Japanese Charts: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Dominates, Surprising No One

Here’s your look at the Japanese software top ten:

1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 1,119,502 (New)
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,794 (5,293,478)
3. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 7,335 (2,182,171)
4. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 6,819 (426,789)
5. [NSW] Pokémon Scarlet / Pokémon Violet (The Pokémon Company, 11/18/22) – 6,420 (5,028,722)
6. [PS4] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 05/05/23) – 6,384 (38,302)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,704 (3,135,953)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,061 (5,190,681)
9. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,856 (4,014,693)
10. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,746 (1,230,382)

Looking at the hardware for this week, the Switch has comfortably beat out the competition with a total of 83,052 sales across all three SKUs. The PlayStation 5 is nevertheless doing well, though we expect sales will remain stable for the next few weeks and then spike heavily upon the release of Final Fantasy XVI. Watch out, Switch!

Otherwise, it’s business as usual this week; shout out to the New 2DS LL – you hang in there, buddy!

Here’s the full Japanese hardware charts:

1. Switch OLED Model – 65,628 (4,504,700)
2. PlayStation 5 – 35,899 (3,020,596)
3. Switch – 11,395 (19,310,530)
4. Switch Lite – 6,029 (5,297,854)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,545 (491,819)
6. PlayStation 4 – 787 (7,869,824)
7. Xbox Series X – 167 (185,776)
8. Xbox Series S – 108 (252,320)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 51 (1,191,604)

< Last week’s charts

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[source famitsu.com, via gematsu.com]