{"id":79139,"date":"2019-01-30T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/japanese_charts_super_mario_bros_u_deluxe_sales_exceed_300000_kingdom_hearts_3_takes_top_spot"},"modified":"2019-01-30T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T14:15:00","slug":"japanese-charts-super-mario-bros-u-deluxe-sales-exceed-300000-kingdom-hearts-3-takes-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/30\/japanese-charts-super-mario-bros-u-deluxe-sales-exceed-300000-kingdom-hearts-3-takes-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Sales Exceed 300,000, Kingdom Hearts 3 Takes Top Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b06cb91d99c0c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b06cb91d99c0c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Mario\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b06cb91d99c0c\/mario.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b06cb91d99c0c\/mario.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Japanese chart figures are now in for 21st &#8211; 27th January, revealing that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/new_super_mario_bros_u_deluxe\"><strong>New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> has now sold more than 300,000 units in the country alone.<\/p>\n<p>The game shifted another 57,725 copies this week, taking its total up to 312,869 and keeping it safely within the top three positions at retail. <strong>Kingdom Hearts III<\/strong> takes number one this week with a total of 610,077 retail copies being sold on PS4; the game only released digitally on Xbox One meaning sales were not tracked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fitness_boxing\"><strong>Fitness Boxing<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/fitness_boxing_faces_stock_shortages_in_japan_after_players_share_weight_loss_stories_online\">boom in popularity in Japan<\/a> sees it return to the chart this week, snagging 17th position by selling another 4,130 copies.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top 20 (first numbers are this week&#8217;s sales, followed by total sales in brackets):<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>1) [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 01\/25\/19) \u2013 610,077 (New)<br \/>2) [PS4] <strong>Resident Evil 2<\/strong> (Z Version and Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 01\/25\/19) \u2013 252,848 (New)<br \/>3) [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01\/11\/19) \u2013 57,725 (312,869)<br \/>4) [NSW] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\"><strong>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong><\/a> (Nintendo, 12\/07\/18) \u2013 38,478 (2,764,751)<br \/>5) [PS4] <strong>Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown<\/strong> (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 01\/17\/19) \u2013 25,499 (227,878)<br \/>6) [NSW] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_party\"><strong>Super Mario Party<\/strong><\/a> (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10\/05\/18) \u2013 11,958 (983,903)<br \/>7) [NSW] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> (Nintendo, 04\/28\/17) \u2013 10,860 (2,096,812)<br \/>8) [NSW] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_lets_go_eevee\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon: Let\u2019s Go, Pikachu! and Let\u2019s Go, Eevee!<\/strong><\/a> (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11\/16\/18) \u2013 9,334 (1,436,633)<br \/>9) [NSW] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/minecraft_nintendo_switch_edition\"><strong>Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition<\/strong><\/a> (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06\/21\/18) \u2013 8,588 (582,039)<br \/>10) [NSW] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a> (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07\/21\/17) \u2013 7,329 (2,910,678)<br \/>11) [NSW] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragon_quest_builders_2\"><strong>Dragon Quest Builders 2<\/strong><\/a> (Square Enix, 12\/20\/18) \u2013 7,117 (217,610)<br \/>12) [NSW] <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> (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 6,578 (1,279,601)<br \/>13) [PS4] <strong>Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix<\/strong> (Square Enix, 03\/09\/17) \u2013 6,097 (229,283)<br \/>14) [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix, 12\/20\/18) \u2013 5,275 (211,667)<br \/>15) [PS4] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/tales_of_vesperia_definitive_edition\"><strong>Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition<\/strong><\/a> (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 01\/11\/19) \u2013 5,039 (53,994)<br \/>16) [PS4] <strong>Yakuza 4<\/strong> (Sega, 01\/17\/19) \u2013 4,393 (22,833)<br \/>17) [NSW] Fitness Boxing (Imagineer, 12\/20\/18) \u2013 4,130 (19,719)<br \/>18) [PS4] <strong>PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds<\/strong> (PUBG Corporation, 01\/17\/19) \u2013 3,408 (10,855)<br \/>19) [PS4] <strong>Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII<\/strong> (SIE, 10\/12\/18) \u2013 3,261 (527,400)<br \/>20) [PS4] <strong>Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou<\/strong> (Limited Edition Included) (Entergram, 01\/24\/19) \u2013 2,868 (New)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>On the hardware front, Switch sales continue to fall back down to more usual levels, with another slight dip from last week. Here are this week&#8217;s figures, with last week&#8217;s in brackets:<\/p>\n<p>Switch \u2013 52,429 (71,139)<br \/>PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 33,032 (6,958)<br \/>PlayStation 4 \u2013 19,612 (9,505)<br \/>New 2DS LL \u2013 3,781 (3,767)<br \/>PlayStation Vita \u2013 1,701 (1,755)<br \/>New 3DS LL \u2013 972 (1,514)<br \/>2DS \u2013 179 (158)<br \/>Xbox One X \u2013 82 (94)<br \/>Xbox One \u2013 11 (24)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/japanese_charts_new_super_mario_bros_u_deluxe_knocked_off_top_spot_in_its_second_week\">&lt; Last week&#8217;s charts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Any surprises this week? How well do you think Mario Bros. U Deluxe will do in the long run? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese chart figures are now in for 21st &#8211; 27th January, revealing that New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe has now sold more than 300,000 units in the country alone. The game shifted another 57,725 copies this week, taking its total up to 312,869 and keeping it safely within the top three positions at retail. 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