Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the Best-Selling Console Game in Japan This Decade - Sales

Unless like me you're a Switch owner who doesn't like Smash ;)

curl-6 that's absurd! why you no like beating people up?

Fighting games just aren't fun to me. I prefer to progress through a level with many different foes and an evolving structure.

@curl-6 I'd say that even if you are not a fan of fighting games Smash Ultimate is a tribute to gaming franchises and can be more of a party game than a serious fighter. Obviously I'm not telling you to buy a game you don't like, I'm just saying there's a lot to love in there.

Zenos, agreed. I haven't been that into fighting games in like 20 years, but Smash is always great! Kinda like Mario Kart, I don't really play racing games but Mario Kart is always great. Both of those games have the party game mentality that elevates them above just being a specific genre.

I think it's Pokémon Red/Blue, but maybe a multiplat has sold more.

Pokemon S/S will pass Smash in Japan. Should be within a couple hundred thousand in February. Then of course Animal Crossing comes out and might beat them both!

Not so sure about that, Pokemon normally drop down hard after the holidays while Smash keeps a steady pace. Even if Swo/Sh surpasses Smash momentarily, I don't think it can stay in front over a prolonged period of time - Smash's legs will make it overtake Pokemon again.

As for Animal Crossing, we'll see how well it will do. It could be a very serious contender and unlike Pokemon, also should have some legs to stay in front should it surpass Smash. By then Smash will probably be at 3.5M+, a very high bar to reach, so we'll have to wait and see how this plays out.

I also checked out which game sold the most in Japan, and according to the database here, Pokemon Red/Blue sold a staggering 10.22M in Japan alone, which is nuts! Smash ain't even in the top 30, it's on 34 (physical only), in front of Wii Sports resort and behind Monster Hunter 4 on the 3DS, so with digital it should be in front.

However, Pokemon X/Y (4.4M), Sun/Moon (3.82M) and Animal Crossing: New Leaf (4.9M) should still be in front this gen in Japan, so I'm not sure this article is actually correct...

I also checked out which game sold the most in Japan, and according to the database here, Pokemon Red/Blue sold a staggering 10.22M in Japan alone, which is nuts! Smash ain't even in the top 30, it's on 34 (physical only), in front of Wii Sports resort and behind Monster Hunter 4 on the 3DS, so with digital it should be in front.

However, Pokemon X/Y (4.4M), Sun/Moon (3.82M) and Animal Crossing: New Leaf (4.9M) should still be in front this gen in Japan, so I'm not sure this article is actually correct...

Console game which excludes the 3ds in this article

This article does not consider handheld games.

Ah, thanks for the clarification

Smash is very front loaded, perhaps pokemon is as well but Smash already has less legs than Zelda, Mario, Mario Kart despite coming out much later. I expect Pokemon will be a few hundred thousand ahead of Smash by the time its weekly sales drop down to Smash levels.

That's true on a worldwide scale, but in Japan, much less so

Two ?

Well, December 2018 and 2019.

I like how the dislikes aren't about how impressive it is, but about him being wrong on how long it's been out

You count like a 3 year old child.

Well when you round up 1 year and 12 days to 2 years it's bound to raise some eyebrows.