Nintendo Switch games have dominated Japan’s top 30 list; the first time a single platform has done so since 1988 with the NES.
Famitsu and Nintendo Life have reported the latest top 30 best sellers in Japan. While Nintendo Switch games made up the entire top 10 in the prior week, the week of August 2nd ot August 8th saw games available on Nintendo Switch in every top 30 slot.
You can find the full list (with their weekly and Japanese lifetime sales) below.
- Minecraft – 14,912 (2,102,413)
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD – 13,873 (234,224)
- Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi – 13,798 (156,274)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,615 (3,958,065)
- Ring Fit Adventure – 12,282 (2,734,231)
- Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 10,927 (230,976)
- Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin – 10,135 (205,463)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 8,978 (4,367,573)
- eBaseball Pro Baseball Spirits 2021: Grand Slam – 8,950 (159,492)
- Game Builder Garage – 8,925 (200,100)
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 8,248 (836,565)
- Super Mario Party – 6,780 (1,952,132)
- Miitopia – 6,536 (217,957)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 6,529 (6,844,545)
- Mario Golf: Super Rush – 6,057 (161,785)
- Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 5,077 (762,996)
- Pokémon Sword and Shield – 4,974 (4,099,325)
- Monster Hunter Rise – 4,748 (2,303,192)
- Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – 4,639 (397,154)
- Splatoon 2 – 4,460 (3,915,901)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 4,210 (1,852,012)
- The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles – 3,737 (18,197)
- NEO: The World Ends With You – 3,229 (22,028)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II – 2,853 (New)
- New Pokémon Snap – 2,756 (265,980)
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! – 2,620 (613,725)
- Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version – 2,577 (604,827)
- Human: Fall Flat – 2,447 (168,897)
- Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (New Price Version) – 2,274 (122,574)
- Super Mario Maker 2 – 2,256 (1,116,046)
Out of the above list of games, only seven of them are multi-platform (eight if you include Ace Angler). Japanese game sales data-focused Twitter account Game Data Library notes this has not happened since November 1988; with only Famicom titles in the top 30 (or Nintendo Entertainment System or NES as it was known in the west).
“It wasn’t that unusual during the early 1990’s for the Top 30 to be a combination of Famicom, Super Famicom and Game Boy games, but never just one,” Game Data Library tweets. “This is unprecedented, its the first time all 30 games are from the same system after the Top 30 tracked all platforms.”
The Nintendo Switch has seen roaring success, recently achieving 89.04 million units sold. An analyst for the Ace Research Institute had also previously claimed that Nintendo has an “oligopoly” in Japan, while PlayStation game sales have been practically “eradicated.”
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