This makes Animal Crossing: New Horizons the best launch weekend for a game in Japan for the Nintendo Switch ever, beating out the record set by Pokémon Sword and Shield last November, which sold over 1.3 million copies in the same time frame.
The island-living video game saw the best first-weekend sales numbers for an Animal Crossing game ever, and the best launch for a Nintendo Switch game in Japan – chopping down the tree that was Pokémon Sword and Shield.
Last Friday saw the launch of the long-awaiting next game in the Animal Crossing franchise, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.