The Switch is dominating Japan and the rest and the world and the latest software sales report from Famitsu has proven just that. All of the top 10 titles on the Software Sales were all sold on the Switch. In addition, 8 of the 10 titles were either Nintendo IPs or from a studio that Nintendo owes equity in.
You can view the Japan software sales for December 20, 2021 to January 2, 2022 down below:
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 231,275 (2,393,972)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 206,145 (725,701)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 104,540 (4,323,883)
- [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 89,970 (191,786)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 83,491 (4,662,764)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 78,350 (2,542,546)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 78,311 (7,116,432)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 74,644 (2,440,427)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 46,111 (3,016,499)
- [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 35,411 (4,277,522)
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