It was already well known that Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a smashing success with over 13.4 million copies sold worldwide in just the first 6 weeks of release, and the competition continues on in the video game landscape – at least in Japan – where every other game pales against the might of Nook.
He also runs the YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
These figures include both packaged versions and download card versions, but not eShop downloads – of which Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa stated that Animal Crossing saw a “high percentage of digital sales.”