The latest sales data from Japan is in. This week’s top-selling game was Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which returned to the top spot with another 34,362 units sold. Triangle Strategy and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe rounded out the top five Switch titles, coming in fourth and fifth place.
There were a few new titles in the mix as well. Chocobo GP and hack//G.U. moved 12,414 and 11,097 respectively, placing them sixth and seventh in the charts.
In hardware, the Switch topped the charts again, moving almost 100,000 units during the week across its family of consoles. Between the original, OLED, and Lite models, the Switch saw total sales of 98,246.
You can check out the full details of this week’s sales below. What do you think of the way things were in Japan this week? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Pokémon Legends: Arceus (The Pokémon Company, 01/28/22) – 34,362 (2,154,392)
- [PS4] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 30,341 (274,141)
- [PS4] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 20,806 (85,371)
- [NSW] Triangle Strategy (Square Enix, 03/04/22) – 17,380 (103,678)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,038 (4,483,464)
- [NSW] Chocobo GP (Square Enix, 03/10/22) – 12,414 (New)
- [NSW] .hack//G.U. Last Recode (Bandai Namco, 03/10/22) – 11,097 (New)
- [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 10,106 (83,505)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 9,815 (4,804,530)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,464 (2,551,664)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 8,177 (904,143)
- [PS5] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 7,067 (111,830)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,993 (7,209,036)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,793 (1,975,839)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 5,280 (3,097,912)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 5,221 (2,681,148)
- [NSW] Pokémon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokémon Company, 11/19/21) – 4,145 (2,524,087)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 4,036 (944,870)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 3,900 (4,046,555)
- [PS4] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 3,165 (68,909)
- [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 2,739 (4,322,535)
- [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 2,672 (1,030,008)
- [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 2,445 (262,165)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Best Price (Capcom, 12/16/21) – 2,435 (32,254)
- [NSW] Touken Ranbu Warriors (DMM Games, 02/17/22) – 2,241 (129,506)
- [NSW] Power Pro Kun Pocket R (Konami, 11/25/21) – 1,770 (57,014)
- [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 1,756 (1,167,246)
- [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 1,744 (245,508)
- [NSW] Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (Koei Tecmo Games, 02/24/22) – 1,634 (23,456)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 1,576 (2,066,289)
Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 51,933 (1,385,640)
- Switch – 30,381 (18,907,424)
- Switch Lite – 15,932 (4,624,750)
- PlayStation 5 – 14,764 (1,225,415)
- Xbox Series S – 1,588 (74,297)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,522 (219,660)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 461 (1,183,777)
- Xbox Series X – 374 (86,049)
- PlayStation 4 – 16 (7,819,369)
Source: Gematsu