{"id":4726,"date":"2017-11-08T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/super_mario_odyssey_and_nintendo_switch_continue_strong_run_in_japan"},"modified":"2017-11-08T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:00:00","slug":"super-mario-odyssey-and-nintendo-switch-continue-strong-run-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/08\/super-mario-odyssey-and-nintendo-switch-continue-strong-run-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Mario Odyssey and Nintendo Switch Continue Strong Run in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Mario nips.png\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/super_mario_odyssey_and_nintendo_switch_continue_strong_run_in_japan\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/super_mario_odyssey_and_nintendo_switch_continue_strong_run_in_japan\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario nips.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s the middle of the week, which means it&#8217;s time for the Media Create charts out of Japan. The previous week saw <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\">Super Mario Odyssey<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>hit around half a million sales at launch, the figure varying depending on whether you prefer Media Create or Famitsu numbers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Starting with the software chart this week, Mario&#8217;s adventure has been toppled from the number one spot by the PS4 version of\u00a0<strong>Call of Duty: WWII<\/strong>, but nevertheless returned sales numbers in six figures in its second week.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/nintendo_presents_new_style_boutique_3_-_styling_star\">Style Savvy: Styling Star<\/a><\/strong> made its debut on 3DS in fourth place, which isn&#8217;t\u00a0<em>bad\u00a0<\/em>but doesn&#8217;t exactly set the charts alight. The results are below with lifetime sales in brackets.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Call of Duty: WWII<\/em>\u00a0(SIE, 11\/03\/17) \u2013 168,234\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Super Mario Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 10\/27\/17) \u2013 116,931 (578,969)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>.hack\/\/G.U. Last Recode<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 11\/02\/17) \u2013 61,816\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Style Savvy: Styling Star<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/03\/17) \u2013 32,176\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Splatoon 2<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 07\/21\/17) \u2013 23,557 (1,295,008)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>ARK: Survival Evolved<\/em>\u00a0(Spike Chunsoft, 10\/26\/17) \u2013 23,370 (93,547)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Assassin\u2019s Creed Origins<\/em>\u00a0(Ubisoft, 10\/27\/17) \u2013 22,272 (71,692)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 04,28,17) \u2013 15,913 (788,445)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 10\/26\/17) \u2013 9,978 (70,647)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Gran Turismo Sport<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (SIE, 10\/19\/17) \u2013 9,045 (177,001)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Taiko Drum Master: Drum Session<\/em>\u00a0(Bundle Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 10\/26\/17) \u2013 7,679 (35,924)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 6,662 (629,352)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>The Evil Within 2<\/em>\u00a0(Bethesda Softworks, 10\/19\/17) \u2013 5,809 (61,374)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Pokken Tournament DX<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 09\/22\/17) \u2013 4,882 (111,829)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest &amp; Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary<\/em>\u00a0(Square Enix, 10\/19\/17) \u2013 4,858 (56,520)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/23\/16) \u2013 4,008 (264,236)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>City Shrouded in Shadow<\/em>\u00a0(Bandai Namco, 10\/19\/17) \u2013 3,511 (60,563)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Middle-earth: Shadow of War<\/em>\u00a0(Warner Bros., 10\/12\/17) \u2013 3,367 (37,462)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Mario &amp; Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser\u2019s Minions<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 10\/05\/17) \u2013 3,171 (49,746)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Idol Time PriPara: Yume All-Star Live!<\/em>\u00a0(Takara Tomy A.R.T.S, 10\/26\/17) \u2013 3,080 (17,965)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Moving on to hardware, the major Switch bump driven by Odyssey bundles fell away, but the system is still way out from its rivals as the best seller. New 2DS LL and New 3DS LL (XL) also delivered increases in their customary third and fourth places.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Switch \u2013 64,387 (126,701)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 \u2013 21,830 (18,719)<\/li>\n<li>New 2DS LL \u2013 11,116 (9,203)<\/li>\n<li>New 3DS LL \u2013 7,914 (6,448)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 6,993 (5,934)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation Vita \u2013 3,576 (3,705)<\/li>\n<li>2DS \u2013 1,539 (1,412)<\/li>\n<li>New 3DS \u2013 287 (220)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox One \u2013 114 (97)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 3 \u2013 56 (45)<\/li>\n<li>Wii U \u2013 38 (41)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So there you have it, another week with some positive sales results for Nintendo in Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the middle of the week, which means it&#8217;s time for the Media Create charts out of Japan. 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