After two big weeks of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake dominance, Famitsu’s latest look at the Japanese physical software charts has a new champion.
Super Mario Party Jamboree has rolled back into the top spot, with an additional 56,032 sales pushing the latest board game bonanza past 500,000 total sales and ahead of Dragon Quest’s comparatively dwindling numbers (30,730 this week, compared to a staggering opening two weeks).
Elsewhere, Mario & Luigi: Brothership has continued its downward trend and now finds itself in sixth and the familiar faces of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Nintendo Switch Sports both sneak back into the top ten after being booted out by a couple of new physicals last week. Normality is restored there, then.
For the full breakdown, here’s a look at the latest top ten in full:
| Position | Game | Platform | Unit Sales (25th Nov – 1st Dec) | Total Unit Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super Mario Party Jamboree |
Switch |
56,032 | 532,639 |
| 2 |
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake |
Switch |
30,730 |
742,918 |
| 3 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |
Switch |
12,766 | 209,444 |
| 4 | Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake |
PS5 |
11,909 | 212,853 |
| 5 | Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! |
Switch |
11,477 | 1,173,002 |
| 6 | Mario & Luigi: Brothership |
Switch |
11,380 | 99,909 |
| 7 |
Minecraft |
Switch |
8,869 | 3,699,140 |
| 8 |
Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
Switch |
8,217 |
7,968,172 |
| 9 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
Switch |
6,853 |
5,627,325 |
| 10 |
Nintendo Switch Sports |
Switch | 6,839 | 1,475,700 |
Onto hardware now and the Switch dominance continues. The OLED was the best-selling console this week with 56,691 sales, while the PlayStation 5 followed some way behind with 25,860 units sold.
Combining the SKUs doesn’t move the needle, either. The three Switch models combine for 91,701 sales this week and Sony’s PS5 options total 38,160. Hey, at least all the Xboxes managed to surpass 1,000 units sold this time!
Here’s your look at this week’s Japanese hardware chart in full.
| Position | Console | Unit Sales (25th Nov – 1st Dec) | Total Unit Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switch OLED | 56,691 | 8,317,996 |
| 2 | PlayStation 5 |
25,860 |
5,302,980 |
| 3 | Switch Lite | 21,460 | 6,253,693 |
| 4 | Switch | 13,550 | 19,963,561 |
|
5 |
PlayStation 5 Pro |
6,824 |
108,916 |
|
6 |
PlayStation 5 – Digital Edition | 5,476 | 883,391 |
|
7 |
Xbox Series X |
2,017 | 311,966 |
|
8 |
Xbox Series S | 1,278 | 326,144 |
|
9 |
Xbox Series X – Digital Edition | 1,041 units | 10,122 |
|
10 |
PlayStation 4 |
57 |
7,928,884 |
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