According to Famitsu, Japan’s 35 best-selling switch games are in the first four years

Animal Crossing New Horizons© Nintendo

The Nintendo Switch celebrated its fourth anniversary earlier this week. As of December 31, 2020, the hybrid system had shifted 79.87 million units worldwide and software sales are now at 532.34 million units.

While Nintendo has already released the top ten software sales data for the 2020/21 financial year, famed Japanese publication Famitsu has now further broken the data down in its latest release – detailing the best-selling Switch games for the system’s first four years. shared. live in Japan.

It’s not much different from global sales, with many of the same games appearing in the top 10.

Not surprising, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is at the forefront with more than six million sales. Notable mentions go to Momotaro Dentetsu and Minecraft break into the top ten. Breath of the wilderness interestingly, it comes in at number twelve and further down the list there are games like Japan only Yo-kai Watch 4


1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 6,625,026
2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,145,903
3. Pokemon Sword / Shield – 3,955,554
4. Splatoon 2 – 3,771,338
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 3,656,140
6. Ring Fit Adventure – 2,346,098
7. Super Mario Odyssey – 2,208,475
8. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 1,846,039
Super Mario Party – 1,818,405
10. Minecraft – 1,806,925
11. Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee – 1,772,856
12. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 1,771,235
13. Super Mario Maker 2 – 1,065,261
14. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 1,031,494
Kirby Star Allies – 878,800
16. Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 745825
17. Clubhouse Games: 51 World Classics – 630,909
18. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum’n ‘Fun! – 572,215
19. Fishing Spirits Nintendo Switch Version – 566909
20. Dragon Quest XI S – 560,075
21. Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 555,345
22. Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 536,209
23.1-2 Switch – 483.430
24. Mario Tennis Aces – 479866
25. ARMS – 461,056
26. Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics – 376,481
27. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch – 363759
28. Pokken Tournament DX – 344,201
29. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – 341519
30. Fire Emblem: Three Houses – 323562
31. Dragon Quest Builders 2 – 308893
32. Paper Mario: The Origami King – 305,603
33. Yo-kai Watch 4 – 303978
34. Zelda: Link’s Awakening – 300,027
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Have you been surprised by any of the games on this list? How many of these Switch games do you have? Leave a comment below.

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