Japan: Mario Tennis Aces For Nintendo Switch Is The Number One Game This Week

It is Wednesday which means it’s time to see how the new video game releases and hardware performed in Japan. It’s good news for Nintendo this week as Mario Tennis Aces has shot to number one on the Nintendo Switch and sold substantially more copies than New Gundam Breaker for the PlayStation 4. Once again it was the Nintendo Switch which was the best-selling system this week, easily outselling the competition. Here’s the best-sellers this week:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo, 06/22/18) – 123,774 (New)
2. [PS4] New Gundam Breaker (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 06/21/18) – 63,790 (New)
3. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 61,764 (New)
4. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 14,747 (2,394,724)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,296 (1,593,392)
6. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 6,720 (540,392)
7. [PS4] Fate/Extella Link (Limited Edition Included) (Marvelous, 06/07/18) – 6,499 (99,143)
8. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,486 (1,024,630)
9. [NSW] Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo, 05/04/18) – 5,595 (177,123)
10. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 5,136 (1,751,030)
11. [PS4] Detroit: Become Human (SIE, 05/25/18) – 4,706 (79,164)
12. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 3,850 (1,653,093)
13. [PS4] Dark Souls Remastered (From Software, 05/24/18) – 3,263 (112,851)
14. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit (Nintendo, 04/20/18) – 3,216 (192,936)
15. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (Square Enix, 03/09/17) – 3,085 (156,921)
16. [PS4] Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (Konami, 09/14/17) – 2,594 (162,235)
17. [PSV] Fate/Extella Link (Limited Edition Included) (Marvelous, 06/07/18) – 2,463 (47,185)
18. [PS4] Record of Grancrest War (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 06/14/18) – 2,336 (14,208)
19. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2018 (Konami, 04/26/18) – 1,980 (210,373)
20. [NSW] FIFA 18 (EA, 09/29/17) – 1,920 (109,278)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 48,944 (48,062)
2. PlayStation 4 – 15,036 (19,090)
3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 5,259 (6,048)
4. New 2DS LL – 3,796 (3,862)
5. New 3DS LL – 2,627 (2,715)
6. PlayStation Vita – 2,163 (3,099)
7. Xbox One X – 509 (733)
8. 2DS – 389 (475)
9. Xbox One – 38 (53)

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