Japan: Nintendo Switch On Top And New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe At Number 2

The latest charts direct from Japan have arrived and its no change for the Nintendo Switch which holds steady at number one comfortably outselling Sony’s PlayStation 4 console. This week’s number one is EA and Bioware’s Anthem but relentlessly behind it is New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe which appears to be performing well in the land of the rising sun. Here’s the best-selling hardware and software in Japan:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS4] Anthem (Limited Edition Included) (Electronic Arts, 02/22/19) – 77,938 (New)
2. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 23,235 (455,006)
3. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 22,430 (2,883,416)
4. [PS4] NieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition (Square Enix, 02/21/19) – 21,326 (New)
5. [PS4] Jump Force (Bandai Namco, 02/14/19) – 17,471 (94,365)
6. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 01/25/19) – 14,258 (770,068)
7. [PS4] Far Cry: New Dawn (Ubisoft, 02/15/19) – 12,384 (38,668)
8. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 11,057 (1,501,846)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,308 (2,142,329)
10. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 8,770 (1,027,695)
11. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,380 (615,882)
12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 7,748 (1,299,813)
13. [NSW] Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match DX (Bandai Namco, 02/21/19) – 7,651 (New)
14. [PS4] Catherine: Full Body (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 02/14/19) – 7,031 (58,855)
15. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 5,962 (2,938,590)
16. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 (Z Version and Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 01/25/19) – 5,781 (344,273)
17. [PS4] Metro Exodus (Spike Chunsoft, 02/15/19) – 5,187 (22,701)
18. [NSW] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Capcom, 02/21/19) – 4,419 (New)
19. [PS4] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Capcom, 02/21/19) – 3,783 (New)
20. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Limited Edition and Bundle Versions Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 2,724 (1,954,432)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 53,270 (65,958)
2. PlayStation 4 – 10,632 (11,792)
3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,956 (7,892)
4. PlayStation Vita – 3,600 (1,767)
5. New 2DS LL – 3,388 (3,358)
6. New 3DS LL – 1,052 (1,254)
7. 2DS – 113 (142)
8. Xbox One X – 51 (55)
9. Xbox One – 21 (13)

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