The latest sales data from Japan has been revealed, and it’s no surprise that Pokémon Legends: Arceus remains steadily on top. The latest Pokémon title moved another 359,064 units, reaching a new total of 1,783,721 sales. It’s a tremendous debut for the title, ensuring it will become one of the best-selling Switch games over time.
Switch titles make up 28 of the top 30 games, with Mario Party Superstars, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. rounding out the top five.
In hardware, the Nintendo Switch remains the dominant console, moving almost 90,000 units across its three models to take the first three positions.
There’s a lot of love for Nintendo right now, so check out the charts below to see all the details. Are there any games in the list that surprise you? Any that seem to be missing? Let us know all your thoughts on the sales data in the comments section below.
Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 359,064 (1,783,721)
- [PS4] Dying Light 2: Stay Human (Spike Chunsoft, 02/04/22) – 24,160 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 17,503 (850,695)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,908 (4,414,111)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 13,448 (4,753,245)
- [PS5] Dying Light 2: Stay Human (Spike Chunsoft, 02/04/22) – 12,891 (New)
- [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 11,661 (2,494,763)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,090 (2,505,168)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 8,586 (7,175,552)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 7,286 (3,067,125)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 6,489 (2,590,665)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,775 (1,950,647)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 5,319 (922,112)
- [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 5,235 (242,784)
- [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 4,442 (1,014,439)
- [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 4,218 (4,306,197)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 4,018 (4,027,147)
- [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 3,183 (1,155,810)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Best Price (Capcom, 12/16/21) – 2,943 (20,478)
- [NSW] The Battle Cats Unite! (Ponos, 12/03/20) – 2,339 (120,382)
- [NSW] Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (Rockstar Games, 01/27/22) – 2,334 (8,080)
- [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 12/04/20) – 2,307 (184,971)
- [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 2,120 (235,361)
- [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,080 (694,149)
- [NSW] Shikabanegurai no Boukenmeshi (Nippon Ichi Software, 01/27/22) – 2,004 (8,282)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 1,790 (2,058,261)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,770 (2,321,735)
- [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 1,745 (1,195,379)
- [NSW] FIFA 22 Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts, 10/01/21) – 1,621 (66,415)
- [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Imagineer, 12/03/20) – 1,615 (182,762)
Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 43,051 (1,120,339)
- Switch – 29,913 (17,957,209)
- Switch Lite – 19,488 (4,549,842)
- PlayStation 5 – 15,100 (1,143,690)
- Xbox Series X – 3,071 (80,054)
- Xbox Series S – 2,919 (61,970)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,788 (210,536)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 264 (1,181,570)
- PlayStation 4 – 8 (7,819,310)
Source: Gematsu
February 14, 2022
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