Super Mario Bros. Wonder Takes Top Spot in Japan’s Final Software Sales Charts of 2023

Famitsu has released its combined two-week sales data for hardware and physical software sales in Japan for the period from December 18 to December 31, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder has taken the top spot in the final charts for the year. The 2D platformer sold over 221,000 units over the course of the two-week period, and is followed in second place by Konami’s Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru!, which sold over 192,000 units.

Pikmin 4 comes in at No. 3 with over 78,000 copies sold, followed by Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince in fourth place with over 77,000 units sold, and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at No. 5, having moved over 53,000 copies over the course of the tracking period.

On the hardware front, unsurprisingly, the Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in the region for the two-week period, selling over 168,000 units. PS5 followed behind in second place, but it trails by quite a margin, with its sales less than half of what the Switch managed, at over 81,000 units.

You can check out the full hardware and physical software sales charts for the two-week period ending December 31 below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 221,738 (1,549,401)
2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! – 192,620 (795,681)
3. [NSW] Pikmin 4 – 78,589 (1,119,027)
4. [NSW] Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince – 77,035 (510,477)
5. [PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – 53,238 (166,731)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 46,452 (5,631,598)
7. [NSW] Minecraft – 38,472 (3,394,222)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 38,005 (5,400,275)
9. [NSW] WarioWare: Move It! – 37,147 (141,554)
10. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet and Violet – 35,679 (5,246,363)

Hardware sales (followed by previous week’s sales):

• Nintendo Switch – 168,866 (94,643)
• PS5 – 81,943 (42,316)
• Xbox Series X/S – 1,159 (2,430)