Japan: Super Mario Party For Nintendo Switch Best-Selling Game This Week

It is Wednesday which means it is time to see how the various new releases have performed in Japan as well as hardware. It is the Nintendo Switch system which is once again the best-selling system in Japan and it easily outsold Sony’s PlayStation 4 console. The best-selling video game was Super Mario Party which sold an impressive 142,868 units during its launch week. Here is the best-selling software and hardware in Japan:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 142,868 (New)
2. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Limited Edition Included) (Ubisoft, 10/05/18) – 45,166 (New)
3. [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 09/27/18) – 24,005 (124,836)
4. [NSW] Mega Man 11 (Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 10/04/18) – 14,650 (New)
5. [PS4] FIFA 19 (Limited Editions Included) (Electronic Arts, 09/28/18) – 13,426 (71,197)
6. [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man (Bundle Version Included) (SIE, 09/07/18) – 12,276 (279,078)
7. [PS4] Mega Man 11 (Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 10/04/18) – 12,052 (New)
8. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV ~The End of Saga~ (Limited Editions Included) (Falcom, 09/27/18) – 12,032 (97,193)
9. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 11,071 (315,616)
10. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 10,381 (2,654,977)
11. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,953 (1,788,666)
12. [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco, 09/27/18) – 8,186 (31,388)
13. [NSW] Warriors Orochi 4 (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 09/27/18) – 7,022 (30,682)
14. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,896 (1,129,097)
15. [NSW] FIFA 19 (Limited Editions Included) (Electronic Arts, 09/28/18) – 5,238 (21,438)
16. [NSW] Sumikko Gurashi: Atsumare! Sumikko Town (Nippon Columbia, 10/04/18) – 5,221 (New)
17. [PS4] Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE, 10/04/18) – 4,963 (New)
18. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 4,637 (1,738,872)
19. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 4,472 (209,827)
20. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,890 (1,825,226)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 45,762 (42,957)
2. PlayStation 4 – 11,575 (15,322)
3. New 2DS LL – 4,788 (5,218)
4. PlayStation Vita – 2,635 (2,675)
5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 2,490 (5,084)
6. New 3DS LL – 2,073 (1,978)
7. Xbox One X – 747 (52)
8. 2DS – 535 (310)
9. Xbox One – 242 (23)

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