{"id":134544,"date":"2023-08-31T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-154784"},"modified":"2023-08-31T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T15:30:00","slug":"japanese-charts-pikmin-4-uprooted-from-the-top-by-armored-core-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/31\/japanese-charts-pikmin-4-uprooted-from-the-top-by-armored-core-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: Pikmin 4 Uprooted From The Top By Armored Core VI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4f17c01bbcb63\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4f17c01bbcb63\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pikmin 4 Oatchi\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4f17c01bbcb63\/pikmin-4-oatchi.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4f17c01bbcb63\/pikmin-4-oatchi.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pikmin 4 Oatchi\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The latest Japanese charts have come in from <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/news\/202308\/31315199.html\">Famitsu<\/a> (via <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2023\/08\/famitsu-sales-8-21-23-8-27-23\">Gematsu<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/armored_core_vi_fires_of_rubicon\" class=\"external\">Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon<\/a> has managed to pluck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pikmin_4\">Pikmin 4<\/a> from the top spot and end the Switch&#8217;s dominance of the top ten.<\/p>\n<p>Pikmin 4 has had strong little legs since its launch in July, and it&#8217;s taken until FromSoftware&#8217;s return to mecha to take it down. The PS5 version of Armored Core VI sits at the top, with the PS4 version right behind it in second place. In total, the game has shifted 163,342 physical copies.<\/p>\n<p>Pikmin 4 has had another strong week, though, with 31,312 units sold in the week of 21st to 27th August. Outside of Armored Core&#8217;s explosive return, there aren&#8217;t many changes to the top ten, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_tears_of_the_kingdom\">Tears of the Kingdom<\/a> right behind Pikmin 4.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s physical sales charts in Japan:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>[PS5] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware, 08\/25\/23) \u2013 115,393 <strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[PS4] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware, 08\/25\/23) \u2013 47,949 <strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07\/21\/23) \u2013 31,312 (752,593)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04\/28\/17) \u2013 10,200 (5,453,841)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05\/12\/23) \u2013 7,656 (1,840,742)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/minecraft\">Minecraft<\/a> (Microsoft, 06\/21\/18) \u2013 7,486 (3,243,441)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/ring_fit_adventure\">Ring Fit Adventure<\/a> (Nintendo, 10\/18\/19) \u2013 5,797 (3,447,789)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &amp; Violet<\/a> (The Pok\u00e9mon Company, 11\/18\/22) \u2013 5,450 (5,106,417)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a> (Nintendo, 12\/07\/18) \u2013 5,037 (5,270,870)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_3\">Splatoon 3<\/a> (Nintendo, 09\/09\/22) \u2013 4,768 (4,097,939)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty similar story to last week in terms of hardware sales. Once again, the Switch OLED is at the very top of the pile, selling 52,125 units. Right behind it is the PlayStation 5, which has seen a small increase in sales to bring it up to 38,217. Interestingly, the Switch Lite has outsold the OG Switch model this week, with the handheld-only version of the console shifting 10,597 units compared to 8,980 units for the regular ol&#8217; Switch. The Xbox Series X and S have seen a jump in sales, too.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, shout out to the New 2DS LL buyers out there. Here are the week&#8217;s hardware sales, then:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Switch OLED Model \u2013 52,125 (5,425,811)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 5 \u2013 38,217 (3,661,356)<\/li>\n<li>Switch Lite \u2013 10,597 (5,467,783)<\/li>\n<li>Switch \u2013 8,980 (19,514,351)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 5 Digital Edition \u2013 4,513 (566,571)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox Series X \u2013 2,869 (215,291)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 \u2013 672 (7,894,565)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox Series S \u2013 571 (270,460)<\/li>\n<li>New 2DS LL (including 2DS) \u2013 59 (1,192,209)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/08\/japanese-charts-switch-games-dominate-as-pikmin-4-cant-be-plucked-from-top\">&lt; Last week&#8217;s charts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Let us know your thoughts on this week&#8217;s Japanese sales charts in the comments<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo The latest Japanese charts have come in from Famitsu (via Gematsu) and Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon has managed to pluck Pikmin 4 from the top spot and end the Switch&#8217;s dominance of the top ten. Pikmin 4 has had strong little legs since its launch in July, and it&#8217;s taken until [&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-134544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134544","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=134544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}