Nintendo once again dominated the Japanese chart - Pokopia broke a million sales

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24 May 09:28

The Japanese chart for the past week was without surprises. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream once again held the first place, but the main event of the week was Pokemon Pokopia – the game for Nintendo Switch 2 surpassed the one million copies sold mark.

Top 10 sales in Japan for the week (May 11-17, 2026):

  1. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (NS) — 299,619 copies (1,043,557 total)
  2. Pokemon Pokopia (NS2) — 51,662 (1,001,464)
  3. Mario Kart World (NS) — 19,479 (2,925,858)
  4. Momotaro Dentetsu 2 (NS) — 11,950 (355,691)
  5. Pragmata (PS5) — 10,262 (59,518)
  6. Minecraft (NS) — 10,208 (4,203,737)
  7. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (NS) — 8,257 (116,869)
  8. Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (NS2) — 8,257 (116,869)
  9. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS) — 7,411 (8,433,456)
  10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS) — 6,892 (5,910,721)

Nintendo continues to dominate Japanese retail – most positions on the chart were once again occupied by the company's games.