Japan: Kirby Star Allies For Nintendo Switch Was Top-Selling Game Last Week

It’s Wednesday which means it is time to see the latest Media Create sales figures direct from Japan. It’s been another good week for Nintendo with the recently released Kirby Star Allies for the Nintendo Switch sitting pretty at the top of the software charts. The best-selling console this week was once again the Nintendo Switch which sold 40K units, easily beating the PlayStation 4. Here’s the best-sellers in Japan:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 35,319 (392,413)
2. [PS4] Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft, 03/29/18) – 26,732 (102,206)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 21,890 (2,213,576)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,849 (1,460,835)
5. [PS4] Super Robot Wars X (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 03/29/18) – 11,063 (100,322)
6. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 8,551 (947,541)
7. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 8,211 (1,684,107)
8. [PS4] Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Limited Edition Included) (Level-5, 03/23/18) – 8,202 (83,067)
9. [3DS] Detective Pikachu (The Pokemon Company, 03/23/18) – 6,959 (64,556)
10. [PSV] Super Robot Wars X (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 03/29/18) – 6,564 (60,606)
11. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World (Limited and Bundle Editions Included) (Capcom, 01/26/18) – 5,189 (1,999,415)
12. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 5,062 (1,610,978)
13. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition (Koei Tecmo, 03/22/18) – 4,789 (37,338)
14. [PS4] Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 03/21/18) – 4,749 (76,778)
15. [PS4] Attack on Titan 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Koei Tecmo, 03/15/18) – 4,630 (49,279)
16. [PS4] Shining Resonance Refrain (Sega, 03/29/18) – 3,951 (27,005)
17. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 3,795 (427,721)
18. [PS4] Hokuto ga Gotoku (Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 03/08/18) – 3,757 (160,562)
19. [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege Advanced Edition (Ubisoft, 03/01/18) – 3,596 (35,276)
20. [NSW] Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch (Bandai Namco, 03/01/18) – 3,531 (141,100)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 40,016 (44,033)
2. PlayStation 4 – 9,530 (17,457)
3. New 2DS LL – 5,006 (5,517)
4. PlayStation 4 Pro – 4,970 (7,868)
5. New 3DS LL – 3,865 (3,936)
6. PlayStation Vita – 2,929 (3,992)
7. 2DS – 551 (756)
8. Xbox One – 72 (76)
9. Xbox One X – 47 (77)

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