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title: "Japan’s top 20 best selling games"
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description: "Recently, the Nintendo Switch was able to celebrate its first birthday: once again congratulations Nintendo! In honor of this, the Japanese magazine Famitsu has published the top 20 of the best-selling Nintendo Switch games in its first year."
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Japan's top 20 best selling games | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Japan’s top 20 best selling games](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/japan-s-top-20-bestverkochte-games.jpg "Japan’s top 20 best selling games")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/japan-s-top-20-bestverkochte-games.jpg)Recently, the Nintendo Switch was able to celebrate its first birthday: once again congratulations Nintendo!

In honor of this, the Japanese magazine Famitsu has published the top 20 of the best-selling Nintendo Switch games in its first year. Breath of the Wild, Splatoon, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are of course at the top of this list.

## [](#japan-top-20-nintendo-switch-games)Japan Top 20 Nintendo Switch games

1. Splatoon 2 – 1,995,731
2. Super Mario Odyssey – 1,529,207
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 1,292,299
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 785,285
5. 1-2-Switch – 338,401
6. ARMS – 329,050
7. Monster Hunter XX – 222,620
8. Pokken Tournament DX – 207,029
9. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – 168,271
10. Super Bomberman R – 134,844
11. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – 134,546
12. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 – 107,595
13. FIFA 18 – 74,927
14. Fire Emblem Warriors – 67,162
15. Dragon Quest Heroes 1 & 2 – 67,059
16. Puyo Puyo Tetris – 64,637
17. Seiken Densetsu Collection – 54,350
18. Snipperclips Plus – 53,198
19. Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park he Youkoso – 49,919
20. Snipperclips (downloadversie) – 38,429

Are there any real surprises?

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