{"id":8935,"date":"2017-12-27T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/nintendo_switch_continues_to_dominate_in_japan"},"modified":"2017-12-27T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T13:50:00","slug":"nintendo-switch-continues-to-dominate-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/27\/nintendo-switch-continues-to-dominate-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch Continues to Dominate in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Switch Japan.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/nintendo_switch_continues_to_dominate_in_japan\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/nintendo_switch_continues_to_dominate_in_japan\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Switch Japan.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We may be in the middle of the Holidays, but we still have the Media Create results to show us what&#8217;s hot &#8211; and what&#8217;s not &#8211; in Japan. Unsurprisingly, Nintendo&#8217;s latest system is continuing to fly off the shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Before we get to that, though, we have the software results to look at, and the number one with some fantastic numbers is a surprise with\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\">Super Mario Odyssey<\/a><\/strong>; the fact the sales include the hardware bundle will have contributed a lot. The top\u00a0<strong>9<\/strong> are all Switch and 3DS titles, which is excellent for Nintendo in such a key shopping period &#8211; results are below with lifetime sales in brackets.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Super Mario Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0(Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10\/27\/17) \u2013 209,630 (1,292,281)<\/li>\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 184,739 (393,279)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Pokemon Ultra Sun<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0<em>Ultra Moon<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/17\/17) \u2013 176,789 (1,345,962)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Splatoon 2<\/em>\u00a0(Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07\/21\/17) \u2013 137,607 (1,668,466)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 04,28,17) \u2013 100,205 (1,045,438)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Kirby: Battle Royale<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/30\/17) \u2013 42,796 (115,324)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 35,565 (738,026)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Pokken Tournament DX<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 09\/22\/17) \u2013 27,053 (297,491)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Arms<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 06\/16\/17) \u2013 25,285 (297,491)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>The Idolmaster: Stella Stage<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 12\/21\/17) \u2013 23,772\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>1-2-Switch<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 23,156 (328,694)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Style Savvy: Styling Star<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/03\/17) \u2013 21,321 (105,557)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Atelier Lydie &amp; Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings<\/em>\u00a0(Gust, 12\/21\/17) \u2013 21,129\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Earth Defense Force 5<\/em>\u00a0(D3 Publisher, 12\/07\/17) \u2013 20,536 (164,944)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/23\/16) \u2013 18,019 (336,543)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park he Youkoso<\/em>\u00a0(Nippon Columbia, 12\/07\/17) \u2013 17,769 (110,355)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Pokemon Ultra Sun<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0<em>Ultra Moon<\/em>\u00a0Double Pack (Nintendo, 11\/17\/17) \u2013 17,679 (319,945)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Okami HD<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 12\/21\/17) \u2013 16,536\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Deluxe Edition<\/em>\u00a0(Bandai Namco, 12\/21\/17) \u2013 16,011\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch<\/em>\u00a0(Bandai Namco, 09\/07\/17) \u2013 15,916 (89,161)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Moving on to hardware sales we see the Switch go past a quarter of a million sales in <em>just one week<\/em>. Most systems saw sales climb, with notable gains for New 2DS LL and New 3DS LL (XL) too &#8211; the results are below with last week&#8217;s sales in brackets.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Switch \u2013 269,684 (221,210)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 \u2013 50,662 (45,161)<\/li>\n<li>New 2DS LL \u2013 45,387 (31,653)<\/li>\n<li>New 3DS LL \u2013 27,947 (19,115)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 16,595 (17,804)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation Vita \u2013 14,041 (9,049)<\/li>\n<li>2DS \u2013 6,992 (4,324)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox One \u2013 687 (2,175)<\/li>\n<li>New 3DS \u2013 311 (421)<\/li>\n<li>Wii U \u2013 98 (75)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 3 \u2013 40 (44)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox One X \u2013 32 (132)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These are all hugely positive and impressive results for Nintendo in Japan, and certainly bode well for 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We may be in the middle of the Holidays, but we still have the Media Create results to show us what&#8217;s hot &#8211; and what&#8217;s not &#8211; in Japan. Unsurprisingly, Nintendo&#8217;s latest system is continuing to fly off the shelves. 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