{"id":42487,"date":"2018-08-24T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/nintendo_grabbed_every_top_ten_spot_in_japanese_charts_last_week_minecraft_on_top"},"modified":"2018-08-24T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T11:35:00","slug":"nintendo-grabbed-every-top-ten-spot-in-japanese-charts-last-week-minecraft-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/24\/nintendo-grabbed-every-top-ten-spot-in-japanese-charts-last-week-minecraft-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Grabbed Every Top Ten Spot In Japanese Charts Last Week, Minecraft On Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e052b27923206\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e052b27923206\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Minecraft\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e052b27923206\/minecraft.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e052b27923206\/minecraft.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Minecraft\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As has been the case for a while now, Nintendo dominated the Japanese gaming charts once again last week, taking every single top-ten spot and securing 17 of the top 20 chart positions.<\/p>\n<p>Last week was Obon in Japan, a traditional custom that has become a major holiday in the region, so no new games were released into the market. That doesn&#8217;t mean that the chart didn&#8217;t see several shifts in position, however, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/minecraft_nintendo_switch_edition\"><strong>Minecraft: Nintendo Switch\u00a0Edition<\/strong><\/a> taking the glory this time around.\u00a0<\/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) [NSW]\u00a0Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition\u00a0(Microsoft, 06\/21\/18) \u2013 25,948 (212,170)<br \/>2) [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 24,188 (2,556,846)<br \/>3) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/taiko_no_tatsujin_drum_lnr_fun\">Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum \u2018n\u2019 Fun!\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(Bandai Namco, 07\/19\/18) \u2013 21,109 (162,020)<br \/>4) [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 20,346 (1,708,892)<br \/>5) [3DS]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/warioware_gold\">WarioWare Gold<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Nintendo, 08\/02\/18) \u2013 20,142 (70,344)<br \/>6) [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 18,520 (315,658)<br \/>7) [NSW]\u00a0<strong>Pro Yakyuu Famista Evolution<\/strong>\u00a0(Bandai Namco, 08\/02\/18) \u2013 13,259 (71,776)<br \/>8) [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 12,111 (102,235)<br \/>9) [NSW]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\"><strong>T<\/strong><strong>he Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 9,682 (1,084,321)<br \/>10) [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 8,707 (596,203)<br \/>11) [3DS]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/pokemon_ultra_sun_and_ultra_moon\">Pok\u00e9mon Ultra Sun\u00a0and\u00a0Ultra Moon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(The Pokemon Company, 11\/17\/17) \u2013 8,447 (1,703,711)<br \/>12) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/octopath_traveler\">Octopath Traveler<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Square Enix, 07\/13\/18) \u2013 8,002 (183,627)<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 7,006 (1,795,879)<br \/>14) [PS4]\u00a0<strong>Yakuza 3<\/strong>\u00a0(Sega, 08\/09\/18) \u2013 6,753 (32,800)<br \/>15) [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 5,766 (39,742)<br \/>16) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/laytons_mystery_journey_katrielle_and_the_millionaires_conspiracy\">Layton\u2019s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaires\u2019 Conspiracy DX<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Level-5, 08\/09\/18) \u2013 5,101 (14,805)<br \/>17) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/okami_hd\">Okami HD<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 08\/09\/18) \u2013 4,758 (18,848)<br \/>18) [NSW]\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/nintendo_labo_toy-con_01_variety_kit\">Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(Nintendo, 04\/20\/18) \u2013 4,703 (222,514)<br \/>19) [PS4]\u00a0<em>J<\/em><strong>ikkyou Pro Powerful Yakyuu 2018<\/strong>\u00a0(Konami, 04\/26\/18) \u2013 3,449 (227,851)<br \/>20) [PS4]\u00a0<strong>Fire Pro Wrestling World<\/strong>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Spike Chunsoft, 08\/09\/18) \u2013 3,326 (23,544)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Things are still looking pretty great on the hardware front, too, with Switch leading the charge once again and improving on the previous week&#8217;s sales.\u00a0Here are this week&#8217;s figures, with last week&#8217;s in brackets.<\/p>\n<p>1) Switch \u2013 54,647 (50,143)<br \/>2) PlayStation 4 \u2013 20,911 (16,982)<br \/>3) New 2DS LL \u2013 7,872 (7,628)<br \/>4) PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 4,932 (5,044)<br \/>5) New 3DS LL \u2013 3,316 (2,784)<br \/>6) PlayStation Vita \u2013 3,083 (3,507)<br \/>7) 2DS \u2013 708 (498)<br \/>8) Xbox One \u2013 51 (31)<br \/>9) Xbox One X \u2013 45 (43)<\/p>\n<p>&lt; Last week&#8217;s charts<\/p>\n<p><em>Any surprises\u00a0this time around? Are you happy to see the Switch take all ten of the top chart positions? Let us know with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As has been the case for a while now, Nintendo dominated the Japanese gaming charts once again last week, taking every single top-ten spot and securing 17 of the top 20 chart positions. Last week was Obon in Japan, a traditional custom that has become a major holiday in the region, so no new games [&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-42487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42487","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=42487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}