Rise of the Ronin has also maintained decent momentum. Coming in at No. 3, the open world action RPG sold over 12,000 units, with its total sales now within touching distance of the 100k milestone. Meanwhile, the rest of the top 10 is dominated by a number of evergreen first-party Switch titles, including the likes of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at No. 2, Splatoon 3 at No. 6, Nintendo Switch Sports at No. 7, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons at No. 6.

On the hardware front, all consoles saw sales increases to varying degrees, but the Switch was comfortably the best-selling console of the week, selling over 71,000 units. The PS5 followed behind by quite some margin with over 24,000 units sold.

You can check out the full hardware and physical software sales charts for the week ending April 7 below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! – 19,612 (124,432)
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,055 (5,781,663)
3. [PS5] Rise of the Ronin – 12,080 (96,865)
4. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 9,898 (1,813,645)
5. [NSW] Minecraft – 7,464 (3,491,021)
6. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 6,569 (4,270,899)
7. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 6,497 (1,306,180)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru!  – 6,189 (1,029,313)
9. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 6,110 (7,735,293)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 5,507 (5,481,777)

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

• Nintendo Switch – 71,942 (57,533)
• PS5 – 24,976 (20,846)
• Xbox Series X/S – 2,113 (1,376)

Meanwhile, Dragon’s Dogma 2 dropped down to fifth place, selling over 9,000 units. A number of first-party Nintendo Switch titles occupy positions in the charts beyond that, including the likes of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at No. 4, Super Mario Bros. Wonder at No. 6, Animal Crossing: New Horizons at No. 9, and Splatoon 3 at No. 10. The only new release in this week’s charts is Koei Tecmo’s Winning Post 10 2024, with its Switch version taking the No. 3 spot (over 12,000 units sold), and its PS5 version coming in at No. 7 (over 6,000 units sold). Collectively, the game sold over 19,000 physical copies in Japan upon release.

On the hardware front, there aren’t any real surprises to speak of. The Switch was once again the best-selling console in Japan last week, moving an additional 57,000-plus units, while the PS5 followed behind with over 20,000 units sold.

You can check out the full hardware and physical software sales charts for the week ending March 31 below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! – 27,258 (104,820)
2. [PS5] Rise of the Ronin – 20,139 (84,785)
3. [NSW] Winning Post 10 2024 – 12,845 (New)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 10,432 (5,768,608)
5. [PS5] Dragon’s Dogma 2 – 9,172 (77,764)
6. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 8,163 (1,803,747)
7. [PS5] Winning Post 10 2024 – 6,733 (New)
8. [NSW] Minecraft – 6,618 (3,483,557)
9. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 6,411 (7,729,183)
10. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 6,172 (4,264,330)

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

• Nintendo Switch – 57,533 (60,828)
• PS5 – 20,846 (27,788)
• Xbox Series X/S – 1,376 (1,360)

A datamining leak from its recently released demo, however, seems to have revealed that Princess Peach: Showtime! was developed by Good-Feel, the studio behind the likes of Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Yoshi’s Woolly World, and Yoshi’s Crafted World.

That’s as per Famiboards user MondoMega, who says that as per the game’s demo files, its internal name was PJ037, which is in keeping with internal naming conventions for past titles developed by the studio. For instance, the internal name for Yoshi’s Crafted World was PJ033.

Nintendo hasn’t provided any official details on the studio behind Princess Peach: Showtime!, and is unlikely to do so, which means official confirmation won’t arrive until the game is out later this month.

Other details on the game’s development – such as what engine it is built on – have also been scant, though a display box for the title spotted in China revealed that it has been developed using Unreal Engine, similar to the aforementioned Yoshi’s Crafted World.

Princess Peach: Showtime! launches on March 22 for Nintendo Switch.