Japanese Graphics: Animal Crossing Returns To Number One And Breaks New Record For Switch Sales


Animal Crossing New Horizons Switch

Figures from the Japanese Famitsu letter are now from June 22 to 28, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons it has returned to its usual place at the top of the table.

With last week’s number one, The last of us, part IIFalling into the room, several of Nintendo’s popular and current titles were able to get back on the podium. Animal Crossing continues to sell the strongest and has now surpassed a total of five million physical sales in Japan.

As we reported earlier in the week, this is a record achievement for the Switch software. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate It’s the second best-selling physical Switch game, currently totaling 3,737,769 lifetime copies, making New Horizons comfortably lead and distance itself from the pack with each passing week.

Here are the top 10 (the first numbers are this week’s estimated sales, followed by total sales):


one) [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} – 70,552 / 5,004,720
two) [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} – 34,782 / 1,073,514
3) [NSW] Clubhouse games: 51 world classics (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} – 27,323 / 171,620
4) [PS4] The Last of Us Part II (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.06.19} – 25.993 / 204.689
5) [PS4] Remnant: from the ashes (DMM Games) {2020.06.25} – 19.244 / NEW
6) [NSW] Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia (Happinet) {2020.06.25} – 15.242 / NEW
7) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} – 9,338 / 3,005,043
8) [NSW] Pokémon shield and sword (Pokémon Co.) {2019.11.15} – 8,730 / 3,638,993
9) [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} – 7,407 / 3,470,635
10) [NSW] Mr. Driller: DrillLand (Bandai Namco Games) {2020.06.25} – 6.661 / NEW


Switch hardware sales experienced a small boost this week, and the original and Lite models have now reached a combined total of 14 million sales in Japan alone. Here are the figures for this week, followed by lifetime sales in parentheses:

Nintendo Switch: 67,093 (11,697,640)
PlayStation 4: 4,978 (7,621,523)
PlayStation 4 Pro: 2,823 (1,562,532)
Xbox One S: 19 (21,359)
Xbox One X: 21 (20,570)

Nintendo Switch Lite: 26,706 (2,352,673)
New Nintendo 2DS LL: 904 (1,135,580)
New Nintendo 3DS: 40 (5,887,921)

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

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