Japan: Nintendo Switch sells 94,523 units this week and Mario Party Superstars remains No.1

The latest Japanese boxed-software charts have come through thanks to the video games sales tracking team at Famitsu for the week of 10th January, 2022 to 16th January, 2022. The Nintendo Switch family of systems remains the platform of choice in Japan shifting an additional 94,523 units and the entertaining Mario Party Superstars is once again the top boxed video game. The next entry in the Pokemon series, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, is set to be released Friday, 28th January, so it will be interesting to see Switch hardware and software numbers then. For now, here’s the best-selling boxed software in the land of the rising sun:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 22,108 (793,683)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 19,129 (2,454,455)
3. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 18,505 (4,713,464)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 17,684 (4,373,799)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 12,986 (2,475,523)
6. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 11,948 (7,149,014)
7. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 10,895 (223,428)
8. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 10,064 (3,044,438)
9. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 9,864 (2,570,479)
10. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 6,845 (906,012)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 48,824 (993,807)
2. Switch – 29,131 (17,867,356)
3. Switch Lite – 16,568 (4,497,478)
4. PlayStation 5 – 12,996 (1,090,990)
5. Xbox Series S – 1,848 (57,446)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,457 (204,152)
7. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 489 (1,180,714)
8. Xbox Series X – 419 (74,265)
9. PlayStation 4 – 17 (7,819,277)

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