In the first five days of the game's U.S. launch, more than 300,000 copies were sold, surpassing the record previously held by "Mario Kart 64" and "Super Mario 64". It sold above 1 million units in the United States by the end of 1997, one of five Nintendo 64 games to do so. Sales were considerably less in Japan, where it sold 75,595 copies during the first week of sale. The game also took the #73 spot in "Nintendo Power's" "Top 200 Nintendo Games Ever".