Nintendo Switch Sets Sales Record By Occupying ENTIRE Weekly Top 30 List In Japan

According to Famitsu, Nintendo Switch titles make up the entirety of Japan’s top 30 best selling games list for the week of August 2-8.

Game Data Library on Twitter further elaborated on just how insane of a record this is, stating that its the first time since 1988(!) that a singular console made up the entire list, but that was only because the list exclusively used to list Famicom games. A single console has never claimed all 30 spots on this chart since it switched over to covering multiple platforms and formats.

It wasn't that unusual during the early 1990's for the Top 30 to be a combination of Famicom, Super Famicom and Game Boy games, but never just one.

This is unprecedented, its the first time all 30 games are from the same system after the Top 30 tracked all platforms.

— Game Data Library (@GameDataLibrary) August 13, 2021

This is WILD stuff. With so many options, platforms, and formats are out there… And the Nintendo Switch, a nearly five year old console that’s seen barely any technical improvements in the last half decade, sweeps the entire list. The Switch’s library is colossal, and has tons of ports and multi-platform titles, but still the Switch versions were the one to hit the charts. Not Xbox, not PlayStation, not PC, the good ol’ Nintendo Switch.

Here’s the full list below. Weekly numbers are first, with all-time sales figures in parentheses.

1. Minecraft (Switch) – 14,912 (2,102,413)
2. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Switch) – 13,873 (234,224)
3. Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi (Switch) – 13,798 (156,274)
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) – 13,615 (3,958,065)
5. Ring Fit Adventure (Switch) – 12,282 (2,734,231)
6. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Switch) – 10,927 (230,976)
7. Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (Switch) – 10,135 (205,463)
8. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch) – 8,978 (4,367,573)
9. eBaseball Pro Baseball Spirits 2021: Grand Slam (Switch) – 8,950 (159,492)
10. Game Builder Garage (Switch) – 8,925 (200,100)
11. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Switch) – 8,248 (836,565)
12. Super Mario Party (Switch) – 6,780 (1,952,132)
13. Miitopia (Switch) – 6,536 (217,957)
14. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) – 6,529 (6,844,545)
15. Mario Golf: Super Rush (Switch) – 6,057 (161,785)
16. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Switch) – 5,077 (762,996)
17. Pokémon Sword / Shield (Switch) – 4,974 (4,099,325)
18. Monster Hunter Rise (Switch) – 4,748 (2,303,192)
19. Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Switch) – 4,639 (397,154)
20. Splatoon 2 (Switch) – 4,460 (3,915,901)
21. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) – 4,210 (1,852,012)
22. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Switch) – 3,737 (18,197)
23. NEO: The World Ends With You (Switch) – 3,229 (22,028)
24. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (Switch) – 2,853 (New)
25. New Pokemon Snap (Switch) – 2,756 (265,980)
26. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Switch) – 2,620 (613,725)
27. Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Switch) – 2,577 (604,827)
28. Human Fall Flat (Switch)) – 2,447 (168,897)
29. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (New Price Version) (Switch) – 2,274 (122,574)
30. Super Mario Maker 2 (Switch) – 2,256 (1,116,046)

Every other publisher has to be looking at themselves right now like Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad. How does Nintendo keep doing this?