Japanese maps: link games form the entire top 20

Japanese maps: link games form the entire top 20

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Update: More map data has now arrived in Japan last week, showing that the Nintendo Switch has managed to claim all the top 20 spots in the software maps. In fact, Switch games make up 28 of the entire top-30, with just two PS4 titles spoiling Nintendo’s party.

An updated chart can be found below.

Original Article (Thu 21 January 2021 13:35 GMT): Famitsu’s Japanese chart lists are now available for the week ending January 17, and it shows that the top ten are once again completely filled with Nintendo Switch titles.

Momotaro Dentetsu is still at the top of the stack in what is becoming an increasingly well-known list; Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Ring Fit Adventure also remain in second and third place, respectively, with other Nintendo heavyweights doing business elsewhere. This is the fourth consecutive week that Nintendo Switch games have taken all ten best positions.

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

  1. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 19/11/20) – 107 064 (1 617 601)
  2. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 20/03/20) – 36,009 (6,553,618)
  3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 18/10/19) – 35,397 (2,237,398)
  4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/08/17) – 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 World Classics (Nintendo, 20/05/20) – 15,295 (601,384)
  7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21/06/18) – 14,430 (1,774,814)
  8. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 21/07/17) – 11,640 (3,743,798)
  9. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 10,069 (1,797,617)
  10. [NSW] Pokémon Sword and Shield (The Pokemon Company, 15/11/19) – 9,882 (3,929,246)
  11. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo, 30/10/20) – 8,283 (521,508)
  12. [NSW] Sakuna: of rice and ruin (wonderful, 11/12/20) – 7,117 (117,058)
  13. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo, 18/09/20) – 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] Pokemon Sword and Shield + Expansion Pass (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 6,302 (188,086)
  16. [NSW] Fitness Box 2: Rhythm and Exercise (Imagine, 20/03/20) – 6,175 (56,055)
  17. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 5,870 (1,019,072)
  18. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo, 20/20/20) – 4,593 (331,047)
  19. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega, 20/10/20) – 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 Coach (Bandai Namco, 17/17/20) – 3,937 (35,990)
  22. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 25/05/20) – 3,530 (105,230)
  23. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 28/06/19) – 3,394 (1,057,732)
  24. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 27/10/17) – 3,253 (2,200,682)
  25. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (SIE, 13/11/20) – 3,029 (165,304)
  26. [PS4] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Wonderful, 11/12/20) – 2,809 (71,161)
  27. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 27/12/19) – 2,773 (357,813)
  28. [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 2,645 (562,051)
  29. [NSW] Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate ‘Best Price’ (Capcom, 11/15/08) 2,593 (123,316)
  30. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 31/10/19) – 2,545 (740,510)

Things are still going to swim for Switch on the hardware front, with another strong week for both the original model and the Switch Lite. Here are this week’s figures, followed by lifetime sales in 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)

Do you have any surprises this week? Let us know in the comments.

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