However, the development team decided to go with "Kingdom" in the title instead of "Dragon" in order to avoid potential hints about the story.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has also reached 20.80 million units sold since launching last year for Nintendo Switch.
Along with its Wii U version, Nintendo's acclaimed kart racer has sold 70.43 million units since first launching in 2014.
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The acclaimed open world action-adventure title is currently the ninth-highest selling first party Switch title to date.
The Switch sold over 4 million units in Japan over the course of 2023, while The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sold over 1.9 million units.
The action-adventure title is also nominated for Game of the Year, alongside Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, Cocoon, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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WB Games' open-world action RPG also topped the final weekly physical sales charts of the year, ahead of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
UK physical sales for the acclaimed Nintendo Switch title are also not far from that of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
"It is true that I think there's always room for thinking about this type of thing and Zelda's role," says Eiji Aonuma.
Series producer Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi aren't in favour of bringing back the ability in future games.
Series producer Eiji Aonuma feels the acclaimed open world title is "the final form of that version of The Legend of Zelda."
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild also continues to perform well, selling 31.15 million lifetime units as of September 30th.
EA Sports FC 24 continues to reign in the top spot, while Forza Motorsport debuted in 23rd place, failing to reach the top ten.
Famitsu's newest sales chart for September shows Nintendo dominating game sales, followed by FromSoftware.
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NBA 2K24 debuted in the charts at seventh place, while Fae Farm ranked ninth. Crime Boss: Rockay City managed 22nd place.
"Whether it's a sequel or a new work, I think it's going to be a completely new game, so I hope you're looking forward to it," Aonuma says.
