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Pokémon, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Nintendo Switch Lead the Way in Japanese Charts

It’s that time, once again, for the Japanese Media Create charts. They make for some interesting reading this week, with the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 being of particular interest.

Monolith Soft’s title had a pretty decent launch on Switch, securing second place behind Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon as the best-selling new release. Its sales of 97,972 units surpass the equivalent launch figuresof Xenoblade Chronicles X and even the Wii original; that’s a positive early result for the JRPG.

Beyond that it’s an all-Nintendo top five, with Kirby Battle Royale making its debut in 5th place. Going further down we see Attack on Titan 2: Future Coordinates for 3DS in 12th place, while Resident Evil Revelations Collection only managed 6,540 sales in 14th. Another new entry on Switch is Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi down in 17th spot. The top 20 is below with lifetime sales in brackets.

  1. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 107,657 (944,074)
  2. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 12/01/17) – 97,732 (New)
  3. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 61,596 (853,654)
  4. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 36,246 (1,409,776)
  5. [3DS] Kirby Battle Royale (Nintendo, 11/30/17) – 28,023 (New)
  6. [PS4] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi (Koei Tecmo, 11/30/17) – 27,230 (New)
  7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 23,388 (861,238)
  8. [PS4] Call of Duty: WWII (SIE, 11/03/17) – 15,505 (306,501)
  9. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 13,068 (294,639)
  10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 11,634 (668,649)
  11. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon Double Pack (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 10,872 (278,952)
  12. [3DS] Attack on Titan 2: Future Coordinates (Spike Chunsoft, 11/30/17) – 8,353 (New)
  13. [PS4] Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time (Bandai Namco, 11/30/17) – 8,069 (New)
  14. [NSW] Resident Evil Revelations Collection (Capcom, 11/30/17) – 6,540 (New)
  15. [3DS] Style Savvy: Styling Star (Nintendo, 11/03/17) – 6,450 (61,055)
  16. [PS4] Star Wars Battlefront II (Deluxe Edition Included) (EA, 11/17/17) – 5,886 (55,389)
  17. [NSW] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi (Koei Tecmo, 11/30/17) – 5,636 (New)
  18. [PS4] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone DX (Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 11/23/17) – 5,579 (40,475)
  19. [PS4] Gran Turismo Sport (Limited Edition Included) (SIE, 10/19/17) – 5,542 (198,985)
  20. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,758 (287,866)

Moving on to hardware it’s been another dominant week for Switch in which it outsold every other system combined, albeit sales were a drop from last week. It’s impressive nonetheless, and the New 2DS LL and New 3DS LL (XL) are also maintaining solid momentum. Results below have last week’s sales in brackets.

  1. Switch – 124,770 (145,200)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 25,163 (20,384)
  3. New 2DS LL – 20,712 (20,283)
  4. New 3DS LL – 12,431 (11,511)
  5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,244 (6,525)
  6. PlayStation Vita – 6,127 (5,964)
  7. 2DS – 2,747 (2,838)
  8. New 3DS – 348 (254)
  9. Xbox One – 295 (196)
  10. Xbox One X – 213 (212)
  11. PlayStation 3 – 48 (46)
  12. Wii U – 45 (85)

So there you have it, another positive week of sales for Nintendo in Japan; it’ll be interesting to see how sales hold up over the next few weeks.

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