Recently, Nintendo Switch is celebrating its fourth anniversary. While the celebration was taking place, Famitsu, as one of Japan’s most popular magazines, has revealed a list of the best-selling Switch games in Japan.
Of course, in this best-selling record, most of the famous games, such as Minecraft, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and many other famous games have made into the list.
Indeed, most of the record below is a game that has been a while ago. However, as Wowkia mentioned, this also includes new games, such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Here’s 35 Best Selling Games for Switch in Japan
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 6,625,026
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,145,903
- Pokemon Sword/Shield – 3,955,554
- Splatoon 2 – 3,771,338
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 3,656,140
- Ring Fit Adventure – 2,346,098
- Super Mario Odyssey – 2,208,475
- Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 1,846,039
- Super Mario Party – 1,818,405
- Minecraft – 1,806,925
- Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee – 1,772,856
- Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 1,771,235
- Super Mario Maker 2 – 1,065,261
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 1,031,494
- Kirby Star Allies – 878,800
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 745,825
- Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 630,909
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! – 572,215
- Fishing Spirits Nintendo Switch Version – 566,909
- Dragon Quest XI S – 560,075
- Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 555,345
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 536,209
- 1-2 Switch – 483,430
- Mario Tennis Aces – 479,866
- ARMS – 461,056
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – 376,481
- Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch – 363,759
- Pokken Tournament DX – 344,201
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – 341,519
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses – 323,562
- Dragon Quest Builders 2 – 308,893
- Paper Mario: The Origami King – 305,603
- Yo-kai Watch 4 – 303,978
- Zelda: Link’s Awakening – 300,027
- eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 – 284,876
As you can see in the points above, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has sold over 6,625,026 million copies. This itself can happen because the game is very much liked by people today. Not only in Japan, but this game is also working great in other countries.
