{"id":86860,"date":"2019-03-06T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/japanese_charts_smash_ultimate_returns_to_number_two_dead_or_alive_6_takes_top_spot"},"modified":"2019-03-06T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:30:00","slug":"japanese-charts-smash-ultimate-returns-to-number-two-dead-or-alive-6-takes-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/06\/japanese-charts-smash-ultimate-returns-to-number-two-dead-or-alive-6-takes-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: Smash Ultimate Returns To Number Two, Dead Or Alive 6 Takes Top Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Japanese chart figures are now in for 25th – 3rd March, revealing that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong> has managed to climb back up to number two this week.<\/p>\n

The game narrowly beats New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe<\/a><\/strong> to that position, with just over 1,000 sales between them, but it’s Dead or Alive 6<\/strong> which has managed to claim top spot this time around.<\/p>\n

There are a few of new Switch entries this week; Zoids Wild: King of Blast<\/strong> entered at number nine, Darius Cozmic Collection<\/strong> managed eleventh, and Doraemon: Nobita\u2019s Chronicle of the Moon Exploration<\/strong> came in at number 19.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 20 (first numbers are this week’s sales, followed by total sales in brackets):<\/p>\n

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1) [PS4] Dead or Alive 6 (Square Enix, 03\/01\/19) \u2013 26,442 (New)
2) [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12\/07\/18) \u2013 25,617 (2,909,033)
3) [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01\/11\/19) \u2013 24,436 (479,443)
4) [PS4] Anthem<\/strong> (Limited Edition Included) (Electronic Arts, 02\/22\/19) \u2013 20,368 (98,306)
5) [PS4] Left Alive<\/strong> (Square Enix, 02\/28\/19) \u2013 17,622 (New)
6) [NSW] Pok\u00e9mon: Let\u2019s Go, Pikachu! and Let\u2019s Go, Eevee!<\/a><\/strong> (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11\/16\/18) \u2013 12,864 (1,514,711)
7) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a><\/strong> (Nintendo, 04\/28\/17) \u2013 12,369 (2,154,698)
8) [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III<\/strong> (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 01\/25\/19) \u2013 10,983 (781,051)
9) [NSW] Zoids Wild: King of Blast (Takara Tomy, 02\/28\/19) \u2013 10,030 (New)
10) [NSW] Super Mario Party<\/a><\/strong> (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10\/05\/18) \u2013 9,900 (1,037,559)
11) [NSW] Darius Cozmic Collection (Limited Edition Included) (Taito, 02\/28\/19) \u2013 9,495 (New)
12) [NSW] Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong> (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07\/21\/17) \u2013 8,986 (2,947,577)
13) [PS4] Jump Force<\/strong> (Bandai Namco, 02\/14\/19) \u2013 8,655 (103,020)
14) [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition<\/a><\/strong> (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06\/21\/18) \u2013 8,638 (624,521)
15) [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong> (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 7,694 (1,307,507)
16) [PS4] NieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition<\/strong> (Square Enix, 02\/21\/19) \u2013 6,625 (27,950)
17) [PS4] Far Cry: New Dawn<\/strong> (Ubisoft, 02\/15\/19) \u2013 6,000 (44,668)
18) [PS4] Resident Evil 2<\/strong> (Z Version and Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 01\/25\/19) \u2013 4,505 (348,778)
19) [NSW] Doraemon: Nobita\u2019s Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (FuRyu, 02\/28\/19) \u2013 3,370 (New)
20) [PS4] Catherine: Full Body<\/strong> (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 02\/14\/19) \u2013 3,000 (61,855)<\/p>\n

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The Switch has managed to sell more units this week than last, comfortably sitting at the top of the pile once again<\/a>. Here are this week’s figures, with last week’s in brackets:<\/p>\n

1) Switch \u2013 68,666 (53,270)
2) PlayStation 4 \u2013 11,871 (10,632)
3) PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 7,986 (6,956)
4) New 2DS LL \u2013 6,202 (3,388)
5) PlayStation Vita \u2013 3,287 (3,600)
6) New 3DS LL \u2013 1,203 (1,052)
7) 2DS \u2013 116 (113)
8) Xbox One X \u2013 67 (51)
9) Xbox One \u2013 23 (21)<\/p>\n

< Last week’s charts<\/a><\/p>\n

Any surprises this week? Surprised to see Smash back in second place? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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