Japanese Charts: Mario Kart World Gets Back To Demolishing The Competition

After a short break, Famitsu has published the estimated Japanese physical game sales chart for the last two weeks, and Mario Kart World is absolutely smashing it.

The Switch 2 launch title put up an additional 144,911 sales between 4th and 17th August, selling more than double what could be mustered by the silver medallist, Donkey Kong Bananza. SEGA’s new Demon Slayer affair sticks around in third, and both the Switch 1 and Switch 2 versions of Super Mario Party Jamboree land a spot in the top 10.

We’ve got just the one new entry this week, with Konami’s Gradius Origins making its chart debut at 6th.

Here’s a closer look at this week’s top 10:

The Switch 2 and Switch 1 dominance that you see in the software chart above carries over to the hardware numbers. Nintendo’s latest is still holding onto a commanding lead, with an additional 179,641 sales in the latest two-week period — that big two million milestone is right around the corner.

The Switch 1 systems combine this time for a total of 37,346, while the three PS5 SKUs come in at 17,131. And that’s the old Switch!

Here’s the rundown of this week’s hardware chart:

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