Famitsu published the latest game sales ranking in Japan for the week. The new chart leader is Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027 from Konami, which confidently surpassed the previous leader, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream.
Top 10 sales in Japan:
- Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027 (Switch) — 100,976 copies
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Switch) — 37,888 (total: 1,347,070) copies
- eFootball Kick-Off (Switch 2) — 8,143 (total: 28,190) copies
- Pokemon Pokopia (Switch 2) — 7,781 (total: 1,056,982) copies
- Astro Bot (PS5) — 6,533 (total: 110,250) copies
- Mario Kart World (Switch 2) — 5,042 (total: 2,970,496) copies
- Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (Switch 2) — 4,249 (total: 64,802) copies
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Switch 2) — 4,169 (total: 34,826) copies
- Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition — 3,544 copies
- Minecraft (Switch) — 3,379 (total: 4,222,322) copies
The main event of the week was the release of Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027. The new installment in the Konami series sold over 100,000 copies and immediately took first place. The game's success showed that the baseball franchise remains very popular in Japan, and a new leader has emerged in the chart.