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At 3.45 MILLION units, Splatoon 3 has the BIGGEST launch for a videogame in Japan, outdoing Animal Crossing: New Horizons by over 700k units.
The first Splatoon sold 150k units the week it came out and went on to sell 1.8m.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become Japan's all time best selling game.
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Graphics have improved a lot in the last 30 years.
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All Top 30 best selling retail games in Japan last week were Nintendo Switch titles, first time a Top 30 is from a single console since at least November 1988, when the Top 30 was Famicom only.
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This week Animal Crossing: New Horizons surpassed retail sales of the original released of Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
That's +4 years of sales outdone in 2 months.
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Final sales comparison between the Switch and the Wii U.
There's nothing to say, the graph does a good job.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons becomes the 3rd all time best selling game in Japan, only behind the first 2 Pokémon games.
It became the best selling game on a single SKU, breaking the 30 year old record of the original Super Mario Bros.
The game is barely 4 months old.
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In 1988 Enix's Dragon Quest III became the first game to sell over 1m units in Japan on launch week.
9 years later in 1997 Square's Final Fantasy VII became the first to sell over 2m on launch.
25 whole years later and now Splatoon 3 is the first to sell over 3m.
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Nintendo Switch outsold the Wii in Japan this week, here's a graph showing the sames of both systerms launches aligned.
Wii peaked early and died off quickly, Switch got to 12.7m in half the time it took Wii.
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64Dream is filled with great fanart, it'd be a shame not to share, I'll be posting a bunch of neat stuff here
The magazines are at the internet archive
Crediting the artists
- F-Zero by Hoshino Watanabe
- Mother 2 by Kara
- Smash Bros. by Henohenomoniji
- BIOHAZARD 2 by Himematsu
Remember back when magazines would put fan art send by their readers?
In this cute ilustration from the July 1997 issue of 64Dream, the author (credited as Sephiroth) hopes that Final Fantasy would return to Ninendo with the 64DD.
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Retail launch sales of the Mega Man Battle Network collection are the highest for a Mega Man collection, by a huge margin at that
SWI version had stock issues, +100k with digital isn't out of the question
It's the biggest launch for Mega Man in Japan since 2008's Star Force 3
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2 weeks on sale on Nintendo Switch were enough for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze to outsell the Wii U original
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At total shipments of 33.34 MILLION units, Nintendo Switch has become the all time bets selling game system in Japan, surpassing the Nintendo DS.
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Splatoon 2 was the best selling title in Japan last week, that's 48 weeks after launch, it's the longest time a game has returned to the
#1
spot since the original Pokémon titles did it in late 1997, 89 weeks after launch.
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As PS5 hits the 1m mark in Japan, here's a graph comparison with the other PlayStation systems during their first 52 weeks.
Its currently doing on par with PSV, better than PS4 but still behind PS3.
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land had the 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛 for the series in Japan, with a 70% increase over launch sales of Triple Deluxe.
It's the second biggest launch of 2022 in Japan so far, behind Pokémon Legends and above Elden Ring.
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Retail launch sales of Final Fantasy XVI are the lowest in Japan since at least Final Fantasy V on Super Famicom, less than half the launch of FFXV or FFVII Remake.
Including digital, sales should be over 500k, not an unexpected result.
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Total retail sales Pokémon Scarlet / Violet in Japan have surpassed those of Pokémon Sword / Shield, that's 8 weeks vs 3 years.
Including digital sales are of at least 6m, but I'd bet they're closer and maybe even over 7m.
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This week retail sales of Super Mario 3D World on Switch surpassed total sales of the Wii U original in Japan.
That's 14 months of sales outdone in 8 weeks.
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This week the Xbox Series outsold the Xbox One in Japan, here's a graph showing sales of both consoles launches aligned.
That's 7 1/2 years outdone in under a year.
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Retail launch sales of Unicorn Overlord in Japan are the third highest for a Vanillaware title, slightly below those of Odin Sphere remake and over twice as much as 13 Sentinels.
PS5 and (especially) Switch versions were supply constrained, so good digital sales are expected.
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Launch sales of Death Stranding is the biggest IP launch we've seen this generation yet (Knack doesn't count).
I checked quickly and seems like it's the biggest new IP launch since the original Dark Souls, and if you don' want to count that either, then the original Wii Fit.
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Ghost of Tsushima is the biggest new IP launch this generation in Japan, outdoing Death Stranding.
Sony has pushed many new IPs on PS4, it has worked very well for them.
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Marvel's Spider-Man was the best selling game in Japan for September, on what was the first time a western developed title top these charts since I started making them.
