Japanese Charts: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Surpasses 5 Million Gross sales

The vacation week Japanese charts are in, and Swap video games make up all the prime ten this week! No shock to see that Pokémon Scarlet & Violet are once more on the prime with a formidable 375,665 items offered, with Splatoon 3 in second with 121,173 items.

Nevertheless, the massive story is that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has surpassed 5 million bodily gross sales in Japan. Which means the sport has offered slightly below a million items a 12 months. And it is nonetheless a mainstay within the weekly charts, so these numbers will simply hold going up. Nevertheless, you will discover that Pokémon is sizzling on its heels already with over 4.3 million bodily copies offered.

There are not any new video games within the prime ten this week, however Nintendo Switch Sports has climbed again up into third place, whereas Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Minecraft are comfy as at all times.

This is the highest ten in full for the week of nineteenth December to twenty fifth December:

1. [NSW] Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (The Pokemon Firm, 11/18/22) – 375,665 (4,338,931)
2. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 121,173 (3,687,814)
3. [NSW] Nintendo Swap Sports activities (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 44,465 (887,722)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 41,887 (5,014,375)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 37,935 (2,960,006)
6. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 25,727 (71,900)
7. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures (Sq. Enix, 12/09/22) – 23,097 (198,403)
   
   
8. [NSW] Tremendous Smash Bros. Final (Nintendo, 12/07/18) — 22,148 (5,065,191)
9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 22,001 (1,114,132)
10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 20,426 (2,782,933)

For the {hardware} charts, the Swap is not the one dominating the dialog. Whereas the OLED is the best-selling console of the week, the PS5 is as soon as once more in second place with 59,352 items offered. That is two spectacular weeks in a row for Sony’s console — probably vacation items for family and friends are to thank for that!

1. Swap OLED Mannequin – 83,975 (3,572,012)
2. PlayStation 5 – 59,352 (2,059,945)
3. Swap – 42,430 (19,048,341)
4. Swap Lite – 37,151 (5,103,694)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Version – 9,467 (317,444)
6. PlayStation 4 – 3,161 (7,842,044)
7. Xbox Collection S – 778 (225,984)
8. Xbox Collection X – 331 (172,411)
9. New 2DS LL (together with 2DS) – 238 (1,189,711)

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