The first sales data for 2018 is in from Japan, and Nintendo has started the year on a very positive note. Seventeen of the top twenty titles were on Nintendo platforms, including the top nine.

The Switch’s Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario kart 8 Deluxe made up the top three. The 3DS took the next three slots, with Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Yo-Kai Watch Busters 2. Then it’s back to the Switch for three more, with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, ARMS, and 1-2-Switch.

In hardware, the Switch remained on top, selling another 146,006 consoles. The 3DS family sold 45,737 consoles.

Overall, the was an excellent start to the new year for Nintendo in their homeland. It will be interesting to see how 2018 fares for the Big N, and we’ll keep you updated as always throughout the year on everything Nintendo.

In the meantime, let us know your thoughts on the way things were in Japan this week.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 117,840 (1,882,709)
  2. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 110,816 (1,508,148)
  3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 82,806 (1,215,599)
  4. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 69,355 (1,477,015)
  5. [3DS] Mario Party: The Top 100 (Nintendo, 12/28/17) – 51,818 (103,999)
  6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Treasure Legend Banbaraya – Sword / Magnmum (Level-5, 12/16/17) – 34,565 (465,985)
  7. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 31,761 (802,811)
  8. [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 25,374 (339,328)
  9. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 21,104 (371,033)
  10. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 5 (D3 Publisher, 12/07/17) – 19,948 (201,414)
  11. [3DS] Kirby: Battle Royale (Nintendo, 11/30/17) – 14,561 (139,564)
  12. [PS4] Call of Duty: WWII (SIE, 11/03/17) – 13,305 (362,009)
  13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 13,208 (357,703)
  14. [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo, 09/22/17) – 12,553 (204,038)
  15. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 12/01/17) – 11,483 (168,200)
  16. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/17) – 9,517 (1,273,777)
  17. [NSW] Summiko Gurashi: Sumikko Park e Youkoso (Nippon Columbia, 12/07/17) – 9,505 (47,989)
  18. [NSW] Snipperclips Plus: Cut It Out Together (NIntendo, 11/10/17) – 9,290 (43,909)
  19. [NSW] FIFA 18 (EA, 09/29/17) – 8,915 (71,698)
  20. [3DS] Style Savvy: Styling Star (Nintendo, 11/02/17) – 8,639 (119,777)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  1. Switch – 146,006 (134,519)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 75,344 (37,175)
  3. New 2DS LL – 28,237 (20,409)
  4. PlayStation 4 Pro – 16,339 (12,456)
  5. New 3DS LL – 12,246 (12,542)
  6. PlayStation Vita – 11,929 (7,970)
  7. 2DS – 5,254 (3,700)
  8. Xbox One – 190 (335)
  9. Xbox One X – 9 (23)

Source: Gematsu