Japan: Nintendo Switch No.1 this week and No More Heroes 3 at No.9

The latest physical Japanese video game software and hardware charts are now in via sales tracker Famitsu. These charts cover the week of 23rd August, 2021 to 29th August, 2021. The best-selling system once again is the Nintendo Switch while the new systems continue to face stock issues. The No.1 software title is the newly released visual novel Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon for the Switch system. SUDA51’s long-awaited No More Heroes 3 failed to set the Japanese physical sales charts alight shifting a disappointing 7,951 units, placing it at No.9 on the charts this week.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon (Aniplex, 08/26/21) – 72,237 (New)
2. [PS4] Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon (Aniplex, 08/26/21) – 66,171 (New)
3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 15,671 (2,788,621)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 14,838 (4,009,933)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 13,860 (2,153,053)
6. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 12,023 (2,348,554)
7. [NSW] Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Saikyo Battle Royale!! (Konami, 08/12/21) – 9,491 (122,530)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 8,536 (4,397,935)
9. [NSW] No More Heroes III (Marvelous, 08/27/21) – 7,951 (New)
10. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 7,499 (4,120,436)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 52,488 (16,959,653)
2. Switch Lite – 10,766 (4,030,951)
3. PlayStation 5 – 17,852 (831,841)
4. Xbox Series X – 2,848 (56,941)
5. Xbox Series S – 2,821 (26,355)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,302 (163,740)
7. PlayStation 4 – 2,067 (7,805,991)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 509 (1,171,305)

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