Nintendo’s Japanese chart success has continued once again this week, with the Switch being the most popular consoleand its games filling sixteen of the top twenty places.
It wasn’t a Switch or 3DS title sitting on top of the pile this time around, as the newly released Yakuza 3 soared to the top with 26,047 sales on PS4, but the overall chart shows a familiar picture. The usual evergreen Nintendo titles are present as always, with a couple of new additions joining the party, too.
Here’s a look at the top 20 (first numbers are this week’s sales, followed by total sales in brackets):
1) [PS4] Yakuza 3 (Sega, 08/09/18) – 26,047 (New)
2) [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 21,630 (2,532,658)
3) [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 21,020 (140,911)
4) [PS4] Fire Pro Wrestling World (Limited Edition Included) (Spike Chunsoft, 08/09/18) – 20,218 (New)
5) [3DS] WarioWare Gold (Nintendo, 08/02/18) – 19,183 (50,201)
6) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 17,795 (1,688,546)
7) [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 17,003 (186,221)
8) [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo, 06/22/18) – 16,456 (297,138)
9) [NSW] Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax (Bandai Namco, 08/02/18) – 15,671 (58,517)
10) [PS4] Bullet Girls Phantasia (D3 Publisher, 08/09/18) – 14,396 (New)
11) [NSW] Okami HD (Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 08/09/18) – 14,089 (New)
12) [NSW] Octopath Traveler (Square Enix, 07/13/18) – 11,390 (175,625)
13) [NSW] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo, 07/13/18) – 10,875 (90,123)
14) [3DS] Etrian Odyssey X (Atlus, 08/02/18) – 9,914 (81,860)
15) [NSW] Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaires’ Conspiracy DX (Level-5, 08/09/18) – 9,704 (New)
16) [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 8,300 (1,074,639)
17) [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 7,657 (587,496)
18) [3DS] Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (The Pokémon Company, 11/17/17) – 6,451 (1,695,264)
19) [PSV] Bullet Girls Phantasia (D3 Publisher, 08/09/18) – 6,441 (New)
20) [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 6,016 (1,788,814)
As has been the case for quite a while now, the Switch has taken the top spot in the hardware charts by quite a comfortable margin. Here are this week’s figures, followed by last week’s.
1) Switch – 50,143 (50,799)
2) PlayStation 4 – 16,982 (13,113)
3) New 2DS LL – 7,628 (9,015)
4) PlayStation 4 Pro – 5,044 (5,889)
5) PlayStation Vita – 3,507 (3,339)
6) New 3DS LL – 2,784 (3,010)
7) 2DS – 498 (561)
8) Xbox One X – 43 (53)
9) Xbox One – 31 (21)
Any surprises this time around? Are you happy to see the Switch performing so well in its home region? Let us know with a comment below.