Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Now Japan's Best-Selling Game of All Time

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Anyone who has paid attention to the gaming scene over the last couple of years knows that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a huge hit. However, it's just achieved a massive milestone, surpassing every other game released thus far.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons likely would have performed well regardless, as many people owned a Nintendo Switch at release, and many players are long-standing fans of the series as a whole. However, due to the game landing in the very early stages of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the game served as an outlet for people cooped up at home, and started destroying sale records as a result.

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Now, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has blasted through one of the most impressive sales records possible to become the best-selling game of all time in Japan. New Horizons has now cleared 10 million copies sold solely in Japan, pushing it past the previous record holder of Super Mario Bros., which has moved 6.81 million units over the course of its lifetime. An impressive feat, to be sure, especially since the next-highest seller was the original trio of Pokemon games.

Overall, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has moved over 37 million units worldwide, putting it just behind Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the overall best-selling Switch game. The Nintendo Switch was already considered a success prior to the pandemic arriving, though some might not have imagined Nintendo's future being this bright while the company was still struggling with the Wii U's sales performance.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons provides players with plenty to keep them busy, and the recent release of Happy Home Paradise DLC has likely increased the number of sales overall. While