Japanese Sales Charts: Bayonetta 2 Debuts at No. 3 (Week Ending September 21, 2014)
The latest sales data from Japan is in and this week sees the release of Bayonetta 2 in the region. This latest Wii U game join the charts at number three, moving almost 40,000 units. This is joined by Mario Kart 8 and Hyrule Warriors in 9th and 20th places respectively to put three Wii U titles in the top 20 for the first time in 6 months.
The 3DS had another great week, with Super Smash Bros. 3DS on top again, moving another 321,000 units. Yokai Watch 2 continues it’s impressive sales, picking up the number 2 spot with 56,000 sales, almost 10,000 more than last week.
In hardware, most platforms saw fewer sales than last week, except for Nintendo’s, with the 3DS on top again with 35,000 sales, and the Wii U in fourth place moving over 8,000.
Check out the full list below and let us now your thoughts on the Japanese scene this week.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 321,363 (1,266,008)
- [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 56,380 (2,525,591)
- [Wii U] Bayonetta 2 (Nintendo, 09/20/14) – 38,828 (New)
- [PS3] Destiny (SCE, 09/11/14) – 18,396 (67,896)
- [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online (Square Enix, 09/04/14) – 13,948 (89,299)
- [PS4] Destiny (SCE, 09/11/14) – 13,014 (104,291)
- [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution (Bandai Namco, 09/11/14) – 9,389 (49,569)
- [PSV] Toukiden Kiwami (Koei Tecmo, 08/28/14) – 7,936 (129,256)
- [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 6,396 (672,313)
- [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) – 4,554 (1,274,296)
- [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo, 07/24/14) – 4,334 (184,048)
- [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V Low Price Version (Take-Two, 06/26/14) – 3,087 (63,395)
- [3DS] Pokemon X and Y (Pokemon, 10/12/13) – 2,944 (4,144,405)
- [PS4] Samurai Warriors 4 (Koei Tecmo, 09/04/14) – 2,840 (19,131)
- [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (Bandai Namco, 08/07/14) – 2,792 (139,935)
- [3DS] Medarot 8 Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. (Rocket Company, 08/28/14) – 2,763 (48,069)
- [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Space-Time Great Adventure (Bandai Namco, 06/26/14) – 2,719 (163,54)
- [PS3] Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition (Square Enix, 08/21/14) – 2,611 (32,151)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 2,554 (3,788,095)
- [Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Koei Tecmo, 08/14/14) – 2,443 (102,620)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- 3DS LL – 35,622 (31,602)
- PlayStation Vita – 11,148 (12,331)
- PlayStation 4 – 8,939 (23,623)
- Wii U – 8,396 (7,062)
- 3DS – 7,970 (7,967)
- PlayStation 3 – 6,078 (6,083)
- Xbox One – 1,314 (3,015)
- PlayStation Vita TV – 704 (817)
- Xbox 360 – 103 (96)
- PSP – 99 (101)
Source: Gematsu
September 27, 2014
In just one day of the Bayonetta 2 release in Japan… and it’s not even a full week yet. Great start for a debut at #3. Look forward to the full week result on a Nintendo published sequel this Wednesday.