A New King Has Been Chosen - Japan's Best-Selling Games Announced

A fresh Famitsu report for June 29 - July 5 showed a change in the leader of the Japanese charts: the new Rhythm Heaven Groove for Nintendo Switch debuted in first place.

Famitsu published the ranking of the best-selling games in Japan for the period from June 29 to July 5. The chart leader was Rhythm Heaven Groove for Nintendo Switch, which sold 393,378 copies in its release week.

Top 10 sales:

1. Rhythm Heaven Groove (NS) — 393,378
2. Ganbare Goemon Daishuugou (NS) — 60,428
3. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (NS) — 26,552 (total: 1,437,122)
4. Powerful Pro Baseball 2026–2027 (NS) — 13,261 (total: 159,596)
5. Star Fox (NS2) — 10,388 (total: 52,068)
6. Ganbare Goemon Daishuugou (PS5) — 8,773
7. Pokemon Pokopia (NS2) — 6,724 (total: 1,076,649)
8. Mario Kart World (NS2) — 5,976 (total: 2,985,282)
9. eFootball Kick-Off (NS2) — 5,946 (total: 47,454)
10. Minecraft (NS) — 4,027 (total: 4,233,151)

In addition to Rhythm Heaven Groove, another new release, Ganbare Goemon Daishuugou, made it into the top three, confirming the high interest of Japanese players in fresh releases.