The latest sales data from Japan is in, and this week saw a lot of new releases, though only a couple for Nintendo consoles. The biggest seller for Nintendo was the latest Fire Emblem game, the spin-off/cross-over title, Fire Emblem Warriors. The game sold 41,491 copies on the Switch and 18,357 on the 3DS.
Another new entry was the Switch version of FIFA 18, which sneaked its way into the top ten with 12,616 sales, putting it at number 8.
Other notable entries include Splatoon 2, Pokken Tournament DX and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, all of which remain in the top ten best sellers for the week.
In hardware, the Switch saw another surge in sales, with 73,231 units sold, about 30,000 more than last week. It remains the top-selling console again this week.
Check out the full sales lists below and let us know your thoughts on the way things were in Japan last week.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (Limited Edition Included) (09/28/17) – 87,261 (New)
- [PS4] FIFA 18 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/17) – 55,919 (New)
- [NSW] Fire Emblem Warriors (Nintendo, 09/28/17) – 41,491 (New)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 29,704 (1,190,563)
- [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo, 09/22/17) – 23,543 (76,938)
- [3DS] Fire Emblem Warriors (Nintendo, 09/28/17) – 18,357 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 15,098 (720,741)
- [NSW] FIFA 18 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/17) – 12,616 (New)
- [PS4] Genkai Tokki: Castle Panzers (Compile Heart, 09/28/17) – 10,389 (New)
- [PS4] Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (Konami, 09/14/17) – 10,250 (91,446)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 7,615 (598,670)
- [PS4] Destiny 2 (SIE, 09/06/17) – 7,371 (88,688)
- [PS4] Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition (Bethesda Softworks, 09/28/17) – 6,507 (New)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter XX Nintendo Switch Ver. (Capcom, 08/25/17) – 6,350 (146,883)
- [PS4] Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain (NIS, 09/28/17) – 5,681 (New)
- [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix, 07/29/17) – 5,639 (1,733,552)
- [3DS] The Snack World: Trejarers (Level-5, 08/10/17) – 5,073 (172,833)
- [PSV] Shinobi, Koi Utsutsu: Kanmitsu Hana Emaki (Idea Factory, 09/28/17) – 4,629 (New)
- [NSW] Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch (Bandai Namco, 09/07/17) – 4,419 (36,085)
- [PS4] Everybody’s Golf (SIE, 08/31/17) – 4,213 (148,645)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- Switch – 73,231 (43,426)
- PlayStation 4 – 22,822 (18,396)
- New 3DS LL – 9,915 (8,726)
- New 2DS LL – 8,359 (8,508)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,547 (5,418)
- PlayStation Vita – 3,732 (3,707)
- 2DS – 1,655 (1,659)
- New 3DS – 392 (379)
- Xbox One – 71 (76)
- Wii U – 68 (56)
- PlayStation 3 – 64 (87)
Source: Gematsu