Coronavirus distribution reports have not fanned Japan’s excitement over box-exclusive Switch-exclusive Animal Crossing: New Horizons to no. Fans of boxed games lined up this morning in long lines at large stores. Photos from the start are published on social networks.
According to preliminary forecasts, the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons in Japan may be one of the largest in the history of the market.
In order to enter the ranking of the best openings, the game must go on a weekend over a circulation of more than 2,000,000 copies. According to first estimates, digital copies will account for up to half of the initial sales.
The previous part of the series, Animal Crossing: New LeafReleased in November 2012 is an the most successful game of the last decade in Japan. Its total regional circulation amounted to 5.8 million copies. She made her debut with sales of around 800,000 copies.
International sales of Animal Crossing: New Leaf totaled 12.45 million copies. Animal Crossing: New Horizons, like all of Nintendo’s other key hits for Switch, is expected to show strong growth and become an important system seller.
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For the premiere of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo has released a limited version of the flagship Switch model in the symbolism of the game. By March 20, a limited edition was allotted to Japan – part went on pre-orders, and the other part went on lotteries.
The video below was recorded during one of today’s Japanese draws on the right to purchase such a set-top box.
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– ち ぽ ぽ (@ chip0p01204) March 20, 2023
Console accessibility issues are due to the effect of coronavirus on production and supply. On Friday morning, Nintendo promised the Japanese a new batch of limited models by early April.
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– 任天堂 株式会社 (@Nintendo) March 20, 2023
Along with the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons in Japan, sales of the coral-colored Switch Lite portable console also began.
Our Tokyo editor Alexey Ugava, permanently resident in Tokyo, said that he bought Animal Crossing: New Horizons without large lines in one of the children’s stores. At the same time, at the same time, there were about 10 more people at the point of sale – they all also came for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. There were no flagship “Switches” in this particular store – only coral Switch Lite was offered to visitors.
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In the western regions, some stores began selling Animal Crossing: New Horizons 1-2 days earlierin order to fulfill its pre-order obligations before closing due to the introduction of quarantine measures to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection.
American sales network Gametop, which continues to work even after the introduction of the emergency mode in the United States, canceled the night start of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and DOOM Eternal and divided the launches of two games – the first was invited to pick up from today, and the second was launched a day earlier, that is, yesterday.
Our review on Animal Crossing: New Horizons read here.
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