Japan’s 10 best-selling games in 2021, hardware rankings

Famitsu released a report this week revealing the best-selling games of 2021 in Japan as well as the hardware rankings. There’s good news for Monster Hunter Rise, along with the Switch in general.

Switch has deleted all top 10 in terms of software. Monster Hunter Rise, released last month, topped the list with over two million physical copies sold.

Here is the full software ranking:

first. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise – 2,350,693 / NEW
2. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl – 2,313.115 / NEW
3. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 1,266,477 / 2,499,500
4. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 971,418 / NEW
5. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 904,685 / 2,991,690
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 815,174 / 4,272,357
7. [NSW] Minecraft – 708,670 / 2,411,591
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 704.134 / 7,082,237
9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 628,538 / NEW
ten. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 610,964 / 4,624,138

Regarding hardware, as we have heard recently, the Switch sold more than five million units in Japan last year. It’s the best-selling system in the country. With a strong 2021, Nintendo’s console has almost reached 23 million units sold in Japan since its launch.

The full hardware rankings are as follows:

Conversion – 5.579,127 / 22,919.501
PlayStation 5 – 968,185 / 1,223,335
PlayStation 4 – 104,054 / 9,394,944
Xbox Series X | S – 97.234 / 128,658
3DS – 28,540 / 24,586,448

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