Japanese Charts: Mario’s Still On Top As Nintendo’s Dominance Continues

Famitsu’s Japanese chart figures are now in for the week ending 21st March, revealing that Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is still leading the pack.

With another estimated 37,396 physical copies sold, Mario’s latest adventure managed to fend off Square Enix’s new release, Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote Sen, to snag the top spot. Three newcomers actually made their way into the top ten this week, including a physical release of Apex Legends which landed in seventh.

Once again, the entire top ten is made up of Switch games, with a fair few Nintendo favourites mixed in for good measure.

Here are the top ten (first numbers are this week’s estimated sales, followed by total sales):

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1. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 37,396 (555,517)
2. [NSW] Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote Sen (Square Enix, 03/18/21) – 24,393 (New)
3. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 20,275 (2,052,117)
4. [NSW] Jack Jeanne (Broccoli, 03/18/21) – 15,827 (New)
5. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 14,865 (2,466,941)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,925 (3,738,387)
7. [NSW] Apex Legends Champion Edition (Electronic Arts, 03/18/21) – 11,665 (New)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 10,397 (4,208,669)
9. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 9,516 (6,699,716)
10. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,320 (1,861,643)

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Switch had another impressive week in the hardware charts, too, with both models outperforming last week’s totals. Here are this week’s figures, followed by lifetime sales in brackets:

1. Switch – 52,579 (15,368,232)
2. Switch Lite – 36,525 (3,449,619)
3. PlayStation 5 – 26,322 (433,545)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 8,335 (84,371)
5. PlayStation 4 – 2,559 (7,772,882)
6. Xbox Series X – 1,128 (30,204)
7. Xbox Series S – 801 (8,526)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 714 (1,159,191)
9. PlayStation 4 Pro – 19 (1,575,708)

< Last week’s charts

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