Japan’s sales chart Jan 16-22, 2023: Fire Emblem Engage debuts on top

The latest sales data from Japan is in, and there’s no surprise for guessing last week’s top seller. The launch of Fire Emblem Engage led to the sale of 144,558 physical copies in Nintendo’s homeland. This pushed long-time top-seller Pokémon Scarlet/Violet into second position.

Nintendo rounded out the top ten with the likes of Splatoon 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Nintendo Switch Sports, and Mario Party Superstars. In fact, nine of the top ten titles were Switch titles.

In hardware, the three Switch versions came in second, third, and fourth place for a combined 51,587 sales. This technically pushes the Switch to the top spot across its OLED, original, and Lite versions.

You can check out the top-thirty titles below to see what made waves in Japan last week. Were you suprised by any of the numbers?

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo, 01/20/23) – 144,558 (New)
2. [NSW] Pokémon Scarlet / Pokémon Violet (The Pokémon Company, 11/18/22) – 43,983 (4,739,035)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 16,091 (3,833,699)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,857 (5,115,176)
5. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 9,220 (978,511)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,146 (3,016,620)
7. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 6,009 (1,157,864)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 5,942 (2,830,215)
9. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 5,468 (267,222)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,327 (5,105,655)
11. [PS4] One Piece Odyssey (Bandai Namco, 01/12/23) – 5,237 (40,360)
12. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures (Square Enix, 12/09/22) – 4,729 (259,293)
13. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,615 (7,419,753)
14. [PS5] One Piece Odyssey (Bandai Namco, 01/12/23) – 3,565 (30,444)
15. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 3,167 (1,076,207)
16. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 3,134 (144,646)
17. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 3,020 (3,338,502)
18. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 2,380 (990,075)
19. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,234 (2,126,814)
20. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,999 (32,250)
21. [NSW] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion (Square Enix, 12/13/22) – 1,855 (81,107)
22. [NSW] Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star (Imagineer, 12/22/22) – 1,750 (32,480)
23. [PS5] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 1,652 (142,328)
24. [NSW] NieR: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition (Square Enix, 10/06/22) – 1,644 (64,820)
25. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 1,622 (300,877)
26. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 1,610 (322,670)
27. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 1,575 (1,120,859)
28. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 1,551 (1,231,433)
29. [NSW] Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco, 10/27/22) – 1,509 (98,384)
30. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 1,460 (88,015)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 38,602 (2,213,311)
2. Switch OLED Model – 28,626 (3,787,574)
3. Switch – 12,820 (19,138,059)
4. Switch Lite – 10,141 (5,175,409)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,550 (335,499)
6. PlayStation 4 – 2,544 (7,849,815)
7. Xbox Series S – 740 (229,048)
8. Xbox Series X – 205 (173,083)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 83 (1,190,306)

Source: Gematsu

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