The latest sales data from Japan is in and this week saw the launch of one of the year’s most anticipated games, Super Mario Odyssey. There’s no surprise that Mario’s latest outing made it to the top of the list, selling almost half a million copies (462,038) in its first weekend.
A few other new releases came out for the 3DS, including Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux, which sold over 60,000 copies to come in third place.
In hardware, the Nintendo Switch saw a surge in sales, up over 90,000 units from last week to sell 126,701 in total. The 2DS and 3DS LL models came in third and fourth place respectively, slightly up from last week to move about 15,000 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)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 462,038 (New)
- [PS4] ARK: Survival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, 10/26/17) – 70,177 (New)
- [3DS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 10/26/17) – 60,848 (New)
- [PS4] Assassin’s Creed Origins (Ubisoft, 10/27/17) – 49,419 (New)
- [PS4] Taiko Drum Master: Drum Session (Bundle Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 10/26/17) – 28,245 (New)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 22,445 (1,271,451)
- [PS4] Gran Turismo Sport (Limited Edition Included) (SIE, 10/19/17) – 17,670 (167,956)
- [3DS] Idol Time PriPara: Yume All-Star Live! (Takara Tomy A.R.T.S, 10/26/17) – 14,885 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 13,936 (772,533)
- [PS4] The Evil Within 2 (Bethesda Softworks, 10/19/17) – 12,624 (55,565)
- [PS4] Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary (Square Enix, 10/19/17) – 9,570 (51,662)
- [PS4] City Shrouded in Shadow (Bandai Namco, 10/19/17) – 8,117 (57,052)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,307 (622,690)
- [3DS] 12-Sai. Torokeru Puzzle: Futari no Harmony (Happinet, 10/26/17) – 6,195 (New)
- [PS4] Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Warner Bros., 10/12/17) – 5,869 (34,095)
- [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo, 09/22/17) – 4,588 (106,947)
- [PSV] Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary (Square Enix, 10/19/17) – 4,210 (22,994)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 3,815 (260,228)
- [3DS] Rune Factory 4 (Platinum Collection) (Marvelous, 10/26/17) – 3,567 (New)
- [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions (Nintendo, 10/05/17) – 3,480 (46,575)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- Switch – 126,701 (31,092)
- PlayStation 4 – 18,719 (25,075)
- New 2DS LL – 9,203 (8,449)
- New 3DS LL – 6,448 (6,187)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 5,934 (6,203)
- PlayStation Vita – 3,705 (3,535)
- 2DS – 1,412 (1,367)
- New 3DS – 220 (195)
- Xbox One – 97 (69)
- PlayStation 3 – 45 (50)
- Wii U – 41 (40)
Source: Gematsu