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Yesterday’s Direct shenanigans meant that we were a little too busy to get to the Japanese charts, but worry not, we’ve got them for you now!
Famitsu’s latest numbers paint another picture of sleepy sales numbers this week, with nothing exceeding 15,000 copies sold. Bandai Namco’s Code Vein II on PS5 emerged at the top of the pile with 14,452 debut sales to its name, narrowly beating Mario Kart World, which still hangs around in second.
Much like we saw in the UK charts, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade has taken a bit of a tumble since grabbing the gold medal last week, and now finds itself in ninth. Meanwhile, three titles take up a whopping six spots in the top ten, with both their Switch 1 and Switch 2 editions making it into the upper reaches of the charts.
Here’s the latest top ten physical sales in Japan:
Position
Game
Platform
Unit Sales (26th Jan – 1st Feb)
Total Unit Sales
1
Code Vein II
PS5
14,452
NEW
2
Mario Kart World
Switch 2
12,445
2,805,146
3
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
Switch 2
9,941
52,918
4
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Switch
9,042
8,362,221
5
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Switch
6,744
1,601,782
6
Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru – Higashi Nihon Hen + Nishi Nihon Hen – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
Switch 2
6,203
262,314
7
Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
Switch 2
5,875
1,078,445
8
Kirby Air Riders
Switch 2
5,324
491,424
9
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Switch 2
5,289
28,717
10
Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru – Higashi Nihon Hen + Nishi Nihon Hen
Switch
5,243
313,300
Things were similarly sluggish on the hardware side of things. Switch 2 continued to put up some solid numbers, with an additional ~69,000 units to its name, but it was ghostly quiet from everything else across the board.
Combining the three SKUs for Switch and PS5 leans things in Sony’s favour this week, with the Switch 1 models totalling in at 10,678, and the PS5 trio reaching 10,949.
Here’s a look at the week’s full hardware charts:
Position
Console
Unit Sales (26th Jan – 1st Feb)
Lifetime Unit Sales
1
Switch 2
69,586
4,307,086
2
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition
5,803
1,172,069
3
Switch OLED
4,526
9,431,437
4
Switch Lite
4,462
6,848,650
5
PlayStation 5
3,575
5,884,066
6
Switch
1,690
20,237,843
7
PlayStation 5 Pro
1,571
319,526
8
Xbox Series X Digital Edition
389
26,110
9
Xbox Series S
119
340,676
10
Xbox Series X
19
323,926
11
PlayStation 4
13
7,930,217
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[source famitsu.com]
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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