{"id":110496,"date":"2020-03-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/japanese_charts_pokemon_games_land_in_second_and_third_as_nioh_2_debuts_on_top"},"modified":"2020-03-18T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T17:00:00","slug":"japanese-charts-pokemon-games-land-in-second-and-third-as-nioh-2-debuts-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/18\/japanese-charts-pokemon-games-land-in-second-and-third-as-nioh-2-debuts-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: Pok\u00e9mon Games Land In Second And Third As Nioh 2 Debuts On Top"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Famitsu’s Japanese chart figures are now in for 9th – 15th March, revealing that Pok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX<\/a><\/strong> has slipped down to second place after topping the charts in its opening week.<\/p>\n

The game managed to shift an estimated 46,391 units this week, not managing to fend off the brand new PS4 release, Nioh 2<\/strong>. Fellow Pok\u00e9mon titles Sword and Shield<\/strong><\/a> also drop down one place into third, while Switch newcomer My Hero One’s Justice 2<\/a><\/strong> debuts in fourth.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 10 (first numbers are this week’s estimated sales, followed by total sales):<\/p>\n

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1) [PS4] Nioh 2 (Koei Tecmo) {2020.03.12} – 91.892 \/ NEW
2) [NSW] Pok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX<\/a> (Pok\u00e9mon Co.) {2020.03.06} – 46.391 \/ 184.939
3) [NSW] Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a> (Pok\u00e9mon Co.) {2019.11.15} – 18.567 \/ 3.509.920
4) [NSW] My Hero One’s Justice 2<\/a> (Bandai Namco Games) {2020.03.12} – 16.997 \/ NEW
5) [NSW] Minecraft<\/strong><\/a> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} – 11.787 \/ 1.309.815
6) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} – 11.272 \/ 2.817.258
7) [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong><\/a> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} – 9.898 \/ 3.602.272
8) [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure<\/strong><\/a> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} – 8.773 \/ 723.803
9) [PS4] Winning Post 9 2020<\/strong> (Koei Tecmo) {2020.03.12} – 8.045 \/ NEW
10) [NSW] Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} – 6.827 \/ 3.341.950<\/p>\n

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Sales of the original Switch model have risen slightly for the first time in weeks after a lengthy period of suffering from distribution issues. The Switch Lite is still selling better than the standard console, however, with more stock readily available on shelves. Here are this week’s figures, followed by lifetime sales in brackets:<\/p>\n

Nintendo Switch: 11,801 (10,892,947)
PlayStation 4: 10,516 (7,436,345)
PlayStation 4 Pro: 4,409 (1,455,771)
Xbox One S: 27 (20,966)
Xbox One X: 31 (19,059)<\/p>\n

Nintendo Switch Lite: 45,473 (1,515,699)
New Nintendo 2DS LL: 1,265 (1,116,705)
New Nintendo 3DS: 97 (5,886,664)<\/p>\n

< Last week’s charts<\/a><\/p>\n

Any surprises this week? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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