Japan: Here Were The Best-Selling Amiibo In 2016

We’ve finally received sales data for amiibo in Japan courtesy of the team over at Media Create. The information was discovered by Reset Era member Hiska-Kun. Now all we have to do is wait to find out amiibo sales for 2017 and whether they are higher than before or slightly lower. Anyway, here’s amiibo sales in Japan for 2016:

YTD sales / LTD sales

Media Create: Top 10 Amiibo Figure Sales 2016

01. Amiibo Callie <Splatoon> {2016.07.07} (¥1.200) – 299.300 / 299.300
02. Amiibo Marie <Splatoon> {2016.07.07} (¥1.200) – 298.189 / 298.189
03. Amiibo Squid <Splatoon> {2015.05.28} (¥1.200) – 158.990 / 392.757
04. Amiibo Boy <Splatoon> {2015.05.28} (¥1.200) – 151.662 / 377.970
05. Amiibo Girl <Splatoon> {2015.05.28} (¥1.200) – 147.457 / 382.206
06. Amiibo Squid (Orange) <Splatoon> {2016.07.07} (¥1.200) – 101.651 / 101.651
07. Amiibo Girl (Lime Green) <Splatoon> {2016.07.07} (¥1.200) – 97.442 / 97.442
08. Amiibo Boy (Purple) <Splatoon> {2016.07.07} (¥1.200) – 84.661 / 84.661
09. Amiibo Wolf Link (Twilight Princess) <The Legend of Zelda> {2016.03.10} (¥1.500) – 72.199 / 72.199
10. Amiibo Isabelle (Winter Outfit) <Animal Crossing> {2015.11.21} (¥1.200) – 42.333 / 110.093

Total Amiibo Figure Sales 2014: 301.075 / 301.075
Total Amiibo Figure Sales 2015: 3.036.448 / 3.337.523
Total Amiibo Figure Sales 2016: 2.483.771 / 5.821.294

Media Create: Top 5 Amiibo Card Sales 2016

01. Animal Crossing Amiibo Card Series 3 <Animal Crossing> {2016.01.14} (¥300) – 415.084 / 415.084
02. Animal Crossing Amiibo Card Series 4 <Animal Crossing> {2016.03.24} (¥300) – 260.445 / 260.445
03. Animal Crossing Amiibo+ Card <Animal Crossing> {2016.11.03} (¥300) – 255.947 / 255.947
04. Animal Crossing Amiibo Card Series 2 <Animal Crossing> {2015.10.29} (¥300) – 251.852 / 821.113
05. Animal Crossing Amiibo Card Series 1 <Animal Crossing> {2015.07.30} (¥300) – 205.113 / 1.666.391

Total Amiibo Card Sales 2015: 2.030.538 / 2.030.538
Total Amiibo Card Sales 2016: 1.388.442 / 3.418.980

Edit: More info.

Media Create: Amiibo Figure Sales Share by Series 2016

Splatoon – 1.339.352 (53,92%)
Super Smash Brothers – 500.104 (20,13%)
Animal Crossing – 235.358 (9,48%)
Super Mario – 103.965 (4,19%)
The Legend of Zelda – 98.203 (3,95%)
Kirby – 87.892 (3,54%)
Others – 118.896 (4,79%)
Total: 2.483.771 (100%)

Source

Thanks to Nintendo First Order Reaver for the news tip!