Japan’s sales chart May 9-15: Nintendo Switch Sports takes top spot

Questioning what’s been promoting properly in Nintendo’s homeland of Japan? The most recent gross sales knowledge from the Land of the Rising Solar exhibits the bodily gross sales for the interval 9-15 Could 2022. The most important-selling title through the week was none aside from Nintendo Change Sports activities, which has remained on high since launching just a few weeks in the past.

Nintendo Change titles dominated the charts this week, taking out all positions within the high ten. Kirby’s newest journey got here in at quantity two, whereas Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was third because the title attracts nearer to 5 million complete gross sales.

In {hardware}, the three Change fashions took the highest positions, with the OLED mannequin in first place transferring over 35,000 models.

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Software program gross sales (adopted by lifetime gross sales)

1. [NSW] Nintendo Change Sports activities (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 47,525 (352,113)
2. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 14,903 (710,714)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,127 (4,632,554)
4. [NSW] eBASEBALL Highly effective Professional Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 10,372 (164,305)
5. [NSW] Ring Match Journey (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 6,839 (3,151,727)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,553 (2,641,949)
7. [NSW] The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story (Sq. Enix, 06/12/22) – 6,409 (New)
8. [NSW] Tremendous Smash Bros. Final (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,849 (4,879,799)
9. [NSW] Mario Celebration Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,360 (964,133)
10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,245 (2,025,606)
11. [PS4] eBASEBALL Highly effective Professional Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 4,161 (85,144)
12. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,529 (7,252,259)
13. [PS5] The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story (Sq. Enix, 06/12/22) – 3,503 (New)
14. [PS4] The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story (Sq. Enix, 06/12/22) – 3,476 (New)
15. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Firm, 01/28/22) – 3,383 (2,247,140)
16. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 3,169 (4,078,151)
17. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 2,567 (2,656,587)
18. [NSW] Pokemon Sensible Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Firm, 11/19/21) – 2,552 (2,546,279)
19. [NSW] Clubhouse Video games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,453 (976,320)
20. [PS4] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 1,751 (341,140)
21. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Greatest Value (Capcom, 12/16/21) – 1,712 (55,661)
22. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive City (Marvelous, 02/25/21) – 1,543 (337,204)
23. [NSW] Disney Magic Citadel: My Joyful Life 2 Enchanted Version (Bandai Namco, 12/02/21) – 1,330 (71,338)
24. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Defend (The Pokemon Firm, 11/15/19) – 1,266 (4,340,893)
25. [NSW] 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (ATLUS, 04/14/22) – 1,250 (40,486)
26. [NSW] Tremendous Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 1,237 (1,048,232)
27. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap (The Pokemon Firm, 04/30/21) – 1,204 (343,006)
28. [PS4] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 1,182 (114,989)
29. [NSW] Touken Ranbu Warriors (DMM Video games, 02/17/22) – 1,110 (137,890)
30. [NSW] Health Boxing 2: Rhythm & Train (Imagineer, 12/03/20) – 1,101 (200,218)

{Hardware} gross sales (adopted by lifetime gross sales)

1. Change OLED Mannequin – 35,868 (1,757,019)
2. Change – 20,443 (18,288,818)
3. Change Lite – 9,011 (4,719,293)
4. Xbox Sequence S – 6,120 (105,408)
5. PlayStation 5 – 2,240 (1,385,128)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Version – 453 (235,710)
7. New 2DS LL (together with 2DS) – 235 (1,185,959)
8. Xbox Sequence X – 105 (99,469)
9. PlayStation 4 – 22 (7,819,548)

Supply: Gematsu