{"id":27987,"date":"2018-06-24T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/splatoon_2_returns_to_top_of_japanese_gaming_charts_48_weeks_after_launch"},"modified":"2018-06-24T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T15:00:00","slug":"splatoon-2-returns-to-top-of-japanese-gaming-charts-48-weeks-after-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/24\/splatoon-2-returns-to-top-of-japanese-gaming-charts-48-weeks-after-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Splatoon 2 Returns To Top Of Japanese Gaming Charts 48 Weeks After Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/splatoon_2_returns_to_top_of_japanese_gaming_charts_48_weeks_after_launch\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/splatoon_2_returns_to_top_of_japanese_gaming_charts_48_weeks_after_launch\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/splatoon_2_returns_to_top_of_japanese_gaming_charts_48_weeks_after_launch\/attachment\/0\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/splatoon_2_returns_to_top_of_japanese_gaming_charts_48_weeks_after_launch\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Splatoon Octo Expansion 1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>There\u2019s no denying the fact\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/splatoon\"><strong>Splatoon<\/strong><\/a> has become one of Nintendo\u2019s most marketable modern IP. The first and now second game in the series has paved the way for a bright future. Even\u00a0in the short time frame of their existence, the inklings have made a surprise cameo in <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> and were recently added to the <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\"><strong>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong><\/a> roster as official fighters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With all this in consideration, the latest data reinforces just how successful the new squids on the block have become, with the second game in the series,\u00a0<strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong>, returning the top of the Japanese gaming charts, last week, after a 48-week absence. It&#8217;s likely linked to the recent release of the lovely\u00a0<strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/splatoon_2_octo_expansion\">Octo Expansion<\/a><\/strong>, perhaps illustrating how effective DLC\u00a0can be sales-wise when done right. If this doesn\u2019t blow your mind, this is the longest time on record since a game has returned to the top spot since the original <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/pokemon_red_and_blue\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/a><\/strong> titles\u00a0did it back in 1997 &#8211; exactly 89 weeks after launch.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/splatoon_2_returns_to_top_of_japanese_gaming_charts_48_weeks_after_launch\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/splatoon_2_returns_to_top_of_japanese_gaming_charts_48_weeks_after_launch\/attachment\/1\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Splatoon Charts.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/splatoon_2_returns_to_top_of_japanese_gaming_charts_48_weeks_after_launch\/attachment\/2\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/splatoon_2_returns_to_top_of_japanese_gaming_charts_48_weeks_after_launch\/attachment\/2\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon Charts.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>According to Game Data Library, Splatoon 2 is estimated to sell more than a million units in Japan over the course of 2018, with its total sales expected to be closer to 4 million by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you still playing your copy of Splatoon 2? Have you tried out the new Octo Expansion yet? Tell us in the comments.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no denying the fact\u00a0Splatoon has become one of Nintendo\u2019s most marketable modern IP. The first and now second game in the series has paved the way for a bright future. Even\u00a0in the short time frame of their existence, the inklings have made a surprise cameo in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and were recently added [&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-27987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27987","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=27987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}