Nintendo's biggest game of 2018 didn't arrive until December, yet it was still one of the best-selling games of the year

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• "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" was Nintendo's biggest game of 2018 by a longshot.
• With "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate," Nintendo took a big risk on a single game — and it paid off tremendously.
• Despite only arriving on December 7, "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" is the fifth best-selling game of 2018.

Nintendo took a huge risk in 2018 on a single big game — and it paid off handsomely. 

On December 7, Nintendo launched "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" for the Nintendo Switch. In the final three weeks of 2018, Nintendo managed to outsell huge blockbusters like "Assassin's Creed Odyssey," "Far Cry 5," "Battlefield V" and even "FIFA 2019" — all games that launched on a variety of different consoles, whereas "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" is only available for Nintendo's Switch.

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