Everyone loves good tales about good sales numbers. It’s one of those primal things where we can look at solid numbers and know how good something did, or how bad something did. But in this case, we’re talking about two Nintendo Switch games that did incredibly at launch. In fact, they set records in Japan and worldwide when they came out. We’re talking about Pokemon Scarlet and Violet and Splatoon 3. When the latter came out, it was the biggest Switch launch in Japan’s history, which was five years deep at that point. As for the former, it became the best launch Nintendo ever had as a company!

So, if not obvious, they both made Nintendo a lot of money this year, which they’re undoubtedly thankful for. But sales numbers don’t stop at launch. They continue on throughout the years, and when you get to where we are now, one has surpassed the other. Specifically, at retail in Japan, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has passed Splatoon 3.