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Here's another game with a rather funny title.
This is Let's Smash on Nintendo 64.
One really fun thing about old ass Japanese games are their titles.
Some of these games were never intended (and never got) an international release, but nevertheless had titles in english, which were often very bizarre.
Here's 1992's Just Breed.
Like just do it.
Now.
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Launch sales The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are among the top 10 in Japan.
Zelda its now at the level of what Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest did at their peak.
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Retail launch sales of the Mario RPG remake in Japan are the highest for any Mario RPG since the original game, and should be the highest of the series with digital.
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I was waiting for some sales updates to do this, but here you.
The best selling games in Japan for the last decade (2010 - 2019)
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Retail launch sales of Soul Hackers 2 is among the lowest for an original Atlus RPG.
Over twice as much as Tokyo Mirage Sessions, but below just about everything else.
Etryan Odyssey is missing here as those are more dungeon crawlers, but most would still be above it.
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Best selling games in Japan for the first half of 2024.
Paper Mario climbs to top 5. Luigi's Mansion 2 HD should be joining this list next month, order of the games should change too.
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Remember back when magazines would put fan art send by their readers?
In this cute ilustration from the July 1997 issue of 64Dream, the author (credited as Sephiroth) hopes that Final Fantasy would return to Ninendo with the 64DD.
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Nintendo Switch outsold the PlayStation 2 in Japan this week, here's a graph showing sales of both systems launches aligned, with some notable releases highlighted.
Launches aligned, Switch is around 7m units ahead of the PS2.
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The japanese announcement trailer for Splatoon 3 has more views than all other trailers fromt he recent direct, including the direct itself.
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On 3 days it matched the last reported sales of Pokémon Legends: Arceus so it should also be the best selling game of 2022 as well.
Expectations for Pokémon Scarlet / Violet are high, but this is just something else.
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Best selling games of the year so far, first half of 2022 update.
Elden Ring gets knocked off the top 5 while a 5 year old game joins the list.
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Retail launch sales of the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake in Japan are slightly above those of The Origami King.
Around the series median, it may be the series biggest launch with digital.
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It wasn't that unusual during the early 1990's for the Top 30 to be a combination of Famicom, Super Famicom and Game Boy games, but never just one.
This is unprecedented, its the first time all 30 games are from the same system after the Top 30 tracked all platforms.
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The most interesting slide was this. Furukawa mentions they've made so much money with Switch that they're going to be investing a lot of it.
No timeframes are mentioned, but up to $900m are on expanding game development within Nintendo.
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Unsurprisingly, Pokémon Sun / Moon drew huge crowds during launch.
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Hardware year on year, final 2020 update.
SWI: 6.26m (+40%)
PS4: 555k (-54%)
PS5: 266k
3DS: 64k (-68%)
XBS: 32k
XB1: 3558 (-56%)
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Astral Chain is a good game, you should play it.
Not a big fan of action games but may be willing to give Bayonetta and Devil May Cry a chance now, even if I enjoyed the exploration parts more than the action parts.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now Japan's second all time best selling game, becoming the first game in over 20 years to sell over 8 million units.
The game is still yet to see its first holiday.
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This week RingFit Adventure surpassed total retail sales of The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild in Japan.
This only includes retail sales, with digital Zelda is above 2m, but RingFit is also missing MyNintendoStore sales which most likely put it above 2m as well.
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With a launch of over 4 MILLION units, Pokémon Scarlet / Violet had the BIGGEST launch for a videogame in Japan, surpassing the record breaking sales of Splatoon 3 by some 600k units.
The first +3m and +4m launches in Japan happened this year, just a few weeks apart.
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Retail launch sales of WarioWare: Move it! are the second worst of the series in Japan, only above the Wii U games.
Less than half the sales of Get it Together and Smooth Moves.
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Sonic Frontiers sees the biggest launch for the series in Japan in 18 years, biggest debut for the series since 2003's Sonic Heroes
Should be at least the series' 3rd biggest launch with digital.
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Retail launch of the Crisis Core FFVII remake in Japan are the highest for a Final Fantasy spin off since 2014's Final Fantasy Explorers on 3DS.
Should be over 200k with digital, which is the 3rd biggest FF launch for the past 10 years, only behind VII Remake and XV.
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You've probably heard how first week sales of Splatoon 2 in the UK were 59% higher than the original.
In Japan they were 328% higher.
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At 6.26m Nintendo Switch just had the 3rd all time biggest year for hardware sales in Japan, just behind the top years of the Nintendo DS
Most unusual for a Nintendo platform to peak so late during its lite.
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From a recent presentation of the Famitsu president, here are the best selling retail games in Japan for the first half of the fiscal year.
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Neat Zelda add from the new Famitsu.
The right text reads "The master sword, corrupted"
The small at the left says (shortened) "In the new title its appearance will undergo a major transformation"
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It took 5 weeks for Smash Bros. Ultimate to outdo over 3 years of sales of Smash Bros. on 3DS and become the series' best selling title in Japan at retail.
Digital sales are most likely higher too, the game is very likely at 3m sold by now.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been the best selling game in Japan for 6 months running.
Nintendo has sold more than 10 MILLION retail games in Japan as of the end of August, more than half are AC
Its the biggest year for Nintendo software since 2012 and its barely September
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Hardware sales in Japan, year on year
SWI: 3.04m (-11%)
PS5: 2.07m (+177%)
XBS: 114k (-52%)
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Launch week sales of Days Gone in Japan are the third highest for a western Sony title, only behind Spider-Man and Uncharted 4.
It would also make it the biggest new IP launch for Sony on PS4 (as Spider-Man isn't really a new IP)
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First week sales of Kirby Star Allies are among the best on the series in Japan, the game opened on par with Triple Deluxe, may be on par with Kirby 64 when adding digital.
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Best selling retail games for the first half of 2023.
Unless something crazy happens this is as high as FFXVI is getting. Expect Pikmin 4 to join this list next month.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder will be the best selling game in Japan this year, no doubt about it.
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Launch week sales of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in Japan were of 1.238.358 units, with the Nintendo Switch itself selling 278.313 units, now surpassing 6 million units sold in Japan.
Its the biggest launch for a non-Pokémon, Nintendo title in Japan.
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Hardware year on year
SWI: 4.04m (+55%)
PS4: 476k (-46%)
3DS: 54k (-69%)
XB1: 3173 (-41%)
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Best selling games of the year so far, August update.
Pikmin 4 jumps to
#2
, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe climbs back to Top 5 while Armored Core VI and Momotetsu knock the Resident Evil 4 remake off this list.
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Nintendo Switch outsold the Nintendo 3DS in Japan this week.
Here's a graph showing the sales of both systems launches aligned, with notable releases highlighted.
Switch is now Japan's third best selling game system.
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Battle Network is the most popular Mega Man series in Japan, with Battle Network 4 being the best selling game in the series, this isn't really surprising.
We have data for the FC games not in the site yet, but Mega Man 3 or 4 are also among the best sellers.
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Retail launch sales of Pikmin 4 in Japan are the highest of the series yet, over twice as much as previous biggest launch, Pikmin 3 Deluxes' 171k.
Including digital launch should be over 600k, which makes it the series' second best selling game already.
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Hardware year on year, final 2023 update
SWI: 4.06m (-15%)
PS5: 2.58m (+124%)
XBS: 142k (-47%)
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As the PS4 also just outsold the Vita this is also a worthwhile comparison.
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With just retail sales The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is now the second best selling game in the series in Japan.
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Switch ended up selling 4m units in Japan for 2023, that's the biggest sales for a platform on its 7th year, over 1m units above the Nintendo DS at the same time.
Will be interesting to see how it does this year, a large drop in sales is very much expected.
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The new issue of Famitsu came with a poster of Shin Megami Tensei V, I haven't found the artwork used on the poster anywhere else, so here you go.
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Hardware year on year
SWI: 3.70m (-14%)
PS5: 2.41m (+143%)
XBS: 137k (-49%)
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Best selling retail games for the year so far, February update.
This list hasn't changed much since the last update, March should change it more.
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Launch sales of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in Japan are the highest for the series yet at 2.24 MILLION units.
First million seller launch for the series domestically, nearly 10 times the launch of Breath of the Wild.
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Retail launch sales of Princess Peach Showtime! are the best for a Good Feel game in Japan since Kirby's Epic Yarn (probably on par with it with digital), better than both of their Yoshi games.
Over twice as much as Super Princess Peach.
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Best selling games of the year so far, April update.
Still Switch only, Nier Replicant just barely missed the list.
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Retail launch sales of Elden Ring in Japan are the highest for a From Software game yet, nearly twice as much as Sekiro or Bloodborne and higher than any of the Dark Souls games.
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As the PS2 classic ICO is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Japan the game had an extensive feature on this week's Famitsu.
Included was this terrific poster poster by Minetaro Mochizuki
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Total retail sales of the original Switch version of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in Japan surpassed 2 MILLION units, being the first game on the series to hit the milestone.
Including rereleases, digital and the Wii U version its over 3 million.
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Nintendo Switch also became Japan's top selling platform in terms of games sold, surpassing those of the Famicom.
Data for software sales is not as comprehensive as those for hardware, its likely that the PCE and Mega Drive would knock Dreamcast and Wonderswan if we had data.
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In the US Final Fantasy XV has the series' best launch in 20 years.
In Japan Final Fantasy XV has the series' worst launch in 20 years.
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As the 4th anniversary of the launch of the Nintendo Switch was a few days ago, Famitsu also shared a list of the top best sellers for the ocasion, and here it is.
Nintendo Switch is currently 7th best selling system in Japan with 18.566.228 units sold.
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A Nintendo DS game was among the best selling games in Japan last week.
Charting over 9 years after release is likely some sort of record.
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Updated list of Japan's best selling games.
4 out of the top 5 are Nintendo Switch titles.
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Yo-Kai Watch, Resident Evil, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Gran Turismo, Zelda, 3D Mario, in 3 days Splatoon 3 sold more than any games in those series.
Also more than most Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, Mario Kart and Smash Bros. games
IN JUST 3 DAYS
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Comparing the first 4 years of the PS5 against the PS3 and PS4 in Japan.
At 2.6m sold 2023 for PS5 was higher than any year for PS3 & PS4, the system doubled its sales last year.
It was the biggest year in hardware sales for a PS system since the PSP in 2010.
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Best selling games in Japan for the year so far, July update.
Pikmin 4 jumps to
#3
as the Resident Evil 4 remake got pushed to the bottom of this list.
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You might think Pokémon is Yo-kai Watch biggest rival in Japan, but in the movie bussiness they have an entirely different rival.
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Retail launch of the Mario vs. Donkey Kong remake in Japan are the second highest for the series, only after the second game on NDS.
5 times bigger than the last game and even higher than the original game. Should be the series' biggest launch with digital.
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This week Nintendo Switch became the 6th all time best selling game platform in Japan, surpassing total sales of 19.4 MILLION units, outselling the Famicom.
Here's a short video comparing its sales to other systems.
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We never expected much out of Shenmue III, yet the new game had the worst opening for a title of the series in Japan, debuting even below the remaster of the first two games on PS4.
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Since June New Horizons has sold over 350k units domestically, so sales as of today are over 7.5m.
In other words its actually the 2nd all time best selling game.
The impossible is going to happen Red/Green/Blue are getting dethroned.
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WarioWare: Get it Together! sees the best retail launch for the series in Japan in almost 15 years.
As the game is cheaper then the average Nintendo game on Switch it may have done better than usual on digital (like Clubhouse games), so it may be close to Touched! with digital.
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Total retail sales of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser' Fury in Japan have surpassed 1 MILLION units, becoming the 17th Nintendo Switch game to do so.
Including digital there are 21 million sellers on the platform.
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Total sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons in Japan have surpassed 10 MILLION units, making it the second game to ever hit that milestone, after the Gen I Pokémon games.
It's less than 200k units away from becoming the country's all time best selling game.
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Hardware sales in Japan haven't been this onesided since the Super Famicom years, neither the PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS or 3DS ever outsold their competition close to 100:1, even at their peaks.
Hardware sales
Total sales of Nintendo Switch for 2020 in Japan now above 3 million units as total sales of the original Nintendo Switch top 12 million units.
Worst ever week for the PS4 Pro as the base PS4 sees its lowest week since the launch of the slim model.
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Best selling games of the year so far, november update.
Big shake up because of the new releases. List of games should be final, but order should still change with the final update in december.
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The unprecedented happened again, all Top 30 best seling retail games in Japan last week were Nintendo Switch titles.
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Total sales of the Nintendo Switch OLED in Japan surpassed 7 million units.
Here's a comparison with it and other hardware revisions launches aligned, it's the 2nd best selling revision after 131 weeks, only behind the NDS Lite (and by a huge margin at that.)
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Retail launch of Final Fantasy Origins in Japan is among the worst for a Final Fanasy spin off, with only a couple of Wii games doing worse.
Its a poor launch in comparison to the NiOh games too, with less than half the launch of either NiOh game.
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Final Fantasy XVI is already the best selling PS5 game in Japan.
Same thing as FFVII, X, XIII & XV, the first mainline FF became the system's best selling title at launch.
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On Famitsu sellthrough, Nintendo Switch surpasses sales of the Nintendo DS in Japan (32.903.889 vs 32.878.490)
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Best selling games of the year so far, February update.
Some new entries from the month's biggest releases, most notably is Kirby being
#4
already.
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