It's an understatement to say the Wii U was a disappointment for Nintendo; the Japanese company eventually abandoned the console and released a new one, the Nintendo Switch. The Switch is now expected to outsell even the original Wii and is home to some of the most popular games of all time. Now, with the system having just celebrated its fourth birthday, Japanese publication Famitsu has compiled a list of the 35 best-selling Switch titles in Japan.

Famitsu's list tallies sales data from the last four years, and while it focuses solely on Japanese figures, the top 10 largely matches up with the information in Nintendo's international financial report for 2020 released earlier this year. With this in mind, it can be safely assumed the rest of the list would look similar for international sales figures.

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Big names include The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at number 12 and Luigi's Mansion 3 at number 16. Both titles were high on the list of the most downloaded Switch games in 2019, and apparently sales have not slowed down since. Beating out both Nintendo originals, however, was Minecraft. The sandbox game found itself in the number 10 spot, selling close to two million copies in Japan.

That said, it comes as little surprise that Animal Crossing: New Horizons tops the list, having sold six million copies in its native country. The latest Animal Crossing game is still selling in record numbers across the world and will likely be a best seller for years to come. In fact, worldwide, the title has sold over 31 million copies.

Animal Crossing's Japanese sales figures are made all the more impressive considering Famitsu's list totals all sales figures over the last four years. While Super Smash Bros. Ultimate had a few years to get to the number two spot, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is only just now coming up on its one-year anniversary. Even when taking sales figures from PlayStation and Xbox titles into account, Famitsu calculates that Animal Crossing was still Japan's best-selling game in 2020.

Coming in on the other end of the list, squeaking in at 34 is Zelda: Link's Awakening. Perhaps the title's aesthetic made it a little too niche, however there's much to love about Link's Awakening and the adventure game still sold an impressive 300,000 units. In four years' time, with the Switch Pro rumors hopefully realized, it will be interesting to see the new games on the Switch bestsellers list and which of the games on the current list remain.

Here's the full list of the 35 best-selling Switch games in Japan, according to Famitsu:

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 6,625,026

2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,145,903

3. Pokemon Sword/Shield – 3,955,554

4. Splatoon 2 – 3,771,338

5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 3,656,140

6. Ring Fit Adventure – 2,346,098

7. Super Mario Odyssey – 2,208,475

8. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 1,846,039

9. Super Mario Party – 1,818,405

10. Minecraft – 1,806,925

11. Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee – 1,772,856

12. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 1,771,235

13. Super Mario Maker 2 – 1,065,261

14. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 1,031,494

15. Kirby Star Allies – 878,800

16. Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 745,825

17. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 630,909

18. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! – 572,215

19. Fishing Spirits Nintendo Switch Version – 566,909

20. Dragon Quest XI S – 560,075

21. Super Mario 3D All-Stars – 555,345

22. Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 536,209

23. 1-2 Switch – 483,430

24. Mario Tennis Aces – 479,866

25. ARMS – 461,056

26. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – 376,481

27. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch – 363,759

28. Pokken Tournament DX – 344,201

29. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – 341,519

30. Fire Emblem: Three Houses – 323,562

31. Dragon Quest Builders 2 – 308,893

32. Paper Mario: The Origami King – 305,603

33. Yo-kai Watch 4 – 303,978

34. Zelda: Link’s Awakening – 300,027

35. eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 – 284,876

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Source: Famitsu (via NintendoLife)