The new Nintendo game has become a massive success and supersedes Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the best-selling Switch title in that territory.
Since the friendly inhabitants of Animal Crossing: New Horizons moved to their respective desert islands, their popularity has increased to unsuspected limits. And is that according to Famitsu sales figures, the new Nintendo game has emerged as the best-selling title in the history of Nintendo Switch in Japan. With 3.9 million units in the Japanese houses, Animal Crossing has surpassed Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which in commercial life has reaped 3.7 million units sold.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons debuted successfully in Japan (and worldwide). In April it sold 1.29 million copies, and that same month, Final Fantasy VII Remake went on sale, a highly anticipated video game that however did not reach one million during that same period (839,000 copies). Nintendo, meanwhile, remains the leading publisher for the fifth consecutive month, generating more than $ 86.4 million in April.
Best-selling games in April (Japan)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch, Nintendo)
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS4, Square Enix)
- Resident Evil 3 (PS4, Capcom)
- Trials of Mana (PS4, Square Enix)
- Trials of Mana (Switch, Square Enix)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch, Nintendo)
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (PS4, Bandai Namco)
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Switch, Bandai Namco)
- Super Smash Bros Ultimate (Switch, Nintendo)
- Pokémon Sword / Shield (Switch, The Pokémon Company)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons went on sale on March 20 exclusively for Nintendo Switch. Despite the confinement by the coronavirus, the game has succeeded in all major territories. In just a couple of months, it has sold a whopping 13.41 million units, a figure that has exceeded the expectations of the Kyoto company itself. In total, 50% of these sales are digital, a circumstance fueled by the COVID-19 crisis.
