It took less than a month and a half Animal Crossing: New Horizons to become the best-selling game for Nintendo switch in Japanese retail. This is evidenced by the latest statistics of the publication. Famitsu. As of April 26, the new product was sold in the Nintendo home market with a circulation of 3.89 million copies. Her premiere took place on March 20.
In comparison, the predecessor of New Horizons, Animal Crossing: New Leaf for 3DS, which eventually became the most popular game of the decade in Japan, found 1.72 million customers in retail in the first six weeks since its debut in 2012, and it came out during the Christmas period. Total New Leaf sales in the country amounted to 5.8 million copies.
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New Horizons sales dynamics can be compared with little. The game diverges so quickly that it is already predicted the laurels of the main Japanese hit of all time. In the fifth week, the new Animal Crossing dipped in relation to the fourth by only 2% (sold 286 thousand copies), and in the sixth relative to the fifth – by 1% (sold 283 thousand copies). Such exposure is unprecedented for the market. Ahead are two festive weeks in Japan, when New Horizons sales will continue to remain at a very high level.
Most popular Switch games in Japan for retail sales on April 26, 2023 (excluding digital):
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 3,895,159 (released March 20, 2023)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 3,665,504 (released December 7, 2018)
- Pokemon Sword & Shield – 3,578,472 (released November 15, 2019)
- Splatoon 2 – 3,383,302 (released July 21, 2017)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 2,897,849 (released April 28, 2017)
- Super Mario Odyssey – 2,082,275 (released October 27, 2017)
- Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! & Let’s Go, Eevee! – 1,716,116 (released on November 16, 2018)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 1,571,043 (released March 3, 2017)
- Super Mario Party – 1,416,280 (Released December 5, 2018)
- Super Mario Maker 2 – 899.047 (released June 28, 2019)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has also become a powerful driver for Nintendo Switch sales. New deliveries of consoles are sold in Japan by lottery and leave instantly. Some experts compare the current level of demand for Switch with the hype surrounding the Nintendo DS Lite portable system in 2006.
Nintendo will disclose international sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons as of March 31 in its next financial report, which will be released May 7.
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