The latest sales data for Japan is in, and this week was massive for the Big N, sales-wise.
The top five titles in the software charts are on Nintendo systems, including the latest Yo-kai Watch game, Yo-kai Watch Busters 2, which debuted in the number one spot with over 200,000 sales. Super Mario Odyssey came next, with another 133,180 sales, tipping it’s total sales over the million mark, as expected. Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon, Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe rounded out the top five.
In hardware, the Nintendo Switch saw a huge boost in sales, moving 221,210 units, about 60,000 more than last week. The 3DS family moved around 50,000 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] Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Treasure Legend Banbaraya – Sword / Magnmum (Level-5, 12/16/17) – 208,540 (New)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 133,180 (1,082,650)
- [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 119,005 (1,169,173)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 70,489 (1,530,859)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 5,0679 (945,232)
- [PS4] Earth Defense Force 5 (D3 Publisher, 12/07/17) – 33,333 (144,408)
- [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 12/07/17) – 26,650 (158,581)
- [3DS] Kirby: Battle Royale (Nintendo, 11/30/17) – 25,180 (72,528)
- [PSV] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory (Bandai Namco, 12/14/17) – 24,636 (New)
- [PS4] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory (Bandai Namco, 12/14/17) – 20,890 (New)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 19,469 (702,460)
- [3DS] Bokujou Monogatari: Futari no Mura+ (Marvelous, 12/14/17) – 15,612 (New)
- [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard Gold Edition Grotesque Ver. (Capcom, 12/14/17) – 14,787 (New)
- [3DS] Style Savvy: Styling Star (Nintendo, 11/03/17) – 13,532 (84,236)
- [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon Double Pack (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 12,117 (302,266)
- [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 12/01/17) – 12,017 (129,426)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 12,007 (318,524)
- [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo, 09/22/17) – 11,144 (150,782)
- [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 10,714 (272,206)
- [NSW] Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park he Youkoso (Nippon Columbia, 12/07/17) – 10,072 (92,586)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- Switch – 221,210 (164,908)
- PlayStation 4 – 45,161 (40,524)
- New 2DS LL – 31,653 (27,074)
- New 3DS LL – 19,115 (15,059)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 17,804 (45,163)
- PlayStation Vita – 9,049 (8,483)
- 2DS – 4,324 (3,192)
- Xbox One – 2,175 (406)
- New 3DS – 421 (248)
- Xbox One X – 132 (75)
- Wii U – 75 (70)
- PlayStation 3 – 44 (48)
Source: Gematsu