Japanese Sales Chart: Latest Yokai Watch 2 Debuts on Top (Week Ending December 14, 2014)
The latest sales data from Japan is in, and it was another big week for gaming, with the latest version of mega-popular Yokai Watch 2 hitting stores and selling over 1.2 million units.
The top twenty is made up of ten 3DS titles, with Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire coming in at number two, and Super Smash Bros for 3DS at number four.
The Wii U is continuing its decent sales streak, with three titles in the top twenty. Super Smash Bros. comes in at number three to move another 80,000 units, and the ever-present Mario Kart 8 moves another 25,000 to come in at number nine. Captain Toad stands strong at number thirteen with over 14,000 units.
In hardware, most platforms saw an increase in sales this week, chiefly the New 3DS and its LL partner, combining to sell well over 100,000 units. The Wii U moved over 27,000 units, similar to last week’s 24,000, a considerable two-week spike when you look at the past few months, when sales hovered around the 8000 mark each week.
Check out the full list below for all the details on Japan’s gaming trends for last week.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5, 12/14/14) – 1,244,171 (New)
- [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 152,384 (1,950,481)
- [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games, 12/11/14) – 81,659 (New)
- [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 79,005 (306,533)
- [PS3] Shining Resonance (Sega, 12/11/14) – 67,282 (New)
- [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 47,393 (1,835,852)
- [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 32,168 (2,958,112)
- [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 29,418 (2,255,273)
- [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 24,938 (778,808)
- [PS3] Assassin’s Creed Rogue (Ubisoft, 12/11/14) – 17,656 (New)
- [3DS] Derby Stallion Gold (Kadokawa Games, 12/04/14) – 16,659 (90,275)
- [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco, 12/04/14) – 16,023 (49,174)
- [Wii U] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo, 11/13/14) – 14,628 (80,510)
- [PS3] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Creation with Power-Up Kit (Koei Tecmo, 12/11/14) – 14,054 (New)
- [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind CHAIN (Spike Chunsoft, 12/04/14) – 12,650 (31,723)
- [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi Koko ga Ochitsukun Desu (Nihon Columbia, 11/20/14) – 12,216 (36,053)
- [PS3] Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting (Bandai Namco, 12/11/14) – 10,675 (New)
- [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova (Sega, 11/27/14) – 10,117 (137,263)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 9,961 (3,830,376)
- [PS3] Resident Evil (Capcom, 11/27/14) – 8,493 (74,196)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- New 3DS LL – 83,041 (63,714)
- PlayStation 4 – 68,041 (15,971)
- New 3DS – 34,676 (25,541)
- Wii U – 27,334 (24,469)
- 3DS LL – 24,475 (17,319)
- PlayStation Vita – 24,039 (22,355)
- 3DS – 14,911 (38,846)
- PlayStation 3 – 7,803 (5,679)
- PlayStation Vita TV – 974 (986)
- Xbox One – 724 (790)
- Xbox 360 – 102 (189)
- PSP – 8 (8)
Source: Gematsu