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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Animal Crossing: New Horizons surpasses Super Mario Bros. as Japan’s single best-selling game ever

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Nintendo has commented on the sell-through of its first-party Switch games between October and December 2021.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl was the highlight having moved over 11.7 million copies in its first seven weeks. Additionally, titles from previous fiscal years are performing well. 13 different games have each seen sell-through of 10 million units or more, Nintendo has confirmed.

Also worth mentioning is that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the best-selling game ever in Japan at over 10 million units, beating Super Mario Bros. from 1985 which saw 6.81 million sales.

Nintendo’s full words:

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Nintendo discusses Switch hardware sell-through, annual playing users

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In its financial results explanatory material published today, Nintendo delved into Switch hardware sell-through as well as the system’s annual playing users.

As mentioned today, the system has crossed the 100 million mark and has now outsold the Wii. Nintendo stressed that it’s still combating semiconductor shortages and distribution delays, which has an impact on Switch production.

As for annual playing users, the company said: “Many people continued to play Nintendo Switch in the most recent year, and for the period of January through December of 2021, the number of annual playing users exceeded 98 million users.”

Below are Nintendo’s full comments:

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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl reveals Shredder

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GameMill, Ludosity, and Fair Play Labs have announced Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as the newest playable character for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. Additionally, the classic game show Double Dare is being added as a new stage.

Last month, Garfield was announced and released as a new character for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. Shredder is now continuing the trend of free content.

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Nintendo Download – February 3, 2022 (North America)

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It’s time for the latest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of February 3, 2022. The latest releases include Maglam Lord, Death end re;Quest 2, OlliOlli World, and more.

Here’s the full lineup:

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Nintendo on Switch demand and production, metaverse / NFT interest, more

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Nintendo reported its financial results earlier today, and after the information was published, held a call with investors. Analyst David Gibson was on hand and provided a summary of what was said. Topics include the status of Switch including demand and product, interest in the metaverse as well as NFTs, and more.

Here’s the full rundown:

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Famitsu sales (1/24/22 – 1/30/22)

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

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Nintendo release schedule – February 2022

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Thanks to Nintendo’s latest financial results, we have the company’s latest release schedule. It highlights upcoming projects from both a first and third-party perspective.

Nintendo has a number of heavy hitters planned for Switch this year, which today’s document reconfirms. Pokemon Legends: Arceus just released, and will be followed by Triangle Strategy (published by the Big N in the west) and Kirby and the Forgotten Land in March. At least for now, other major titles such as Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, Splatoon 2, Bayonetta 3, and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope are on track for 2022. Nintendo also didn’t forget about Metroid Prime 4, though it’s still listed with its “TBA” release window.

Here’s the complete schedule:

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Nintendo million sellers – February 2022 – Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl at 14 million, Metroid Dread at 2.74 million, more

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Along with Nintendo’s financial results for February 2022, the company has also provided its latest updates on games that have sold over one million units on Switch.

There are a number of new additions here, including Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl at 14 million. Metroid Dread appears for the first time and has sold 2.74 million units. We also see Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain, WarioWare: Get It Together!, and Game Builder Garage at just over a million each.

Below is the full lineup of million sellers:

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Switch has now outsold the Wii and PS1

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Switch has managed to outsell the Wii, Nintendo’s latest financial results confirm.

The company just reported that the console’s hardware sales stand at 103.54 million units. In its lifetime, Wii sold 101.63 million units. This means that if you consider Switch to be a home console, it’s now Nintendo’s best-selling platform in that department of all time. However, it still has a couple of handhelds to get past.