The latest sales data from Japan is in, and the picture remains similar to last week. Pokémon Legends: Arceus easily maintains its top position, selling another 140,149 units to fall just short of 2 million total sales. We can expect to see it hit that milestone next week.

Pokémon games feature twice more in the charts, with Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl and Sword/Shield coming in at 7th and 17th, respectively.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe moves up to second position, with Mario Party Superstars and Super Smash Bros. closely behind, moving over 10,000 units each.

The only new title to make the charts this week is My Next Life as a Villainess, which sold 6676 copies to come in tenth position overall. The game is based on the Japanese light novel series.

Hardware sales increased, with over 118,000 units sold across the three Switch models.

Check out the full sales charts below to see how things moved in Japan during the latest period. And let us know your thoughts on the top games of the week. How many have you been playing?

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [NSW] Pokémon Legends: Arceus (The Pokémon Company, 01/28/22) – 140,149 (1,923,870)
  2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 15,515 (4,429,626)
  3. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 14,812 (865,507)
  4. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 11,134 (4,764,379)
  5. [PS4] Dying Light 2: Stay Human (Spike Chunsoft, 02/04/22) – 10,305 (34,466)
  6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,784 (2,514,952)
  7. [NSW] Pokémon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokémon Company, 11/19/21) – 8,163 (2,502,926)
  8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,779 (7,183,331)
  9. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 7,652 (3,074,777)
  10. [NSW] My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! – Pirates that Stir the Waters (Idea Factory, 02/10/22) – 6,676 (New)
  11. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 6,412 (2,597,078)
  12. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 5,425 (248,209)
  13. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 5,132 (927,244)
  14. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,002 (1,955,649)
  15. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 4,076 (4,031,223)
  16. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 3,874 (1,018,313)
  17. [NSW] Pokémon Sword / Shield (The Pokémon Company, 11/15/19) – 3,615 (4,309,812)
  18. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Best Price (Capcom, 12/16/21) – 3,246 (23,724)
  19. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 2,794 (1,158,604)
  20. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 2,271 (237,632)
  21. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 12/04/20) – 2,218 (187,189)
  22. [PS5] Dying Light 2: Stay Human (Spike Chunsoft, 02/04/22) – 2,147 (15,038)
  23. [NSW] The Battle Cats Unite! (Ponos, 12/03/20) – 2,092 (122,474)
  24. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 1,905 (696,054)
  25. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 1,899 (2,060,160)
  26. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,824 (2,323,559)
  27. [NSW] FIFA 22 Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts, 10/01/21) – 1,681 (68,096)
  28. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 1,645 (1,197,024)
  29. [NSW] Dying Light: Platinum Edition (Spike Chunsoft, 01/13/22) – 1,614 (12,300)
  30. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,482 (829,847)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. Switch OLED Model – 66,152 (1,186,491)
  2. Switch – 34,979 (17,992,188)
  3. Switch Lite – 16,934 (4,566,776)
  4. PlayStation 5 – 5,744 (1,149,434)
  5. Xbox Series S – 3,616 (65,586)
  6. Xbox Series X – 2,339 (82,393)
  7. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 674 (211,210)
  8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 360 (1,181,930)
  9. PlayStation 4 – 4 (7,819,314)

Source: Gematsu