{"id":131443,"date":"2023-01-26T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-144149"},"modified":"2023-01-26T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:30:00","slug":"japanese-charts-fire-emblem-engage-knocks-pokemon-off-the-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/26\/japanese-charts-fire-emblem-engage-knocks-pokemon-off-the-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: Fire Emblem Engage Knocks Pok\u00e9mon\ufeff Off The Top Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d175badbe1e76\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d175badbe1e76\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Fire Emblem Engage\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d175badbe1e76\/fire-emblem-engage.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTE2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"516\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d175badbe1e76\/fire-emblem-engage.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Emblem Engage\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The latest Japanese charts are here and there are a couple of major changes to note this week.<\/p>\n<p>First, looking at software, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet<\/a> have finally been knocked off the top spot by none other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fire_emblem_engage\">Fire Emblem Engage<\/a>, with the latter selling an impressive 144,558 copies. It&#8217;s a strong start for the tactical RPG, which also performed well in the UK, earning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/01\/uk-charts-fire-emblem-engage-bags-franchises-second-biggest-boxed-launch\">the second highest boxed launch of the entire franchise<\/a>, just behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fire_emblem_three_houses\">Fire Emblem: Three Houses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, it&#8217;s business as usual over in Japan, with the usual big hitters retaining their spots in the top ten, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/nintendo_switch_sports\">Nintendo Switch Sports<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/minecraft\">Minecraft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is your full look at this week&#8217;s software chart:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>[NSW] Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo, 01\/20\/23) \u2013 144,558 (New)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet Scarlet \/ Pok\u00e9mon Violet (The Pok\u00e9mon Company, 11\/18\/22) \u2013 43,983 (4,739,035)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09\/09\/22) \u2013 16,091 (3,833,699)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04\/28\/17) \u2013 13,857 (5,115,176)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04\/29\/22) \u2013 9,220 (978,511)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06\/21\/18) \u2013 8,146 (3,016,620)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10\/29\/21) \u2013 6,009 (1,157,864)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11\/19\/20) \u2013 5,942 (2,830,215)<\/li>\n<li>[PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03\/04\/22) \u2013 5,468 (267,222)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12\/07\/18) \u2013 5,327 (5,105,655)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<p>The other major change this week comes via the hardware chart, which sees Sony&#8217;s PlayStation 5 finally come out on the top, knocking the Switch OLED Model down to second place. It&#8217;s a significant milestone for the console, but obviously keep in mind that if you combine the sales for all three Switch variants, Nintendo&#8217;s hardware still continues to dominate.<\/p>\n<p>For a closer look at all things hardware, here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s chart:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>PlayStation 5 \u2013 38,602 (2,213,311)<\/li>\n<li>Switch OLED Model \u2013 28,626 (3,787,574)<\/li>\n<li>Switch \u2013 12,820 (19,138,059)<\/li>\n<li>Switch Lite \u2013 10,141 (5,175,409)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 5 Digital Edition \u2013 3,550 (335,499)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 \u2013 2,544 (7,849,815)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox Series S \u2013 740 (229,048)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox Series X \u2013 205 (173,083)<\/li>\n<li>New 2DS LL (including 2DS) \u2013 83 (1,190,306)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/01\/japanese-charts-nintendo-switch-and-pokemon-continue-to-dominate-the-top-spot\">&lt; Last week&#8217;s charts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of this week&#8217;s Japanese charts? Let us know in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo The latest Japanese charts are here and there are a couple of major changes to note this week. First, looking at software, Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet have finally been knocked off the top spot by none other than Fire Emblem Engage, with the latter selling an impressive 144,558 copies. It&#8217;s a strong start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}