The latest sales data from Japan is in and this week saw the release of the latest Metroid outing, with Samus Returns selling over 30,000 copies to hit third spot. Splatoon 2 maintained its momentum with another 37,481 sales helping it to reach second place again this week. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Monster Hunter XX were also in the top ten.
In hardware, the Switch continued to dominate, selling another 44,052 units to stay in the top position. The 3DS and 2DS LL sold almost 20,000 units between them, reaching third and fourth spots respectively.
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)
- [PS4] Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (Konami, 09/14/17) – 64,342 (New)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 37,481 (1,138,962)
- [3DS] Metroid: Samus Returns (Nintendo, 09/15/17) (Limited Edition Included) – 30,855 (New)
- [PS4] Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (SIE, 09/14/17) – 23,131 (New)
- [PS4] Destiny 2 (SIE, 09/06/17) – 20,018 (70,281)
- [PS4] Everybody’s Golf (SIE, 08/31/17) – 13,487 (136,694)
- [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (Konami, 09/14/17) – 12,777 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 10,971 (694,185)
- [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix, 07/29/17) – 10,525 (1,720,431)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter XX Nintendo Switch Ver. (Capcom, 08/25/17) – 9,414 (133,621)
- [PS4] F1 2017 (Ubisoft, 09/14/17) – 7,190 (New)
- [3DS] The Snack World: Trejarers (Level-5, 08/10/17) – 6,658 (161,807)
- [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix, 07/29/17) – 5,877 (1,343,479)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,000 (585,553)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 3,840 (239,954)
- [NSW] Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch (Bandai Namco, 09/07/17) – 3,782 (27,827)
- [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 3,589 (221,700)
- [PSV] Minecraft: PS Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 3,160 (1,208,116)
- [3DS] Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 08/31/17) – 3,057 (38,653)
- [NSW] Champion Jockey Special (Koei Tecmo, 09/14/17) – 2,626 (New)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- Switch – 44,052 (45,439)
- PlayStation 4 – 19,322 (18,483)
- New 3DS LL – 10,650 (9,628)
- New 2DS LL – 8,761 (9,403)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 5,338 (10,999)
- PlayStation Vita – 3,847 (3,913)
- 2DS – 1,726 (1,772)
- New 3DS – 428 (331)
- PlayStation 3 – 99 (115)
- Wii U – 86 (90)
- Xbox One – 57 (63)
Source: Gematsu