Japanese tables: alternate games make up the top 20

Japanese tables: alternate games make up the top 20

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Animal Crossing Switch New Horizons© Nintendo Life

Update: More graph data has now arrived for the past week in Japan, showing that the Nintendo Switch has managed to claim all of the top 20 places on the software charts. In fact, Switch games make up 28 of the top 30, with only two PS4 titles spoiling Nintendo’s party.

An updated chart can be found below.

Original Article (Thu, January 21, 2021 13:35 GMT): The numbers for the Famitsu Japanese charts are now in the week ending January 17, revealing that the top ten has been entirely populated by Nintendo Switch titles once again.

Momotaro Dentetsu it is still at the top of the pile in what is becoming an increasingly familiar list; Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Ring Fit Adventure also remain in second and third places, respectively, with other Nintendo heavyweights doing business elsewhere. This marks the fourth consecutive week that Nintendo Switch games have occupied all of the top ten positions on the charts.

Here are the top 30 (the first numbers are this week’s estimated sales, followed by total sales):

  1. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 107,064 (1,617,601)
  2. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 36,009 (6,553,618)
  3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 35,397 (2,237,398)
  4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 26,636 (3,601,699)
  5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 17,099 (4,109,327)
  6. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 05/06/20) – 15,295 (601,384)
  7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 14,430 (1,774,814)
  8. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 7/21/17) – 11,640 (3,743,798)
  9. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 05/10/18) – 10,069 (1,797,617)
  10. [NSW] Pokémon Sword and Shield (The Pokémon Company, 11/15/19) – 9,882 (3,929,246)
  11. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo, 10/30/20) – 8,283 (521,508)
  12. [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous, 12/11/20) – 7,117 (117,058)
  13. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo, 9/18/20) – 6,623 (543,257)
  14. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,339 (1,755,290)
  15. [NSW] Pokémon Sword and Shield + Expansion Pass (The Pokémon Company, 11/15/19) – 6,302 (188,086)
  16. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Imagineer, 12/03/20) – 6,175 (56,055)
  17. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 11/01/19) – 5,870 (1,019,072)
  18. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo, 11/20/20) – 4,593 (331,047)
  19. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega, 10/12/20) – 4,453 (81,545)
  20. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (new price version) (Square Enix, 12/04/20) – 4,270 (50,841)
  21. [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco, 12/17/20) – 3,937 (35,990)
  22. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 3,530 (105,230)
  23. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 3,394 (1,057,732)
  24. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,253 (2,200,682)
  25. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (SIE, 11/13/20) – 3,029 (165,304)
  26. [PS4] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous, 12/11/20) – 2,809 (71,161)
  27. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 2,773 (357,813)
  28. [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 25/07/19) – 2.645 (562.051)
  29. [NSW] Monster Hunter Generations’ final “best price” (Capcom, 11/15/08) 2,593 (123,316)
  30. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 2,545 (740,510)

Things are still going very well for the Switch in front of the hardware too, with another strong week for both the original model and Switch Lite. Here are this week’s numbers, followed by lifetime sales in square brackets:

  1. Switch – 142,748 (14,789,817)
  2. Switch Lite – 27,943 (3,200,965)
  3. PlayStation 5 – 6,496 (230,645)
  4. PlayStation 4 – 3,405 (7,743,443)
  5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 832 (53,629)
  6. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 546 (1,152,567)
  7. Xbox Series X – 143 (25,180)
  8. Xbox Series S – 17 (6,647)
  9. PlayStation 4 Pro – 17 (1,575,565)

Any surprises this week? Let us know in the comments.

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