You may be wondering which games were the best-sellers last year in Japan. Well, we have the answer.
It was Pokemon Ultra Sun & Pokemon Ultra Moon for the Nintendo 3DS which took the top spot, according to data compiled by Famitsu.
Best-sellers 2017 in Japan
- Pokémon Ultra Sun Moon (3DS) – 2,003,607
- Splatoon 2 (Switch) – 1,752,096
- Dragon Quest XI: Sugisarishi Toki o Motomete (3DS) – 1,744,603
- Monster Hunter XX (3DS) – 1,684,991
- Dragon Quest XI: Sugisarishi Toki o Motomete (PS4) – 1,336,180
- Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) – 1,324,280
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) – 1,103,744
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) – 688,044
- Pokémon Sun Moon (3DS) 576,506
- Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) – 423,073
Please note: numbers are from 26 December 2016 – 31 December 2017 and collated using Famitsu data and including all retail sales (including download cards) but without eShop sales.
Is it a surprise? Well perhaps not really if you look into the fact that most Nintendo Switch titles in the list came out well before the window itself.
