New Sales Leader Named in Japan - Nintendo Loses Top Spot

Konami's new release debuted at the top of Famitsu's weekly ranking, displacing the previous leader. The remaining positions in the top 10 were predominantly occupied by games for Switch 2.

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.