Welcome back to the Japan Charts, where we bring you the latest numbers from the world of video games. This time, we’re looking at the period from July 8th to July 14th. Nintendo released a new title, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, which landed in third place. The top two spots went to Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025, the latest installment in Konami’s popular baseball series. Overall, we’re seeing a lot of fluctuating sales numbers and shifting rankings. It’s not always going to be an upward trajectory in the gaming world. For more details, check out the full list below.
Hardware
• ► Nintendo Switch (OLED model) – 45,108 / 7,570,170
• ► PlayStation 5 – 30,949 / 5,035,859
• ► Nintendo Switch Lite – 15,003 / 5,944,666
• ► Nintendo Switch – 6,392 / 19,834,946
• ► PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 7,306 / 817,787
• ► Xbox Series X – 4,268 / 291,291
• ▲ Xbox Series S – 468 / 316,649
• ▼ PlayStation 4 – 266 / 7,928,041
Software
• ▲ [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami) – 166,947 / NEW
• ▲ [PS4] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami) – 49,210 / NEW
• ▲ [NSW] Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (Nintendo) – 27,391 / NEW
• ▼ [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo) – 11,913 / 150,591
• ▼ [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) – 10,710 / 5,911,425
• ▼ [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) – 7,906 / 7,842,609
• ▼ [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) – 6,373 / 3,571,663
• ▲ [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo) – 5,345 / 1,007,557
• ▲ [NSW] Mistonia no Kibou: The Lost Delight (Idea Factory) – 5,276 / NEW
• ▼ [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo) – 5,103 / 1,891,314
• ▲ [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami) – 4,962 / 1,090,966
• ▲ [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo) – 4,727 / 1,351,703
• ▲ [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) – 4,440 / 2,313,415
• ▼ [NSW] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Deluxe Edition (Bandai Namco) – 4,346 / 18,668
• ▼ [NSW] Pokémon Karmesin / Pokémon Purpur (The Pokémon Company) – 4,211 / 5,373,593
• ▼ [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo) – 4,202 / 4,333,683
• ▼ [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) – 3,944 / 5,544,872
• ▼ [NSW] Paper Mario: Die Legende vom Äonentor (Nintendo) – 3,785 / 206,147
• ▲ [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) – 2,933 / 2,492,884
• ▼ [NSW] It Takes Two (Electronic Arts) – 2,773 / 64,586
• ▼ [NSW] Kirby und das vergessene Land (Nintendo) – 2,723 / 1,129,049
• ▲ [PS5] Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Plus (Spike Chunsoft) – 2,602 / NEW
• ▼ [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo) – 2,552 / 1,469,715
• ▼ [NSW] 51 Worldwide Games (Nintendo) – 2,400 / 1,300,910
• ▼ [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) – 2,394 / 2,310,185
• ▼ [PS5] Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Edition (FromSoftware) – 2,245 / 39,790
• ▼ [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo) – 2,201 / 1,226,589
• ► [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) – 1,933 / 3,598,541
• ▼ [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo) – 1,863 / 1,998,338
• ▼ [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA) – 1,723 / 178,809
A chart entry includes the ranking, comparison to the previous week, platform, game title, Japanese publisher, units sold during the specified period, and total units sold. A bold marking indicates a new release being counted for the first time. Please note that the data represents estimates of physical game copies sold.
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