The release of Switch 2 has influenced the market, and recent reports confirm high demand for Nintendo products. Against this backdrop, the industry's attention is focused on the Japanese market.
This is confirmed by the latest sales data published by Famitsu, covering the last week in Japan. The ranking shows which games occupy leading positions in retail and which projects are bought most often. The top ten is dominated by Nintendo games and products available on Nintendo Switch 2.
First place in the chart is occupied by Mario Kart World. In the reporting week, the game sold 103,861 copies and approached the mark of 2.5 million physical copies sold in Japan. No new releases appeared in the current top 10, which indicates stable sales of already released games.
Top 10 Game Sales in Japan (08.12–14.12):
- [NS2] Mario Kart World — 103 861 (Total: 2 458 007)
- [NS] Pokémon Legends: Z-A — 50 292 (Total: 1 397 534)
- [NS2] Pokémon Legends: Z-A — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition — 40 813 (Total: 903 190)
- [NS2] Kirby Air Riders — 39 206 (Total: 327 824)
- [NS2] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition — 18 964 (Total: 132 058)
- [NS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 — 18 015 (Total: 177 007)
- [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza — 12 519 (Total: 403 783)
- [NS] Minecraft — 11 770 (Total: 4 078 169)
- [NS] Animal Crossing: New Horizons — 9 513 (Total: 8 283 927)
- [NS2] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment — 8 001 (Total: 126 461)
