{"id":33746,"date":"2018-07-18T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/octopath_traveler_smashes_its_way_to_number_one_in_japan_by_a_huge_margin"},"modified":"2018-07-18T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T14:15:00","slug":"octopath-traveler-smashes-its-way-to-number-one-in-japan-by-a-huge-margin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/18\/octopath-traveler-smashes-its-way-to-number-one-in-japan-by-a-huge-margin\/","title":{"rendered":"Octopath Traveler Smashes Its Way To Number One In Japan By A Huge Margin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/octopath_traveler_smashes_its_way_to_number_one_in_japan_by_a_huge_margin\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/octopath_traveler_smashes_its_way_to_number_one_in_japan_by_a_huge_margin\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"octopath.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/octopath_traveler_smashes_its_way_to_number_one_in_japan_by_a_huge_margain\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/octopath_traveler_smashes_its_way_to_number_one_in_japan_by_a_huge_margain\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"octopath.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Japanese chart figures are finally in for last week and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/octopath_traveler\"><strong>Octopath\u00a0Traveler<\/strong><\/a> has grabbed the top spot without even the slightest bit of concern from competitors, securing 110,111 sales in its opening week.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been another astonishing week for Nintendo on the whole, with games on Switch and 3DS securing nine of the top ten places, and the company&#8217;s newest releases are unsurprisingly sitting right at the top. Here&#8217;s the full top 20 list with all the juicy sales figures you need (first numbers are this week&#8217;s sales, followed by total sales in brackets):<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>1) [NSW]\u00a0Octopath Traveler\u00a0(Square Enix, 07\/13\/18) \u2013 110,111\u00a0(New)<br \/>2)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>[NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/captain_toad_treasure_tracker\">Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Nintendo, 07\/13\/18) \u2013 41,852\u00a0(New)<br \/>3)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>[NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_tennis_aces\">Mario Tennis Aces<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Nintendo, 06\/22\/18) \u2013 21,838 (227,452)<br \/>4) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07\/21\/17) \u2013 20,430 (2,447,782)<br \/>5) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/minecraft_nintendo_switch_edition\">Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Microsoft, 06\/21\/18) \u2013 15,101 (121,785)<br \/>6) [3DS]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/captain_toad_treasure_tracker\">Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Nintendo, 07\/13\/18) \u2013 14,558\u00a0(New)<br \/>7)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>[NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Nintendo, 04\/28\/17) \u2013 11,417 (1,627,674)<br \/>8) [PS4]\u00a0<strong>Mary Skelter 2<\/strong>\u00a0(Compile Heart, 07\/12\/18) \u2013 10,370\u00a0(New)<br \/>9)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>[3DS]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/pokemon_ultra_sun_and_ultra_moon\">Pok\u00e9mon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(The Pokemon Company, 11\/17\/17) \u2013 7,145 (1,668,513)<br \/>10) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 6,622 (1,043,717)<br \/>11) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kirby_star_allies\">Kirby Star Allies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Nintendo, 03\/16\/18) \u2013 6,160 (559,764)<br \/>12) [PS4]\u00a0<strong>New Gundam Breaker<\/strong>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 06\/21\/18) \u2013 5,023 (82,077)<br \/>13) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\">Super Mario Odyssey<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10\/27\/17) \u2013 5,016 (1,766,438)<br \/>14) [PS4]\u00a0<strong>The Crew 2<\/strong>\u00a0(Ubisoft, 06\/29\/18) \u2013 4,951 (32,276)<br \/>15) [PS4]\u00a0<strong>Zanki Zero: Last Beginning<\/strong>\u00a0(Spike Chunsoft, 07\/05\/18) \u2013 4,164 (19,705)<br \/>16) [PS4]\u00a0<strong>Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix<\/strong>\u00a0(Square Enix, 03\/09\/17) \u2013 3,788 (167,064)<br \/>17) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/donkey_kong_country_tropical_freeze\">Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Nintendo, 05\/04\/18) \u2013 3,642 (190,330)<br \/>18) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/shining_resonance_refrain\">Shining Resonance Refrain<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Sega, 07\/12\/18) \u2013 3,465\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><br \/>19)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>[PS4]\u00a0<strong>Detroit: Become Human<\/strong>\u00a0(SIE, 05\/25\/18) \u2013 3,321 (90,360)<br \/>20) [PS4]\u00a0<strong>Pro Evolution Soccer 2018<\/strong>\u00a0(Konami, 09\/14\/17) \u2013 2,724 (172,154)<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>It&#8217;s looking just as bright as ever on the hardware front, too, with Switch leading the charge by a comfortable margin once again. Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid system managed to shift 6,000 more units than last week&#8217;s numbers:<\/p>\n<p>1) Switch \u2013 50,239 (44,237)<br \/>2) PlayStation 4 \u2013 12,431 (12,608)<br \/>3) PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 5,165 (5,226)<br \/>4) New 2DS LL \u2013 4,176 (3,965)<br \/>5) PlayStation Vita \u2013 4,112 (3,444)<br \/>6) New 3DS LL \u2013 2,507 (2,739)<br \/>7) 2DS \u2013 448 (528)<br \/>8) Xbox One \u2013 47 (41)<br \/>9) Xbox One X \u2013 32 (47)<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you surprised by any of the figures here? Or is this pretty much what you expected for Nintendo this week?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese chart figures are finally in for last week and Octopath\u00a0Traveler has grabbed the top spot without even the slightest bit of concern from competitors, securing 110,111 sales in its opening week. 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