Splatoon 3 is the fastest selling game launch in Japan ever
Splatoon 3 is doing incredibly well in Japan, so well in fact it is now the fastest selling game in the country.
Earlier today (September 12), Nintendo Japan shared that Splatoon 3 has sold more than 3.45 million copies in its first three days of sale, made up of both physical and digital copies. To put things into perspective, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, one of Nintendo’s best selling games, sold 1.88 million copies in the same time frame. Meaning Splatoon 3 has sold almost double that of New Horizons.
But as industry analyst Daniel Ahmad points out, it isn’t just the best launch for a Switch game in Japan, it’s the best launch for any game in Japan. The previous record holder was Pokémon Black and White, which sold more than 2.6 million copies in its first two days on sale, and only selling a touch more than that in its first week. Which still puts Splatoon 3 ahead just by just under a million.