The latest sales data from Japan is now available, and with nothing much new releasing, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was ready to boost it’s way back to pole position. This week saw the game move another 16,595 sales, pushing it to over 500,000 total sales in the region to date.
Three other Switch titles join the top twenty list, with seven 3DS titles littered throughout, Monster Hunter XX leading the pack at number three.
In hardware, there was a decrease to almost all sales, with the Switch among the only device to see an increase, up 4000 from last week to maintain top position with 27,291 sales.
Check out the full list below and let us know your thoughts on the way things were in Japan this week.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 16,596 (505,270)
- [PS4] Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco, 06/01/17) – 12,460 (71,196)
- [3DS] Monster Hunter XX (Capcom, 03/16/17) – 10,209 (1,512,815)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 8,839 (494,526)
- [NSW] Seiken Densetsu Collection (Square Enix, 06/01/17) – 5,329 (34,893)
- [PS4] Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Falcom, 05/25/17) – 5,324 (43,267)
- [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X (Bandai Namco, 04/27/17) – 4,593 (163,451)
- [PSV] Shiro to Kuro no Alice (Idea Factory, 06/08/17) – 4,385 (New)
- [PS4] NieR: Automata (Square Enix, 02/23/17) – 3,499 (341,643)
- [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (Take-Two, 10/08/15) – 3,166 (345,987)
- [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Pokemon Moon (Nintendo, 11/18/16) – 2,935 (3,272,444)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 2,925 (187,599)
- [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 12/01/16) – 2,725 (1,049,802)
- [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,716 (220,050)
- [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft, 12/10/15) – 2,551 (202,695)
- [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 2,466 (1,161,240)
- [PSV] Tsukitomo. Tsukuita. 12 Memories (Bandai Namco, 06/01/17) – 2,352 (15,115)
- [3DS] Mario Sports Superstars (Nintendo, 03/30/17) – 2,323 (100,782)
- [Wii U] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,280 (130,782)
- [3DS] Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax (Bandai Namco, 04/20/17) – 2,188 (84,481)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- Switch – 27,291 (23,524)
- PlayStation 4 – 14,595 (15,854)
- New 3DS LL – 11,442 (12,676)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 4,546 (5,492)
- PlayStation Vita – 4,063 (4,454)
- 2DS – 2,752 (2,904)
- New 3DS – 917 (915)
- PlayStation 3 – 392 (714)
- Wii U – 255 (221)
- Xbox One – 166 (167)
Source: Gematsu