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Japan: Nintendo Switch series sells 148,690 units this week, Mario Party Superstars tops the list

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For the week of January 3, 2022 to January 9, 2022, the team at sales tracker Famitsu provides the latest charts for Japanese boxed software and hardware. In terms of hardware, it remains the king of the console space for the Nintendo Switch family of systems, with 148,690 units added this week. The best-selling physical game in Rising Sun this week was Mario Party Superstar, which has sold 771,575 total copies since its release in late October 2021. Check out the full Japan sales chart below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 45,874 (771,575)
  2. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 41,354 (2,435,326)
  3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, April 28, 2017) – 32,232 (4,356,115)
  4. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, December 7, 2018) – 32,195 (4,694,959)
  5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, June 21, 2018) – 22,110 (2,462,537)
  6. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 20,747 (212,533)
  7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, March 20, 2020) – 20,634 (7,137,066)
  8. [NSW] Momotaro Electric Railway: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 18,069 (2,560,615)
  9. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, October 18, 2019) – 17,875 (3,034,374)
  10. [NSW] Club Game: 51 Global Classics (Nintendo, 6/5/20) – 10,510 (899,167)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. Switch OLED Models – 79,217 (944,983)
  2. Switches – 40,251 (17,838,225)
  3. Switch Lite – 29,222 (4,480,910)
  4. PlayStation 5 – 8,815 (1,077,994)
  5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,862 (202,695)
  6. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 609 (1,180,225)
  7. Xbox Series X – 185 (73,846)
  8. Xbox Series S – 78 (55,598)
  9. PlayStation 4 – 15 (7,819,260)

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