The latest sales data from Japan is in, and this week saw the release of Level-5’s latest 3DS game, The Snack World, which moved just shy of 100,000 copies to come in at second place. It couldn’t topple the 3DS version of Dragon Quest XI from the number one spot, which sold another 116,615 copies to pass the 1.5 million mark for total sales.
The Switch’s best sellers included Splatoon at number four, with 87,983 copies and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at number five with 17,262. We’re keeping an eye on Splatoon, which may hit the one million mark next week.
In hardware, the Switch saw a huge surge this week despite the lack of new software, selling 97,798 units. Numbers were down for every other system, with the 2DS and 3DS LLs coming in at third and fourth position respectively, moving about 41,000 units between them.
Check out the full list below and let us know your thoughts on the way things were in Japan last week.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix, 07/29/17) – 116,615 (1,573,216)
- [3DS] The Snack World: Trejarers (Level-5, 08/10/17) – 97,534 (New)
- [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix, 07/29/17) – 91,147 (1,242,260)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 87,983 (915,628)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 17,262 (632,894)
- [PS4] Hitman: The Complete First Season (Square Enix, 08/10/17) – 17,252 (New)
- [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 08/03/17) – 10,770 (80,618)
- [PS4] Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 (Capcom, 08/10/17) – 8,537 (New)
- [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 7,866 (197,284)
- [PS4] Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (SIE, 08/03/17) – 7,263 (37,647)
- [3DS] Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaires’ Conspiracy (Level-5, 07/20/17) – 7,131 (115,188)
- [3DS] Hey! Pikmin (Nintendo, 07/13/17) – 6,863 (114,750)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,642 (560,764)
- [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko, Doko Nan Desu? (Nippon Columbia, 07/20/17) – 6,246 (40,354)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 5,380 (218,378)
- [PS4] Gundam Versus (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 07/06/17) – 4,873 (157,958)
- [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Pokemon Moon (Nintendo, 11/18/16) – 4,865 (3,309,571)
- [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 4,181 (1,191,628)
- [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 3,570 (242,742)
- [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 3,354 (2,802,588)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- Switch – 87,798 (61,933)
- PlayStation 4 – 34,691 (43,862)
- New 2DS LL – 24,187 (33,871)
- New 3DS LL – 17,276 (22,200)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 7,771 (9,077)
- PlayStation Vita – 4,651(4,773)
- 2DS – 3,527 (3,740)
- New 3DS – 740 (1,078)
- Wii U – 132 (158)
- PlayStation 3 – 95 (96)
- Xbox One – 75 (90)
Source: Gematsu