The Media Create charts for hardware and software sales in Japan for the week ending December 2 are in, and it’s not surprising to see at all that Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Eevee! is once again at the top of the pile, as it has been for two weeks running since its launch now, with some very impressive figures.

The duo of Pokemon titles collectively sold nearly 95,000 units in Japan during the week, which includes bundle sales as well. Meanwhile, Atlus’ 3DS exclusive dungeon crawling crossover RPG, Persona Q2, also debuted strongly in the charts, ranking at #2 with almost 80,000 units sold in the week.

Super Mario Party saw a massive surge in sales, moving up from fifth place last week to third place this week, with almost twice as many sales, at almost 50,000 units sold. Meanwhile, Battlefield 5, which debuted in second place last week, has dropped down to fourth place, with just a little over 20,000 units sold.

On the hardware front, the Nintendo Switch continues to perform very impressively. It saw a massive surge in sales two weeks back when Pokemon Let’s Go launch, and continued its impressive sales last week as well. This week saw a rise in those numbers, with over 120,000 units sold. The PS4 was the second highest selling system, selling nearly 25,000 units (base model and Pro combined).

You can check out the full software and hardware charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 94,753 (918,459)
2. [3DS] Persona Q2: New Shadow Labyrinth (Atlus, 11/29/18) – 79,747 (New)
3. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 49,829 (419,906)
4. [PS4] Battlefield V (Electronic Arts, 11/20/18) – 20,116 (130,770)
5. [NSW] Kamen Rider: Climax Scramble (Bandai Namco, 11/29/18) – 14,465 (New)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,979 (1,860,756)
7. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 12,182 (2,721,594)
8. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 11,671 (386,837)
9. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 8,039 (478,982)
10. [PS4] Dead by Daylight (3goo, 11/29/18) – 7,005 (New)
11. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,469 (1,172,750)
12. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 5,843 (1,856,834)
13. [PS4] Fallout 76 (Limited Edition Included) (Bethesda Softworks, 11/15/18) – 5,669 (90,958)
14. [PS4] Shenmue I & II (Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 11/22/18) – 5,592 (43,121)
15. [PS4] Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories (Granzella, 11/22/18) – 5,211 (47,483)
16. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion (Nintendo, 11/08/18) – 5,004 (48,334)
17. [NSW] Billion Road (Bandai Namco, 11/29/18) – 4,682 (New)
18. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 4,391 (650,593)
19. [PS4] Lapis x Labyrinth (NIS, 11/29/18) – 4,144 (New)
20. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 4,118 (1,768,591)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 120,546 (108,375)
2. PlayStation 4 Pro – 10,558 (11,083)
3. PlayStation 4 – 9,852 (13,281)
4. New 2DS LL – 7,401 (6,512)
5. New 3DS LL – 2,692 (2,419)
6. PlayStation Vita – 1,798 (1,688)
7. 2DS – 342 (952)
8. Xbox One X – 260 (676)
9. Xbox One – 25 (46)

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Atlus announced a bunch of Persona 5 spin offs last year- and while Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight already launched in Japan earlier this year, and has been announced for a western release next year, Persona Q2 has been far more enigmatic. See, it was announced last year, as the follow up to the delightful Nintendo 3DS exclusive Persona Q, but it was announced with just a logo, and no footage. And it hasn’t even been mentioned once, since.

Persona Q was a crossover RPG that brought together the casts of Persona 3 and Persona 4 in an Etrian Odyssey styled dungeon crawling RPG. It was the first Persona game on the 3DS, and went on to do fairly well (it helps that it was one of the better Persona spin offs, too). People have naturally been curious about Persona Q2– the Persona 5 cast is confirmed (one of the few things we know about the game), but what else? Plus, what will the game play like?

And is it still a Nintendo 3DS exclusive? The original was- but that was back in 2014. By the time Persona Q2 launches in the west, it will be 2019- with 3DS sales slumping, is that eve a good idea? Not that Atlus is any stranger to doing that kind of thing, though…

Well, all these questions get answered tomorrow. During the broadcast of tomorrow’s episode of the Persona 5 anime, a new video for Persona Q2 will air, shedding some brand new information on the title at long last. Guess we don’t have to wait for long. Unless we are waiting for the release, in which case we do.

ついにニンテンドー3DS用RPG『ペルソナQ2』の最新情報が解禁！明日放送の『P5A』内で新情報たっぷりのTVCMが初公開だ！ペルソナファンは全員見逃すなよ～！

【詳細はこちら】https://t.co/0zVzZNSDyl #PQ2 #p5a pic.twitter.com/mnHFyW6wwc

— モルガナ_ペルソナ広報 (@p_kouhou) August 3, 2018

Looks like a lot of that speculation over the last few months was correct, because Atlus has today announced three brand new Persona spin offs that should make a lot of fans very happy. Let’s start with the follow ups to Persona 4: Dancing All Night.

Yes, follow ups. There are two of these!  Persona 5 Dancing Star Night and Persona 3 Dancing Moon Night, which are based on the characters, story, and soundtracks of Persona 5 and Persona 3 respectively (although if Atlus insists on making these canon, as they did with Persona 4 Dancing All Night, then Persona 3 will have a problem… as I am sure fans of that game know). Both games are coming to PS Vita and PS4, and are due out in Japan in Spring 2018.

But Nintendo fans weren’t left out of Persona goodness, either. A follow up to the wonderful Persona 3 and Persona 4 crossover Persona Q, Persona Q2, has been announced for the Nintendo 3DS. We didn’t receive any trailers or even screens for this one, just the teaser image you can see above- but Atlus did promise fans it would have more to share soon.

Next week, Atlus will be holding a Persona concert in Japan- this is a big deal because traditionally, these concerts have been where Atlus have made multiple major Persona announcements, including the very first trailer for Persona 5 ever. We are expecting some Persona announcements to come next week… and one of those may have leaked already.

As Twitter user Mystic noted, pq2.jp, the domain that Atlus would use for a hypothetical Persona Q2, has been registered by Atlus, indicating that the game may indeed be happening- and if it is happening, there is a chance that it will be announced at the concert next week, too.

If Persona Q2 is real, it is likely to be a quick reuse of the original game’s assets and engine, meaning it will probably be for the Nintendo 3DS (so don’t go expecting a Switch version), and made in the same style as the original game. All of which is to say- don’t expect this on the Switch. If the Switch is to get a Persona game, which, hey, who knows, it may be announced next week, it’ll be something else entirely.