{"id":137014,"date":"2026-04-30T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200577"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:15:00","slug":"japanese-charts-no-amount-of-sci-fi-shooting-can-trouble-tomodachi-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/30\/japanese-charts-no-amount-of-sci-fi-shooting-can-trouble-tomodachi-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: No Amount Of Sci-Fi Shooting Can Trouble Tomodachi Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week’s Japanese charts are in from Famitsu<\/a>, and despite some newbies on the scene, nothing has been able to shake Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yep, Nintendo’s weird little life sim is still comfortably ahead of the competition, adding another 178,533 copies to its name in the region. Pokopia<\/a> sneaks into second, leaving the Switch 2 edition of Pragmata<\/a> to make its chart debut in third.<\/p>\n

Japanese exclusives Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmei kashokuden<\/strong> and Elminage ORIGINAL: Priestess of Darkness and The Ring of the Gods<\/strong> manage to debut in the top 10, while familiar favourites like Mario Kart World<\/a> and Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a> continue to demonstrate their staying power.<\/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> (20th – 26th 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

178,533<\/td>\n743,938<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n\n

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

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

17,039<\/td>\n\n

927,044<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3<\/td>\n\n

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

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

14,453<\/td>\nNEW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n\n

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

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

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12,786<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

49,256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n\n

Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmei kashokuden<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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7,654<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

6<\/td>\n\n

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

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

5,537<\/td>\n2,906,379<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/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

3,695<\/td>\n108,612<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n\n

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

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

3,378<\/td>\n4,193,529<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n\n

Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru \u2013 Higashi Nihon Hen + Nishi Nihon Hen<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

3,201<\/td>\n\n

343,741<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10<\/td>\n\n

Elminage ORIGINAL: Priestess of Darkness and The Ring of the Gods<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

2,882<\/td>\n\n

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

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Things have calmed down a little on the hardware side of things this week after a mini bump in Switch Lite sales last time (Tomodachi Life will do that, it seems). The Switch 2 maintains its commanding lead, natch, with the Lite and OLED models of its predecessor taking up the rest of the podium.<\/p>\n

Switch 1’s combined SKU sales hit 27,139 this week, while the three PS5 units come in at 12,973.<\/p>\n

Here’s the full hardware chart:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/th>\nConsole<\/th>\nUnit Sales<\/strong> (20th – 26th Apr)<\/strong><\/th>\nLifetime Unit Sales<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nSwitch 2<\/td>\n\n

45,825<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

5,153,222<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2<\/td>\n\n

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

11,263<\/td>\n\n

6,942,368<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3<\/td>\n\n

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

10,796<\/td>\n9,554,639<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nPlayStation 5 Digital Edition<\/td>\n6,361<\/td>\n1,266,803<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n\n

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

\n

5,080<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

20,284,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n\n

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

4,330<\/td>\n349,972<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n\n

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

2,282<\/td>\n5,916,138<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n\n

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

\n

127<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

30,138<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n\n

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

\n

82<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

341,861<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10<\/td>\n\n

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

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37<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

326,322<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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