Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in 2 million in Japan, Switch pulverizes them all

In Japan, Nintendo Switch continues to have good and bad times, both on the hardware side and in the video game rankings. Let’s discover the impressive numbers achieved by the Kyoto ecosystem.

Japan software ranking | December 6-12, 2021

In the week of December 6 to 12, Pokémon Shining Diamond and Spending Pearl placed another 130 thousand copies in the Rising Sun, surpassing the 2 million copies sold in less than a month of commercialization. Not a bad result for a couple of remakes. In second place is Mario Party Superstars, which adds another 53 thousand copies in his pocket, reaching a total of 459 thousand copies, while in the last step of the Big Brain Academy ranking: Brain vs. Brain in its second week of availability sells another 22 thousand units and reaches 70 thousand. Below you can check the ranking of the best-selling titles in Japan: thirty of the thirty positions are occupied by video games for Nintendo Switch!

1. [NSW] Pokémon Shiny Diamond / Shiny Pearl (The Pokémon Company, 11/19/21) – 130,772 (2,046,040)
2. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 53,824 (459,001)
3. [NSW] Academia Big Brain: Cerebro vs. Cerebro (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 33,092 (70,020)
4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21/06/18) – 26,256 (2,336,145)
5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 20/03/20) – 23,786 (7,010,861)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/04/17) – 21,819 (4,191,268)
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros.Ultimate (Nintendo, 07/12/18) – 20,364 (4,552,841)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: ¡ Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 19/11/20) –14,709 (2,448,283)
9. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 18/10/19) – 13,765 (2,956,485)
10. [NSW] Pokémon Sword / Shield (The Pokémon Company, 11/15/19) – 12,825 (4,227,847)
11. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 12/02/21) – 9,281 (941,162)
12. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 World Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 7,082 (844,288)
13. [NSW] Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition (Bandai Namco, 12/02/21) – 6,937 (20,285)
14. [NSW] Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Aoi Tsukiyo no Mahou no Ko –¡ Juego de Asobo! Eiga no Sekai (Nippon Columbia, 12/02/21) –6.364 (14.581)
15. [NSW] Minecraft Dungeons Ultimate Edition (Microsoft, 26/10/21) – 5,683 (18,286)
16. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 28/06/19) – 5,390 (1,155,240)
17. [NSW] Paquete Fortnite Minty Legends (Epic Games, 11/02/21) – 4,911 (30,299)
18. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum’n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 19/07/18) –4.888 (652.329)
19. [NSW] Splatoon 2 + Octo Expansion (Nintendo, 10/08/21) – 4,635 (24,391)
20. [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 4,291 (640,087)
21. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 4,288 (3,977,241)
22. [NSW] Garage Game Builder (Nintendo, 06/11/21) – 4,204 (261,211)
23. [NSW] WarioWare: Get it together! (Nintendo, 09/10/21) – 4,132 (174,192)
24. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 27/10/17) –4.091 (2.285.091)
25. [NSW] Shin Megami Tensei V (Atlus, 11/11/21) –3.970 (184.388)
26. [NSW] Nuevo Pokémon Snap (The Pokémon Company, 30/04/21) – 3.957 (302.710)
27. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 05/10/18) – 3.857 (2.022.352)
28. [NSW] The Battle Cats Unite! (Ponos, 03/12/20) – 3,762 (86,017)
29. [NSW] FIFA 2022 Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts, 10/01/21) – 3,679 (40,643)
30. [NSW] Myitopia (Nintendo, 05/21/21) – 3,589 (264,015)

Japan Hardware Ranking | December 6-12, 2021

Nothing new to report in the hardware sector, where the Nintendo Switch family consoles continue to dominate indisputably. The gap that separates them from PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series XS is huge, like last week.

• OLED Switch Model – 90,076 (582,248)
• Switch – 59,460 (17,634,683)
• Switch Lite – 42,799 (4,327,684)
• PlayStation 5 – 1.020 (998.625)
• Xbox Series X – 450 (70,908)
• New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 391 (1,178,644)
• Xbox Series S – 355 (53,225)
• PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 113 (190,659)
• PlayStation 4 – 103 (7.819.116)

All the data reported in this story was provided by Famitsu.

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