{"id":40513,"date":"2018-08-15T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/switch_continues_its_hardware_dominance_in_japanese_charts_games_fill_16_of_top_20_spots"},"modified":"2018-08-15T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:30:00","slug":"switch-continues-its-hardware-dominance-in-japanese-charts-games-fill-16-of-top-20-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/15\/switch-continues-its-hardware-dominance-in-japanese-charts-games-fill-16-of-top-20-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch Continues Its Hardware Dominance In Japanese Charts, Games Fill 16 Of Top 20 Spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fd9428b415ec8\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fd9428b415ec8\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Switchjapan\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fd9428b415ec8\/switchjapan.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fd9428b415ec8\/switchjapan.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Switchjapan\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nintendo&#8217;s Japanese chart success has continued once again this week, with the Switch being the most popular consoleand\u00a0 its games filling sixteen of the top twenty places.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t a Switch or 3DS title sitting on top of the pile this time around, as the newly released <strong>Yakuza 3<\/strong> soared to the top with\u00a026,047 sales on PS4, but the overall chart shows a familiar picture. The usual evergreen Nintendo titles are present as always, with a couple of new additions joining the party, too.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the top 20 (first numbers are this week&#8217;s sales, followed by total sales in brackets):<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>1) [PS4]\u00a0Yakuza 3\u00a0(Sega, 08\/09\/18) \u2013 26,047\u00a0(New)<br \/>2) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07\/21\/17) \u2013 21,630 (2,532,658)<br \/>3) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/taiko_no_tatsujin_drum_lnr_fun\"><strong>Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum \u2018n\u2019 Fun!<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Bandai Namco, 07\/19\/18) \u2013 21,020 (140,911)<br \/>4) [PS4]\u00a0<strong>Fire Pro Wrestling World<\/strong>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Spike Chunsoft, 08\/09\/18) \u2013 20,218\u00a0(New)<br \/>5) [3DS]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/warioware_gold\"><strong>WarioWare Gold<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Nintendo, 08\/02\/18) \u2013 19,183 (50,201)<br \/>6) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Nintendo, 04\/28\/17) \u2013 17,795 (1,688,546)<br \/>7) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/minecraft_nintendo_switch_edition\"><strong>Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Microsoft, 06\/21\/18) \u2013 17,003 (186,221)<br \/>8) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_tennis_aces\"><strong>Mario Tennis Aces<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Nintendo, 06\/22\/18) \u2013 16,456 (297,138)<br \/>9) [NSW]\u00a0<strong>Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax<\/strong>\u00a0(Bandai Namco, 08\/02\/18) \u2013 15,671 (58,517)<br \/>10) [PS4]\u00a0<strong>Bullet Girls Phantasia<\/strong>\u00a0(D3 Publisher, 08\/09\/18) \u2013 14,396\u00a0(New)<br \/>11) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/okami_hd\"><strong>Okami HD<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 08\/09\/18) \u2013 14,089\u00a0(New)<br \/>12) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/octopath_traveler\"><strong>Octopath Traveler<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Square Enix, 07\/13\/18) \u2013 11,390 (175,625)<br \/>13) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/captain_toad_treasure_tracker\"><strong>Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Nintendo, 07\/13\/18) \u2013 10,875 (90,123)<br \/>14) [3DS]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/etrian_odyssey_x\"><strong>Etrian Odyssey X<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Atlus, 08\/02\/18) \u2013 9,914 (81,860)<br \/>15) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/laytons_mystery_journey_katrielle_and_the_millionaires_conspiracy\"><strong>Layton\u2019s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaires\u2019 Conspiracy DX<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Level-5, 08\/09\/18) \u2013 9,704\u00a0(New)<br \/>16) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\"><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 8,300 (1,074,639)<br \/>17) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kirby_star_allies\"><strong>Kirby Star Allies<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Nintendo, 03\/16\/18) \u2013 7,657 (587,496)<br \/>18) [3DS]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/pokemon_ultra_sun_and_ultra_moon\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(The Pok\u00e9mon Company, 11\/17\/17) \u2013 6,451 (1,695,264)<br \/>19) [PSV]\u00a0<strong>Bullet Girls Phantasia<\/strong>\u00a0(D3 Publisher, 08\/09\/18) \u2013 6,441\u00a0(New)<br \/>20) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\"><strong>Super Mario Odyssey<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10\/27\/17) \u2013 6,016 (1,788,814)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>As has been the case for quite a while now, the Switch has taken the top spot in the hardware charts by quite a comfortable margin. Here are this week&#8217;s figures, followed by last week&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>1) Switch \u2013 50,143 (50,799)<br \/>2) PlayStation 4 \u2013 16,982 (13,113)<br \/>3) New 2DS LL \u2013 7,628 (9,015)<br \/>4) PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 5,044 (5,889)<br \/>5) PlayStation Vita \u2013 3,507 (3,339)<br \/>6) New 3DS LL \u2013 2,784 (3,010)<br \/>7) 2DS \u2013 498 (561)<br \/>8) Xbox One X \u2013 43 (53)<br \/>9) Xbox One \u2013 31 (21)<\/p>\n<p><em>Any surprises\u00a0this time around? Are you happy to see the Switch performing so well in its home region? Let us know with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo&#8217;s Japanese chart success has continued once again this week, with the Switch being the most popular consoleand\u00a0 its games filling sixteen of the top twenty places. It wasn&#8217;t a Switch or 3DS title sitting on top of the pile this time around, as the newly released Yakuza 3 soared to the top with\u00a026,047 sales [&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-40513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40513","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=40513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}