Japan's top 100 best-selling games, hardware of 2022 revealed

We’re into the second month of 2023 now, but there’s still some data to crunch when it comes to 2022. In particular, we have some insight into what was big for videogames in Japan last year.

Now that the dust has settled, data has come in on the top 100 games in Japan for 2022. As you might suspect, there is a ton of Switch representation on the charts. You can find the top 10 games of 2022 in Japan below, with a link to the full 100.

01./00. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet # (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) – 4.338.931 / NEW

02./00. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) – 3.687.814 / NEW

03./00. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Pokemon Co.) {2022.01.28} (¥5.980) – 2.314.806 / NEW

04./00. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo) {2022.03.25} (¥5.980) – 969.047 / NEW

05./00. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports # (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) – 887.722 / NEW

06./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 742.018 / 5.014.375 (-9%)

07./07. [NSW] Minecraft # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 548.415 / 2.960.006 (-23%)

08./09. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo) {2021.10.29} (¥5.980) – 485.594 / 1.114.132 (-23%)

09./10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) – 441.053 / 5.065.191 (-28%)

10./00. [PS4] Elden Ring # (From Software) {2022.02.25} (¥8.400) – 356.711 / NEW

Along with that, we also have the total hardware sales in Japan for 2022. Not surprisingly, the Switch was #1 by a considerably healthy margin. The chart also shows how all hardware did as compared to 2021 totals. You can find the complete breakdown below.