{"id":8365,"date":"2017-12-20T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/nintendo_switch_picks_up_incredible_sales_in_japan_to_continue_its_strong_run"},"modified":"2017-12-20T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T14:30:00","slug":"nintendo-switch-picks-up-incredible-sales-in-japan-to-continue-its-strong-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/20\/nintendo-switch-picks-up-incredible-sales-in-japan-to-continue-its-strong-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch Picks Up Incredible Sales in Japan to Continue Its Strong Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Switch sales.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/nintendo_switch_picks_up_incredible_sales_in_japan_to_continue_its_strong_run\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/nintendo_switch_picks_up_incredible_sales_in_japan_to_continue_its_strong_run\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Switch sales.jpg\" \/><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">AP Photo \/ Koji Sasahara<\/span><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise to hear that the Switch is already close to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/switch_set_to_overtake_wii_u_in_japan_after_less_than_a_year_on_sale\">overtaking the lifetime sales of the Wii U<\/a>, even if it&#8217;s a statistic that&#8217;ll always be harsh on the last-gen system. Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid console is hot stuff right now and that&#8217;s especially the case in Japan, where the latest Media Create charts show its dominance in this vital shopping season.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with software, however &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Yo-kai Watch Busters 2<\/strong> has arrived on 3DS and taken the number one spot. In second place is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\"><strong>Super Mario Odyssey<\/strong><\/a>, which has now passed one million retail sales in the Media Create figures. There are multiple evergreen Switch and 3DS games to be found elsewhere in the top 20, with\u00a0<strong>Bokujou Monogatari: Futari no Mura+\u00a0<\/strong>being the only other new release on Nintendo hardware down in 12 place. The results below have lifetime sales in brackets.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Treasure Legend Banbaraya \u2013 Sword<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0<em>Magnmum<\/em>\u00a0(Level-5, 12\/16\/17) \u2013 208,540\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Super Mario Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 10\/27\/17) \u2013 133,180 (1,082,650)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Pokemon Ultra Sun<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0<em>Ultra Moon<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/17\/17) \u2013 119,005 (1,169,173)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Splatoon 2<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 07\/21\/17) \u2013 70,489 (1,530,859)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 04,28,17) \u2013 5,0679 (945,232)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Earth Defense Force 5<\/em>\u00a0(D3 Publisher, 12\/07\/17) \u2013 33,333 (144,408)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Yakuza: Kiwami 2<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 12\/07\/17) \u2013 26,650 (158,581)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Kirby: Battle Royale<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/30\/17) \u2013 25,180 (72,528)<\/li>\n<li>[PSV]\u00a0<em>Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth \u2013 Hacker\u2019s Memory<\/em>\u00a0(Bandai Namco, 12\/14\/17) \u2013 24,636\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth \u2013 Hacker\u2019s Memory<\/em>\u00a0(Bandai Namco, 12\/14\/17) \u2013 20,890\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 19,469 (702,460)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Bokujou Monogatari: Futari no Mura+<\/em>\u00a0(Marvelous, 12\/14\/17) \u2013 15,612\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Resident Evil 7: biohazard Gold Edition Grotesque Ver.<\/em>\u00a0(Capcom, 12\/14\/17) \u2013 14,787\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Style Savvy: Styling Star<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/03\/17) \u2013 13,532 (84,236)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Pokemon Ultra Sun<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0<em>Ultra Moon<\/em>\u00a0Double Pack (Nintendo, 11\/17\/17) \u2013 12,117 (302,266)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 12\/01\/17) \u2013 12,017 (129,426)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/23\/16) \u2013 12,007 (318,524)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Pokken Tournament DX<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 09\/22\/17) \u2013 11,144 (150,782)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Arms<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 06\/16\/17) \u2013 10,714 (272,206)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park he Youkoso<\/em>\u00a0(Nippon Columbia, 12\/07\/17) \u2013 10,072 (92,586)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Hardware sales were up mostly across the board, with only the PS4 Pro dropping following a spike from a previous <strong>Monster Hunter: Worlds<\/strong> system. The headline is the Switch, however, which sold a whopping 221,210 units last week, a hefty increase on figures that were already impressive. The New 2DS LL and New 3DS LL (XL) are back up to third and fourth place overall, too. That Switch number, we should add, surpasses the sales of all other systems combined.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Switch \u2013 221,210 (164,908)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 \u2013 45,161 (40,524)<\/li>\n<li>New 2DS LL \u2013 31,653 (27,074)<\/li>\n<li>New 3DS LL \u2013 19,115 (15,059)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 17,804 (45,163)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation Vita \u2013 9,049 (8,483)<\/li>\n<li>2DS \u2013 4,324 (3,192)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox One \u2013 2,175 (406)<\/li>\n<li>New 3DS \u2013 421 (248)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox One X \u2013 132 (75)<\/li>\n<li>Wii U \u2013 75 (70)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 3 \u2013 44 (48)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Another fantastic week for Nintendo&#8217;s new system in Japan and a sign that momentum is picking up as the year ends. Nintendo will undoubtedly be heading into 2018 with a lot of confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP Photo \/ Koji Sasahara It&#8217;s no surprise to hear that the Switch is already close to overtaking the lifetime sales of the Wii U, even if it&#8217;s a statistic that&#8217;ll always be harsh on the last-gen system. Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid console is hot stuff right now and that&#8217;s especially the case in Japan, where the [&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-8365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8365","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=8365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}