{"id":21410,"date":"2018-05-23T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/nintendo_continues_to_dominate_japans_charts_as_7_of_the_top_10_games_are_on_switch"},"modified":"2018-05-23T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T13:30:00","slug":"nintendo-continues-to-dominate-japans-charts-as-7-of-the-top-10-games-are-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/23\/nintendo-continues-to-dominate-japans-charts-as-7-of-the-top-10-games-are-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Continues To Dominate Japan&#8217;s Charts As 7 Of The Top 10 Games Are On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/nintendo_continues_to_dominate_japans_charts_as_7_of_the_top_10_games_are_on_switch\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/nintendo_continues_to_dominate_japans_charts_as_7_of_the_top_10_games_are_on_switch\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Monkey doing the business\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/nintendo_continues_to_dominate_japans_charts_as_7_of_the_top_10_games_are_on_switch\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/nintendo_continues_to_dominate_japans_charts_as_7_of_the_top_10_games_are_on_switch\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Monkey doing the business\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That Nintendo remains top dog in Japan this week in terms of sales perhaps isn&#8217;t the most shocking news &#8211; the company regularly finds itself in pole position in its homeland.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Media Create sales figures for the 14th of\u00a0May to the 20th show that a PlayStation 4 game came in at number one &#8211; but no matter, as the rest of the top 20 is <em>dominated<\/em> by Switch and 3DS games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/donkey_kong_country_tropical_freeze\"><strong>Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0managed to slot into second place, and has now sold an impressive 129,760 copies since its release. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a> is in third position with 2,323,048 units now shifted, while further down the chart the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/nintendo_labo_toy-con_01_-_variety_kit\"><strong>Nintendo Labo Variety Kit<\/strong><\/a> is performing well, considering the inflated price.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the top 20, 14 entries are on Nintendo hardware.<\/p>\n<p>1. [PS4] Caligula Overdose \u2013 20,399 \/ NEW<br \/>2. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze \u2013 15,452 \/ 129,760<br \/>3. [NSW] Splatoon 2 \u2013 12,646 \/ 2,323,048<br \/>4. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 \u2013 10,240 \/ 189,672<br \/>5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe \u2013 10,071 \/ 1,542,271<br \/>6. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies \u2013 8,392 \/ 500,622<br \/>7. [NSW] Nintendo Labo \u2013 Variety Kit \u2013 8,151 \/ 166,536<br \/>8. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild \u2013 5,687 \/ 991,867<br \/>9. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey \u2013 4,632 \/ 1,725,867<br \/>10. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 \u2013 4,073 \/ 83,955<br \/>11. [NSW] The Snack World: Trejarers Gold \u2013 3,549 \/ 82,504<br \/>12. [PS4] God of War \u2013 3,124 \/ 101,703<br \/>13. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun\/Ultra Moon \u2013 2,927 \/ 1,634,916<br \/>14. [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege Advanced Edition \u2013 2,238 \/ 53,533<br \/>15. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf \u2013 Welcome amiibo \u2013 1,791 \/ 408,980<br \/>16. [NSW] Nintendo Labo \u2013 Robot Kit \u2013 1,762 \/ 44,911<br \/>17. [NSW] 1-2 Switch \u2013 1,680 \/ 445,228<br \/>18. [PS4] Cities: Skylines \u2013 1,658 \/ 28,724<br \/>19. [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX \u2013 1,562 \/ 262,871<br \/>20. [NSW] ARMS \u2013 1,527 \/ 406,645<\/p>\n<p>On the hardware side of things, Switch was the winner as well:<\/p>\n<p>Switch \u2013 33,125<br \/>PS4 \u2013 12,404<br \/>PS4 Pro \u2013 4,536<br \/>New 2DS LL \u2013 3,489<br \/>New 3DS LL \u2013 2,353<br \/>Vita \u2013 2,219<br \/>2DS \u2013 413<br \/>Xbox One \u2013 146<br \/>Xbox One X \u2013 54<\/p>\n<p>Let us know if you&#8217;re even the least bit surprised by this news by posting a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That Nintendo remains top dog in Japan this week in terms of sales perhaps isn&#8217;t the most shocking news &#8211; the company regularly finds itself in pole position in its homeland. 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