Japanese Sales Chart: Pokémon Has Staying Power, Nobunaga’s Ambition Debuts

Once again nobody could top pocket monsters off the top of the Japanese sales chart. In its third week of sales, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon managed to sell over 100,000 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 an incredible margin. It outsold the second best selling console (the PlayStation 4) by nearly 100,000 units.

As far as new PS4 releases go, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi managed to grab the sixth spot with over 27,000 units sold. Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time also came in at number 13.

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 27 to December 3, 2017:

Games (Lifetime)

1. Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (3DS) – 107,657 (944,074)
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (NS) – 97,732
3. Super Mario Odyssey (NS) – 61,596 (853,654)
4. Splatoon 2 (NS) – 36,246 (1,409,776)
5. Kirby: Battle Royale (3DS) – 28,023
6. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi (PS4) – 27,230
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) – 23,388 (861,238)
8. Call of Duty: WWII (PS4) – 15,505 (306,501)
9. Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (3DS) – 13,068 (294,639)
10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NS) – 11,634 (668,649)
11. Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon Double Pack (3DS) – 10,872 (278,952)
12. Attack on Titan 2: Future Coordinates (3DS) – 8,353
13. Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time (PS4) – 8,069
14. Resident Evil Revelations Collection (NS) – 6,540
15. Style Savvy: Styling Star (3DS) – 6,450 (61,055)
16. Star Wars Battlefront II (PS4) – 5,886 (55,389)
17. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi (NS) – 5,636
18. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone DX (PS4) – 5,579 (40,475)
19. Gran Turismo Sport (PS4) – 5,542 (198,985)
20. 1-2-Switch (NS) – 4,758 (287,866)

Systems (Previous Week)

1. Switch – 124,770 (145,200)
2. PlayStation 4 – 25,163 (20,384)
3. New 2DS LL – 20,712 (20,283)
4. New 3DS LL – 12,431 (11,511)
5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,244 (6,525)
6. PlayStation Vita – 6,127 (5,964)
7. 2DS – 2,747 (2,838)
8. New 3DS – 348 (254)
9. Xbox One – 295 (196)
10. Xbox One X – 213 (212)
11. PlayStation 3 – 48 (46)
12. Wii U – 45 (85)

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[Source: 4Gamer via Gematsu]