The latest sales data from Japan is available, showing the top game sales for the region. This is for physical releases, which excludes the eShop.
This week saw newcomer Touken Ranbu Warriors take the top spot, moving 113,159 units to overthrow Pokémon Arceus. Arceus itself sold 84,925 units, surpassing two million total sales since it’s release a few weeks earlier. We can expect to see the 3D action of Touken Ranbu Warriors release digitally in the US on May 24.
There were no other new releases for the Switch. A few other consoles had game launches that toppled mainstayers Mario Kart and Mario Party from their usual positions, rendering them to 5th and 6th positions in the chart respectively.
In hardware, the OLED model was the favorite this week, moving 59,161 units. There were 96,929 untis sold across the Switch family of consoles.
Check out the full chart below to see what was happening in Japan during the period. Let us know your thoughts on the way things were in Nintendo’s homeland!
Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Touken Ranbu Warriors (DMM Games, 02/17/22) – 113,159 (New)
- [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 84,925 (2,008,795)
- [PS4] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 48,476 (New)
- [PS5] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 43,012 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,406 (4,443,032)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 10,651 (876,158)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 9,268 (4,773,647)
- [PS4] The King of Fighters XV (SIE, 02/17/22) – 9,062 (New)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,503 (2,523,455)
- [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 6,876 (2,509,802)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 6,554 (7,189,885)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 6,256 (3,081,033)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 5,053 (2,602,131)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,519 (1,960,168)
- [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 4,410 (252,619)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 4,333 (931,577)
- [PS4] Dying Light 2: Stay Human (Spike Chunsoft, 02/04/22) – 4,136 (38,602)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 3,582 (4,034,805)
- [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 3,311 (4,313,123)
- [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 3,197 (1,021,510)
- [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 2,455 (1,161,059)
- [PS5] The King of Fighters XV (SIE, 02/17/22) – 2,414 (New)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Best Price (Capcom, 12/16/21) – 2,411 (26,135)
- [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 1,964 (239,596)
- [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 12/04/20) – 1,854 (189,043)
- [NSW] The Battle Cats Unite! (Ponos, 12/03/20) – 1,645 (124,119)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 1,623 (2,061,783)
- [NSW] FIFA 22 Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts, 10/01/21) – 1,602 (69,698)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,573 (2,325,132)
- [PS4] Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition (PlayStation Hits) (SIE, 06/27/19) – 1,569 (73,256)
Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 59,161 (1,245,652)
- Switch – 23,862 (18,016,050)
- PlayStation 5 – 23,249 (1,172,683)
- Switch Lite – 13,906 (4,580,652)
- Xbox Series S – 2,863 (68,449)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,195 (213,395)
- Xbox Series X – 1,936 (84,329)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 364 (1,182,294)
- PlayStation 4 – 11 (7,819,325)
Source: Gematsu