Nintendo has kicked off the year with strong sales in Japan, dominating the physical-release charts with Nintendo Switch games and consoles.

The latest data from Famitsu shows that Mario Party Superstars was the highest-selling game for this period, with over 20,000 titles sold to bring its lifetime total to 814,023. Can it surpass Super Mario Party, which came in at number 28 this week? This 2018 title moved over 1000 units itself to contribute to lifetime sales of 2,054,912.

Pokémon features prominently, too, with Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl coming in second place with 13,696 sales. It will be interesting to see how Pokémon Legends: Arceus fares in the next round of data.

In terms of consoles, the OLED model is the Switch of choice in Japan, selling the most units during this period. The regular ol’ Switch follows, with the Lite in third place, and all three topped the console charts overall.

Check out the full list of sales data from Japan below. Which games surprised you the most this week?

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 20,340 (814,023)
  2. [NSW] Pokémon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokémon Company, 11/19/21) – 13,696 (2,468,151)
  3. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 13,347 (4,726,811)
  4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,340 (4,387,139)
  5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,892 (2,485,415)
  6. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 9,257 (7,158,271)
  7. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 7,668 (3,052,106)
  8. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 6,994 (230,422)
  9. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 6,948 (2,577,427)
  10. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 5,301 (911,313)
  11. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction (Ubisoft, 01/20/22) – 5,217 (New)
  12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,691 (1,939,242)
  13. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 4,338 (1,005,727)
  14. [NSW] Pokémon Sword / Shield (The Pokémon Company, 11/15/19) – 4,065 (4,297,172)
  15. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 3,706 (4,018,837)
  16. [NSW] Dying Light: Platinum Edition (Spike Chunsoft, 01/13/22) – 3,119 (8,618)
  17. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 2,928 (1,149,226)
  18. [PS5] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction (Ubisoft, 01/20/22) – 2,651 (New)
  19. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 12/04/20) – 2,506 (180,094)
  20. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,139 (63,909)
  21. [NSW] Splatoon 2 + Octo Expansion (Nintendo, 10/08/21) – 2,139 (63,909)
  22. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 2,126 (230,165)
  23. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 2,006 (1,191,663)
  24. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,944 (2,317,963)
  25. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Imagineer, 12/03/20) – 1,796 (178,649)
  26. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild + Expansion Pass (Nintendo, 10/08/21) – 1,701 (59,125)
  27. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 1,559 (959,632)
  28. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 1,547 (2,054,912)
  29. [NSW] Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition (Bandai Namco, 12/02/21) – 1,533 (53,740)
  30. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,503 (825,376)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. Switch OLED Model – 36,534 (1,030,341)
  2. Switch – 27,609 (17,894,965)
  3. Switch Lite – 13,076 (4,510,554)
  4. PlayStation 5 – 15,729 (1,106,719)
  5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,128 (207,280)
  6. Xbox Series X – 1,620 (75,885)
  7. Xbox Series S – 1,007 (58,453)
  8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 325 (1,181,039)
  9. PlayStation 4 – 14 (7,819,291)

Source: Gematsu