Japanese Charts: Detective Pikachu Returns Comes Out On High, As soon as Once more

The newest Japanese charts are in from Famitsu (through Gematsu) and whereas not fairly as spectacular a surge as final week, Detective Pikachu Returns as soon as once more finds itself on the high of the bodily software program pile with one other 16,248 copies bought.

Pikmin 4 simply misses out on reclaiming the gold medal this time because it edges ever nearer to the a million mark and The Game of Life For Nintendo Switch continues to carry out properly, shifting an extra 13,443 copies in its second week.

There are additionally a few new releases on this week’s clean-sweep for the Switch as Rear Sekai and River City: Rival Showdown debut at fourth and eighth respectively.

Here’s this week’s high ten software program gross sales in full:

1. [NSW] Detective Pikachu Returns (The Pokemon Company, 10/06/23) – 16,248 (101,887)
2. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 14,114 (912,398)
3. [NSW] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 10/06/23) – 13,443 (43,710)
4. [NSW] Rear Sekai (Bushiroad Games, 10/12/23) – 6,464 (New)
5. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 6,381 (5,157,822)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 6,253 (5,514,955)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,898 (3,286,698)
8. [NSW] River City: Rival Showdown (Arc System Works, 10/12/23) – 5,722 (New)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,566 (5,304,914)
10. [NSW] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) – 4,557 (27,046)

Remember how the Switch OLED noticed a loopy surge in gross sales with over 100,000 items being bought final week? Well, issues aren’t fairly as drastic this time, however Nintendo’s bright-screened console has as soon as once more come out on high with 34,471 items bought in comparison with the PS5’s 18,565. It might be attention-grabbing to see what the numbers are trying like after the releases of Sonic Superstars, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Spider-Man 2 this week.

Here are the most recent numbers on the {hardware} facet of issues:

1. Switch OLED Model – 34,471 (5,832,653)
2. PlayStation 5 – 18,565 (3,920,351)
3. Switch – 5,170 (19,571,417)
4. Switch Lite – 4,828 (5,522,561)
5. PlayStation 4 – 2,054 (7,900,950)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,144 (588,041)
7. Xbox Series X – 609 (224,410)
8. Xbox Series S – 477 (289,738)
9. New 2DS LL (together with 2DS) – 85 (1,192,508)

< Last week’s charts

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