Japan's Video Game Rankings, January 12-18

Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Switch 2 debuts at #1

Japan's Game Ranking: January 12-18

	Rank	System	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Weekly Copies	Total Copies
1	NSw 2	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	January 15	31,372	31,372
2	NSw 2	Mario Kart World	Nintendo	June 5, 2025	17,639	2,778,889
3	NSw	Pokémon Legends: Z-A	Nintendo	October 16, 2025	9,990	1,587,653
4	NSw	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	March 20, 2020	9,047	8,343,109
5	NSw 2	Pokémon Legends: Z-A	Nintendo	October 16, 2025	8,560	1,065,074
6	NSw 2	Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru Higashi Nihon-hen + Nishi Nihon-hen	Konami	November 13, 2025	8,415	249,798
7	NSw	Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru Higashi Nihon-hen + Nishi Nihon-hen	Konami	November 13, 2025	8,070	302,212
8	NSw 2	Kirby Air Riders	Nintendo	November 20, 2025	7,942	480,491
9	NSw	Minecraft	Nippon Microsoft	June 21, 2018	5,465	4,133,500
10	NSw 2	Donkey Kong Bananza	Nintendo	July 17, 2025	4,966	465,146
11	NSw	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo	April 28, 2017	4,292	6,531,791
12	NSw	Super Mario Party Jamboree	Nintendo	October 17, 2024	3,700	1,472,841
13	NSw 2	Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV	Nintendo	July 24, 2025	3,537	153,030
14	NSw	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Nintendo	December 7, 2018	3,339	5,869,532
15	NSw 2	Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment	Koei Tecmo Games	November 6, 2025	2,856	164,292
16	NSw	Nintendo Switch Sports	Nintendo	April 29, 2022	2,753	1,689,585
17	NSw	Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics	Nintendo	June 5, 2020	2,555	1,472,258
18	NSw	Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2	Nintendo	October 2, 2025	2,136	147,638
19	NSw	Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake	Square Enix	October 30, 2025	2,129	328,046
20	NSw	Splatoon 3	Nintendo	September 9, 2022	1,885	4,509,910

Source: Famitsu