzu saita no, sekai ruikei hanbai hon sū 885 man-pon ( ※ ) o hokoru “Zeruda no Densetsu Towairaito Purinsesu” ga, furueichidī to natte Wii U de yomigaerimasu. ※ 2015-Nen 9 tsuki 30-nichi jiten no Wii-ban to GēmuKyūbu-ban no gassan-chi. Jisha shirabe.||3}} |author= Nintendo |published= n.d. |retrieved= September 2, 2017 |url= https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000019307 |title= ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス HD {{!}} Wii U {{!}} 任天堂 |site= Nintendo.co.jp |type=}}</ref> It was later surpassed by {{BotW}} with sales of the Switch version reaching 8.48 million copies sold as of March 31, 2018 and the Wii U version reaching 1.08 million copies sold as of March 31, 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|quote= 8.48 million pcs.|author= Nintendo|published= April 26, 2018|retrieved= April 26, 2018|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180426193642/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html|title= Top Selling Software Sales Units|site= Nintendo IR Information|type= Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|quote= For Wii U, while ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'' was released worldwide in March and reached sales of 1.08 million units, the Wii U software sales volume during this period was 14.8 million units (46% decrease on a year-on-year  basis)  and  hardware  sales  were  in  alignment with  our  expectations  at  the  start  of  the  fiscal  year, decreasing to a sales volume of 0.76 million units (77% decrease on a year-on-year basis).|author= Nintendo|published= July 14,2017|retrieved= December 11,2017|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180224185843/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2017/annual1703e.pdf|title= Annual Report 2017 <small>for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017</small>|site= Nintendo IR Information|type= Archive}}</ref> giving a cumulative total of 9.56 million copies sold.