Super Mario Party and Nintendo Switch Top Charts in Japan in New Media Create Report

After ceding the top spot on the software charts to PS4 games for the last few weeks, the Switch has reclaimed the mantle of the bestselling game in Japan in the newest Media Create report for the best selling video game hardware and software in Japan. Super Mario Party, the newest entry in the long running party game series, topped the software charts with almost 143,000 units sold in its debut week.

Elsewhere, Mega Man 11 sold well as well, with the Switch version outselling the PS4 version (although the difference was minimal), while Astro Bot sadly had a poor showing. Spider-Man, the top selling game in Japan last month, is now out of the sales charts. Showing good legs, however, are Switch games including Splatoon 2, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Super Mario Odyssey.

On the hardware side of things, the Switch topped charts with a little over 40,000 units sold, the PS4 came in second with under 15,000 units sold, and the sun setting 3DS rounded out the top three.

You can see the full charts below.

Software

1. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 142,868 (New)
2. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Limited Edition Included) (Ubisoft, 10/05/18) – 45,166 (New)
3. [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 09/27/18) – 24,005 (124,836)
4. [NSW] Mega Man 11 (Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 10/04/18) – 14,650 (New)
5. [PS4] FIFA 19 (Limited Editions Included) (Electronic Arts, 09/28/18) – 13,426 (71,197)
6. [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man (Bundle Version Included) (SIE, 09/07/18) – 12,276 (279,078)
7. [PS4] Mega Man 11 (Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 10/04/18) – 12,052 (New)
8. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV ~The End of Saga~ (Limited Editions Included) (Falcom, 09/27/18) – 12,032 (97,193)
9. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 11,071 (315,616)
10. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 10,381 (2,654,977)
11. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,953 (1,788,666)
12. [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco, 09/27/18) – 8,186 (31,388)
13. [NSW] Warriors Orochi 4 (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 09/27/18) – 7,022 (30,682)
14. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,896 (1,129,097)
15. [NSW] FIFA 19 (Limited Editions Included) (Electronic Arts, 09/28/18) – 5,238 (21,438)
16. [NSW] Sumikko Gurashi: Atsumare! Sumikko Town (Nippon Columbia, 10/04/18) – 5,221 (New)
17. [PS4] Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE, 10/04/18) – 4,963 (New)
18. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 4,637 (1,738,872)
19. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 4,472 (209,827)
20. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,890 (1,825,226)

Hardware Sales

1. Switch – 45,762 (42,957)
2. PlayStation 4 – 11,575 (15,322)
3. New 2DS LL – 4,788 (5,218)
4. PlayStation Vita – 2,635 (2,675)
5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 2,490 (5,084)
6. New 3DS LL – 2,073 (1,978)
7. Xbox One X – 747 (52)
8. 2DS – 535 (310)
9. Xbox One – 242 (23)