
Updating: More map data for last week has now arrived in Japan, showing that the Nintendo Switch has managed to claim all of the top 20 places in the software maps. In fact, Switch games make up 28 of the entire top 30, with just two PS4 titles ruining Nintendo’s party.
An updated chart can be found below.
Original article (Thu January 21, 2021 13:35 GMT): Famitsu’s Japanese charts are now in for the week ending January 17, showing that the top ten is once again fully stocked with Nintendo Switch titles.
Momotaro Dentetsu is still at the top of the stack in what is becoming an increasingly familiar list; Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Ring Fit Adventure also remain in second and third place respectively, while other Nintendo heavyweights do the business elsewhere. This is the fourth week in a row that Nintendo Switch games have taken all ten of the top spots.
Here are the top 30 (first numbers are this week’s estimated sales, followed by total sales):
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 107064 (1617601)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 3/20/20) – 36,009 (6,553,618)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 35,397 (2,237,398)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 26,636 (3,601,699)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 07/12/18) – 17,099 (4,109,327)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Global Classics (Nintendo, 5/6/20) – 15,295 (601,384)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 14,430 (1,774,814)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 7/21/17) – 11,640 (3,743,798)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 5/10/18) – 10069 (1,797,617)
- [NSW] Pokémon Sword and Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 9,882 (3,929,246)
- [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo, 10/30/20) – 8,283 (521,508)
- [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous, 12/11/20) – 7,117 (117058)
- [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo, 9/18/20) – 6,623 (543,257)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 3/3/17) – 6,339 (1,755,290)
- [NSW] Pokemon Sword and Shield + Expansion Pass (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 6,302 (188886)
- [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Imagineer, 3/12/20) – 6,175 (56,055)
- [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 11/01/19) – 5,870 (1,019,072)
- [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo, 11/20/20) – 4,593 (331,047)
- [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega, 10/12/20) – 4,453 (81545)
- [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 4/12/20) – 4,270 (50,841)
- [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco, 12/17/20) – 3,937 (35,990)
- [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 6/25/20) – 3,530 (105,230)
- [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 3,394 (1,057,732)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,253 (2,200,682)
- [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (SIE, 11/13/20) – 3,029 (165,304)
- [PS4] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous, 12/11/20) – 2,809 (71,161)
- [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 2,773 (357813)
- [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 7/25/19) – 2,645 (562051)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate ‘Best Price’ (Capcom, 11/15/08) 2,593 (123,316)
- [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 2,545 (740,510)
Switch is still doing well on the hardware front, with another strong week for both the original model and the Switch Lite. Here are this week’s numbers, followed by total sales in parentheses:
- Switch – 142,748 (14,789,817)
- Switch Lite – 27,943 (3,200,965)
- PlayStation 5 – 6,496 (230,645)
- PlayStation 4 – 3,405 (7,743,443)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 832 (53,629)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 546 (1,152,567)
- Xbox Series X – 143 (25,180)
- Xbox Series S – 17 (6647)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 17 (1,575,565)
Any surprises this week? Let us know in the comments.