Pikmin 4 Sells Over 115,000 Units in Japan in its Second Week

Pikmin 4 saw a stellar debut in Japan upon its launch last week with over 400,000 physical copies sold, and it has continued to enjoy strong sales in its second week. As per the latest weekly hardware and physical software sales charts released by Famitsu, Nintendo’s strategy title topped software charts for a second week running, with over 115,000 physical copies sold in Japan in its second week (taking its total physical sales in the region to over 517,000 units).

A number of new releases occupy places in the top 10 as well. Spike Chunsoft’s adventure game Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation has debuted in second place with over 18,000 units sold, while new Metroidvania platformer Disney Illusion Island comes in at No. 7 with over 7,000 units sold. Meanwhile, FuRyu’s post-apocalyptic action RPG CRYMACHINA occupies two places in the top 10, with the Nintendo Switch version (No. 6) and PS5 version (No. 10) selling over 7,000 units and over 5,000 units respectively.

On the hardware front, the Switch continues to lead the way again, having sold over 78,000 units over the course of the week. It maintains a healthy lead over the PS5, which moved over 53,000 units.

You can check out the full hardware and physical software sales charts for the week ending July 30 below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] Pikmin 4 – 115,697 (517,550)
2. [NSW] Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation – 18,267 (New)
3. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 14,749 (1,789,784)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 11,440 (5,396,462)
5. [NSW] Minecraft – 7,597 (3,207,597)
6. [NSW] CRYMACHINA – 7,417 (New)
7. [NSW] Disney Illusion Island – 7,172 (New)
8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 5,782 (1,137,427)
9. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 5,609 (4,071,959)
10. [PS5] CRYMACHINA – 5,228 (New)

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

• Nintendo Switch – 78,326 (71,180)
• PS5 – 53,211 (46,561)
• Xbox Series X/S – 1,846 (1,158)