© NintendoThe Nintendo Switch reached its fourth anniversary earlier this week. As of December 31, 2020, the hybrid system has moved 79.87 million units worldwide, and software sales are now at 532.34 million units.
Although Nintendo has already released the top ten data on software sales for the financial year 2020/21, the famous Japanese publication Famitsu has now presented the data in its latest issue – sharing the best-selling Switch games in the first four years of the system life in Japan.
It’s not that different from global sales, with many of the same games featured in the top 10.
Surprisingly, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is ahead with over six million sales. Notable mentions go to Momotaro Dentetsu and Minecraft entering the top ten. Wild breath interestingly it comes at number 12 and below in the list there are games like Japan Yo-kai Watch 4.
1. The passage of animals: new horizons – 6,625,026
2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,145,903
3. Pokemon Sword / Shield – 3,955,554
4. Splatoon 2 – 3,771,338
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 3,656,140
6. Ring Fit Adventure – 2,346,098
7. Super Mario Odyssey – 2,208,475
8. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 1,846,039
9. Super Mario Party – 1,818,405
10. Minecraft – 1,806,925
11. Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee – 1,772,856
12. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 1,771,235
13. Super Mario Maker 2 – 1,065,261
14. The new Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 1,031,494
15. Kirby Star Allies – 878,800
16. Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 745,825
17. Clubhouse Games: 51 classics worldwide – 630,909
18. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum’n ‘Fun! – 572,215
19. Fishing spirits Nintendo Switch version – 566,909
20. Dragon Quest XI S – 560,075
21. Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 555,345
22. Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 536,209
23. 1-2 Switch – 483,430
24. Mario tennis aces – 479,866
25. ARMS – 461,056
26. Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – 376,481
27. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch – 363,759
28. Pokken Tournament DX – 344,201
29. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – 341,519
30. Emblem of fire: three houses – 323,562
31. Dragon Quest Builders 2 – 308,893
32. Paper Mario: The Origami King – 305,603
33. Yo-kai Watch 4 – 303,978
34. Zelda: Link’s Awakening – 300,027
35. eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 – 284,876
Are you surprised by any of the games on this list? How many of these Switch games do you own? Leave a comment below.