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Last week was a big one for new releases, and Famitsu is here to show how they all fared in their Japanese chart debut.
Somewhat surprisingly, nothing was able to topple the top four of Mario Kart World, Kirby Air Riders, and Pokémon Legends: Z-A (on Switch 1 and 2) this time. Less surprising is that Octopath Traveler 0 emerged as the best-selling newbie in fifth, outperforming Metroid Prime 4: Beyond on Switch 2, which debuted in sixth.
Remember, outside of Dread, Metroid has historically not sold well in Japan, so we’re not entirely shocked to see Beyond appear so low. That said, after all these years of waiting, we would have thought the Switch 1 edition would at least make an appearance in the top 10…
Here’s the latest top ten physical sales in Japan:
Position
Game
Platform
Unit Sales (1st – 7th Dec)
Total Unit Sales
1
Mario Kart World
Switch 2
102,435
2,354,146
2
Kirby Air Riders
Switch 2
46,737
288,618
3
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Switch 2
44,331
862,377
4
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Switch
40,441
1,347,242
5
Octopath Traveler 0
Switch
21,698
NEW
6
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Switch 2
21,415
NEW
7
Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru – Higashi Nihon Hen + Nishi Nihon Hen – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
Switch 2
19,806
113,094
8
Octopath Traveler 0
PS5
19,533
NEW
9
Octopath Traveler 0
Switch 2
18,083
NEW
10
Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru – Higashi Nihon Hen + Nishi Nihon Hen
Switch
17,851
158,992
The hardware charts have seen a big boom for Switch across the board. The Switch 2 shifted a whopping 200,000+ units last week, pushing its total up past the 3 million mark, and the Switch OLED and Lite models comfortably took second and third place.
Unsurprisingly, this means that combining the SKUs for the Switch and PS5 systems leans things firmly in Nintendo’s favour. The standard, Lite and OLED models came together for 51,316, while the three PS5 options combined for 25,240.
Here’s a look at the week’s full hardware charts:
Position
Console
Unit Sales (1st – 7th Dec)
Lifetime Unit Sales
1
Switch 2
203,398
3,171,833
2
Switch OLED
24,395
9,355,307
3
Switch Lite
15,194
6,765,163
4
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition
12,372
1,078,039
5
Switch
11,727
20,193,370
6
PlayStation 5 Pro
8,797
304,709
7
PlayStation 5
4,071
5,858,011
8
Xbox Series X Digital Edition
130
24,274
9
Xbox Series S
54
340,207
10
Xbox Series X
47
323,782
11
PlayStation 4
20
7,930,111
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[source famitsu.com]
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Jim came to Nintendo Life in 2022 and, despite his insistence that The Minish Cap is the best Zelda game and his unwavering love for the Star Wars prequels (yes, really), he has continued to write news and features on the site ever since.
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