Japan’s top 100 best-selling games of 2021
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This week’s issue of Famitsu has provided some major sales data from Japan, revealing the country’s best-selling games of 2021.
We previously had the top ten, and for those that missed it, Monster Hunter Rise topped the charts with well over two million copies sold. The full 100 can be seen below.
Pokemon Sword and Shield becomes series’ second best-selling entry
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Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are now the franchise’s second best-selling entry ever, the latest sales figures from Nintendo confirm.
In May 2020, it ranked fourth. In August of that year, it had already moved up another slot to be in the third position.
More: Game Freak, Pokemon Shield, Pokemon Sword, sales
Pokemon Legends: Arceus has best Switch launch in Spain
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Pokemon Legends: Arceus sold more than any other Switch titles in its first week, it’s been revealed. Initial sales came in at 140,000 copies. Pokemon Legends: Arceus outdid the last mainline entry in the series, Pokemon Sword and Shield.
We just heard yesterday that Pokemon Legends: Arceus has already sold 6.5 million copies worldwide. In Japan, the game moved over 1.4 million units in its first few days. It also saw the fourth biggest Pokemon launch ever in the UK.
More: Game Freak, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, sales
Visual novel Loopers in the works for Switch
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Prototype intends to bring the visual novel Loopers to Switch, the company has announced. Japan will be getting the game on May 28, 2021. Additionally, a western release seems to be happening as English support is already confirmed.
Loopers initially came out for PC in May 2021.
We’ve included some information about the title below, courtesy of VNDB:
Yurukill: The Calumniation Games delayed
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NIS America has announced that Yurukill: The Calumniation Games has been delayed. The project encountered “development challenges”, and the company says that the extra time will be used “to meet the quality expectations of our customers.”
Yurukill: The Calumniation Games will now release on July 5, 2022 in North America and July 8, 2022 in both Europe and Australia. Back in December, the release date had been announced for June 7, 2022 in North America, June 10 in Europe, and June 17 in Oceania.
Blue Reflection: Second Light update announced
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Koei Tecmo has announced that a new update is headed to Blue Reflection: Second Light on Switch. Here are the details on what’s changing:
Maglam Lord gameplay
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Action RPG Maglam Lord arrives on Switch in the West today. Check out some gameplay footage with the video below the break.
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Pokemon Legends: Arceus has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide
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Pokemon Legends: Arceus has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide, Nintendo has announced. That feat was accomplished in less than a week.
Earlier today, we saw that Pokemon Legends: Arceus had sold over 1.4 million units in Japan alone. Only Animal Crossing: New Horizons had a bigger debut in the region. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl earned the third biggest release at 1.396 million copies sold.
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Famitsu software sales (1/24/22 – 1/30/22) – Top 30
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 1,424,657 / NEW
2. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 19,169 / 833,192
3. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl – 14,951 / 2,483,102
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,064 / 4,400,203
5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 12,986 / 4,739,797
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 10,663 / 2,496,078
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 8,695 / 7,166,966
8. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 7,733 / 3,059,839
9. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – 7,127 / 237,549
10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 6,749 / 2,584,176
Nintendo on Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Kirby 30th anniversary plans
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land is one of Nintendo’s major Switch games coming out within the first quarter of the year, so the company took a moment to highlight the title in its latest financial results explanatory material.
Other than that, the company also brought up the franchise in general. Kirby is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and Nintendo said it is “planning a variety of projects in collaboration with the Kirby developer HAL Laboratory, aimed at sharing the charm of the Kirby series with many people.”
Nintendo’s full comments on Kirby are as follows:
