Japanese Sales Chart: Pokémon is Still Huge, Star Wars Not So Much

Once again there’s a new release on top of the Japanese sales chart. In its debut week of sales, Pokémon Sun and Moon managed to sell over 900,000 units. That’s an incredible number, and shows the staying power of Nintendo’s role-playing game series (especially since this was more of a tweaked release rather than an all-new title).

In hardware sales, the Nintendo Switch once again managed to top the charts by a wide margin. It outsold the second best selling console (the New 2DS) by over 40,000 units.

As far as new PS4 releases go, Star Wars Battlefront wound up coming in fourth with just under 40,000 units sold. Meanwhile, a new edition of Dragon Quest X and The Sims 4 managed to chart, although the latter only sold 3,428 copies.

According to Media Create, here’s the 20 best-selling retail games (new releases are denoted via bold text), along with how each system sold in Japan from November 13 to November 19, 2017:

Games (Lifetime)

1. Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (3DS) – 667,439
2. Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon Double Pack (3DS) – 247,782
3. Super Mario Odyssey (NS) – 62,024 (714,308)
4. Star Wars Battlefront II (Deluxe Edition Included) (PS4) – 38,769
5. Call of Duty: WWII (PS4) – 34,116 (269,483)
6. Splatoon 2 (NS) – 25,118 (1,343,255)
7. Dragon Quest X: 5,000 Year Journey to a Faraway Hometown Online (Wii U) – 24,836
8. Dragon Quest X: 5,000 Year Journey to a Faraway Hometown Online (NS) – 18,444
9. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) – 16,532 (819,004)
10. Dragon Quest X: 5,000 Year Journey to a Faraway Hometown Online (PS4) – 13,657
11. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (NS) – 7,004 (641,853)
12. Pokken Tournament DX (NS) – 6,642 (122,333)
13. Style Savvy: Styling Star (3DS) – 6,523 (48,349)
14. Need for Speed: Payback (PS4) – 6,440 (27,404)
15. ARK: Survival Evolved (PS4) – 6,178 (109,978)
16. Assassin’s Creed Origins (PS4) – 5,593 (88,336)
17. Gran Turismo Sport (Limited Edition Included) (PS4) – 5,063 (187,503)
18. .hack//G.U. Last Recode (Limited Edition Included) (PS4) – 3,738 (72,214)
19. Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (3DS) – 3,444 (270,765)
20. The Sims 4 (Bundle Editions Included) (PS4) – 3,428

Systems (Previous Week)

1. Switch – 86,999 (79,958)
2. New 2DS LL – 29,013 (10,323)
3. PlayStation 4 – 18,126 (20,021)
4. New 3DS LL – 11,074 (7,296)
5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,176 (6,037)
6. 2DS – 3,113 (1,484)
7. PlayStation Vita – 3,090 (3,210)
8. New 3DS – 280 (266)
9. Xbox One X – 143 (1,344)
10. Xbox One – 104 (121)
11. PlayStation 3 – 46 (41)
12. Wii U – 43 (36)

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[Source: 4Gamer via Gematsu]