{"id":136925,"date":"2026-04-23T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200293"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:00:00","slug":"japanese-charts-tomodachi-lifes-huge-start-crushes-the-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/23\/japanese-charts-tomodachi-lifes-huge-start-crushes-the-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: Tomodachi Life’s Huge Start Crushes The Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We’ve got our latest look at the Japanese charts, thanks to Famitsu<\/a>, and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/a> has left the competition in the dust.<\/p>\n

Nintendo’s latest life sim has got off to a staggering start, shifting a sweet 565,405 copies in its debut week. That leaves this week’s silver medallist, Pragmata<\/a>, with quite the distance to make up \u2014 the PS5 version sold 36,470 copies, while the S2 edition didn’t make it to the top ten.<\/p>\n

The usual suspects fill out the rest of the chart, with Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> edging ever closer to the big ‘one milly’ mark in third, and Mario Kart World<\/a> and Minecraft<\/a> filling up the top five. Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story<\/a> makes its physical debut at seventh, and the download cards for Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen<\/a> sneak into the final spot.<\/p>\n

Here’s the top ten, so you can see the chart as it stands in full:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/th>\nGame<\/th>\nPlatform<\/th>\nUnit Sales<\/strong> (13th – 19th Apr)<\/strong><\/th>\nTotal Unit Sales<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\n\n

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

565,405<\/td>\nNEW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n\n

Pragmata<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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PS5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

36,470<\/td>\n\n

NEW<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3<\/td>\n\n

Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

19,096<\/td>\n910,005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n\n

Mario Kart World<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5,130<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2,900,842<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n\n

Minecraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3,550<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4,190,151<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

6<\/td>\n\n

Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

3,538<\/td>\n8,423,202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n\n

Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

3,299<\/td>\nNEW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n\n

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

3,067<\/td>\n104,917<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n\n

Nintendo Switch Sports<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2,459<\/td>\n\n

1,720,506<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10<\/td>\n\n

Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen (Download Card)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2,169<\/td>\n\n

20,218<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Just in case you thought all of those Tomodachi Life sales were coming from pre-existing Switch 1 owners, the hardware sales suggest otherwise. With the launch of a hot new S1 game, both the Switch Lite and OLED models have seen a bump in sales this week. It’s not enough to come remotely close to the Switch 2, of course, but it’s not bad going.<\/p>\n

This means that the three Switch models combine for 31,496 sales this week, while the PS5 options remain much lower at 10,730.<\/p>\n

Here’s the full hardware chart:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/th>\nConsole<\/th>\nUnit Sales<\/strong> (13th – 19th Apr)<\/strong><\/th>\nLifetime Unit Sales<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nSwitch 2<\/td>\n\n

44,280<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

5,107,397<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n\n

Switch Lite<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

16,511<\/td>\n\n

6,931,105<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3<\/td>\n\n

Switch OLED<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

10,472<\/td>\n9,543,843<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nPlayStation 5 Digital Edition<\/td>\n5,501<\/td>\n1,260,442<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n\n

Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

4,513<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

20,279,020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n\n

PlayStation 5 Pro<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

3,066<\/td>\n345,642<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n\n

PlayStation 5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2,163<\/td>\n5,913,856<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n\n

Xbox Series X<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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223<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

326,285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n\n

Xbox Series X Digital Edition<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

147<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

30,011<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10<\/td>\n\n

Xbox Series S<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

84<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

341,779<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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