Japan’s Video Game Rankings, August 8-14

posted on 2022-08-20 09:15 EDT by Crystalyn Hodgkins

Nintendo Switch Sports rises back up to #1

Rank	System	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Weekly Copies	Total Copies
1	NSw	Nintendo Switch Sports	Nintendo	April 29	30,526	677,393
2	NSw	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo	April 28, 2017	16,297	4,774,885
3	NSw	Kirby and the Forgotten Land	Nintendo	March 25	14,822	851,866
4	NSw	Live a Live	Square Enix	July 22	13,675	106,234
5	NSw	Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Nintendo	July 29	12,960	152,257
6	NSw	Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set	CAPCOM	June 30	12,414	241,652
7	NSw	Minecraft	Nintendo	June 21, 2018	11,641	2,749,039
8	NSw	Ring Fit Adventure	Nintendo	October 18, 2019	9,329	3,247,019
9	NSw	Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!	Konami	November 19, 2020	7,408	2,698,202
10	NSw	Mario Party Superstars	Nintendo	October 29, 2021	7,264	1,017,005
11	NSw	Super Smash Brothers Ultimate	Nintendo	December 7, 2018	7,235	4,949,067
12	NSw	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	March 20, 2020	5,697	7,308,334
13	NSw	eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Yakyū 2022	Konami	April 21	4,698	217,104
14	NSw	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Nintendo	March 3, 2017	3,785	2,065,380
15	NSw	Sekai no Asobi Taizen 51	Nintendo	June 5, 2020	3,526	1,007,308
16	NSw	Pokémon Legends: Arceus	Nintendo	January 28	3,486	2,282,906
17	NSw	Splatoon 2	Nintendo	July 21, 2017	3,348	4,109,059
18	NSw	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles	Aniplex	June 9	3,233	153,028
19	NSw	Nobunaga’s Ambition: Shinsei	KOEI Tecmo Games	July 21	2,957	35,321
20	NSw	Pokémon Sword & Shield	Nintendo	November 15, 2019	2,713	4,363,228

Source: Famitsu

This article has a follow-up: Japan’s Video Game Rankings, August 15-21 (2022-08-26 16:30)