{"id":136513,"date":"2026-03-19T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198879"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:30:00","slug":"japanese-charts-ditto-copies-another-win-for-pokemon-pokopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/19\/japanese-charts-ditto-copies-another-win-for-pokemon-pokopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: Ditto Copies Another Win For Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b7e7b1e5f94d7\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b7e7b1e5f94d7\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"b7e7b1e5f94d7\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b7e7b1e5f94d7\/pokemon-pokopia.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b7e7b1e5f94d7\/pokemon-pokopia.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are back with another look at the latest Japanese physical charts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202603\/69199\">Famitsu<\/a>, and despite some newbies entering the standings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> remains firmly at the top.<\/p>\n<p>It was another big week for TPC&#8217;s latest, with Ditto &amp; co. summoning up another 117,029 sales to its name. This meant that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/monster-hunter-stories-3-twisted-reflection\">Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection<\/a> debuted at 2nd and 3rd on Switch 2 and PS5, respectively, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/fatal-frame-ii-crimson-butterfly-remake\">Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake<\/a> arrived in fifth and eighth.<\/p>\n<p>All those newbies mean there weren&#8217;t many spaces for the old favourites this week, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/mario-kart-world\">Mario Kart World<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/mario-tennis-fever\">Mario Tennis Fever<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/animal_crossing_new_horizons\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a> still managed to cling onto a spot, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/resident-evil-requiem\">Resident Evil Requiem<\/a> hung around in fourth on PS5.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the top ten:<\/p>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Position<\/th>\n<th>Game<\/th>\n<th>Platform<\/th>\n<th><strong>Unit Sales<\/strong> <strong>(9th-15th Mar)<\/strong><\/th>\n<th>Total Unit Sales<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>117,029<\/td>\n<td>658,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/shin_megami_tensei_v_vengeance\" class=\"external\"><br \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>37,718<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>NEW<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>PS5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>17,188<\/td>\n<td>NEW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Resident Evil Requiem<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>PS5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>12,787<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>191,619<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>PS5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>12,115<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>NEW<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Mario Kart World<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>8,280<\/td>\n<td>2,865,062<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Mario Tennis Fever<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>7,311<\/td>\n<td>83,142<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>6,436<\/td>\n<td>NEW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>5,038<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>8,402,335<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Animal Crossing: New Horizons &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>4,535<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>88,130<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<p>Aside from the Switch 2&#8217;s continued dominance, the hardware chart has seen a bit of a shakeup this week, with the PS5 Digital Edition narrowly outselling the Switch OLED, and the Standard Switch outselling the Lite.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the order switch-up, the Switch 1 SKUs still come out on top over the PS5, with Nintendo&#8217;s old systems pulling in 19,941 total sales last week, and the PS5 models racking up 12,886.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s have a look at the full hardware charts:<\/p>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Position<\/th>\n<th>Console<\/th>\n<th><strong>Unit Sales<\/strong> <strong>(9th-15th Mar)<\/strong><\/th>\n<th>Lifetime Unit Sales<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Switch 2<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>96,950<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>4,804,273<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>PlayStation 5 Digital Edition<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>8,014<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>1,215,775<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Switch OLED<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>7,813<\/td>\n<td>9,501,877<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Switch<\/td>\n<td>7,314<\/td>\n<td>20,256,142<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Switch Lite<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>4,814<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>6,889,681<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>PlayStation 5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>2,554<\/td>\n<td>5,904,185<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>PlayStation 5 Pro<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>2,318<\/td>\n<td>333,515<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Xbox Series X<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>134<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>325,343<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Xbox Series S<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>85<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>341,370<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Xbox Series X Digital Edition<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>77<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>28,642<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>PlayStation 4<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>26<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>7,930,391<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/japanese-charts-pokemon-pokopia-gets-off-to-an-astonishing-start\">&lt; Previous charts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:198451,198804 @ 1773963318 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts on this week&#8217;s Japanese charts? Let us know down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo We are back with another look at the latest Japanese physical charts from Famitsu, and despite some newbies entering the standings, Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia remains firmly at the top. It was another big week for TPC&#8217;s latest, with Ditto &amp; co. summoning up another 117,029 sales to its name. This meant that Monster Hunter [&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-136513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136513","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=136513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}