Every now and then, Nintendo sends out some interesting information to Switch owners through the system’s news feature. Recently, the company revealed the most-played games on the console in 2018.

Perhaps it may not be much of a surprise, but Fortnite topped the list. Nintendo itself had many entries in the top ten alone with Zelda, Mario, Splatoon, and more.

Switch eShop charts (1/12/19)

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This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:

Media Create software sales (12/31/18 – 1/6/19) – Top 50

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) – 258.974 / 2.614.160 (-6%)
02./02. [NSW] Super Mario Party # (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) – 95.102 / 936.140 (-4%)
03./03. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! # (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} (¥5.980) – 68.308 / 1.399.595 (+4%)
04./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 55.758 / 2.055.899 (+33%)
05./05. [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) {2018.12.20} (¥7.800) – 47.176 / 179.438 (+36%)
06./06. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 43.033 / 2.882.819 (+40%)
07./09. [NSW] Minecraft # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 42.845 / 549.754 (+58%)
08./07. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) {2018.12.20} (¥7.800) – 38.969 / 179.130 (+30%)
09./12. [NSW] Go Vacation (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.12.27} (¥4.980) – 21.826 / 35.136 (+64%)
10./08. [PS4] Judgment (Sega) {2018.12.13} (¥8.290) – 20.018 / 233.456 (-27%)
11./10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 19.363 / 1.246.656 (+27%)
12./13. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey # (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) – 16.896 / 1.931.675 (+35%)
13./16. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.07.19} (¥6.100) – 16.600 / 286.278 (+69%)
14./14. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} (¥5.980) – 14.769 / 717.643 (+35%)
15./11. [PS4] God Eater 3 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.12.13} (¥8.200) – 10.610 / 200.510 (-26%)
16./18. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo) {2018.06.22} (¥5.980) – 10.468 / 411.002 (+35%)
17./19. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2018.10.12} (¥7.900) – 8.726 / 514.181 (+30%)
18./22. [PS4] Battlefield V (Electronic Arts) {2018.11.20} (¥7.800) – 8.155 / 167.514
19./24. [NSW] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) {2018.07.13} (¥3.980) – 7.718 / 177.872
20./26. [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.09.27} (¥6.800) – 7.554 / 73.861

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Media Create sales (12/31/18 – 1/6/19)

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 199,982
PS4 – 87,669
PS4 Pro – 29,513
New 2DS LL – 22,645
Vita – 4,138
New 3DS LL – 3,281
2DS – 557
Xbox One X – 102
Xbox One – 53

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Media Create sales (12/24/18 – 12/30/18)

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Update (1/10): Post has been updated with proper Media Create data.

Original (1/9): The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 174,770
PS4 – 58,203
PS4 Pro – 14,227
New 2DS LL – 9,649
New 3DS LL – 3,576
Vita – 3,566
2DS – 374
Xbox One X – 189
Xbox One – 169

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

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3DS eShop charts (1/9/19)

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This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:

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UK sales for December 2018 – Nintendo the biggest publisher of physical games

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New sales data is in from the UK for the month of December 2018.

Nintendo had a great month, as over 30% of all games sold were on the company’s platforms. Switch accounted for 29.5% of that figure. Nintendo was the UK’s biggest publisher of physical games in December and Nintendo-published games comprised 19.3% of all games sold. During the month, Switch was the second most-popular platform, following just behind PS4’s 39.7% share.