Japanese Charts: Dragon Quest Makes Its Monster Debut On Switch

Square Enix’s Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince has landed in Japan with a bang, shifting a complete of 346,583 copies since its launch on December 1st, 2023.

Its spectacular efficiency shifts every thing else down the charts, with Momotaro Dentetsu World settling for silver with 64,946 copies offered and Super Mario Bros. Wonder snapping at its heels with 61,794 copies.

Otherwise, the Switch is dominating this week, with no illustration from PlayStation or Xbox anyplace to be seen. Nintendo’s first-party line-up includes seven of the ten positions, cementing the agency’s reputation within the area.

1. [NSW] Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (Square Enix, 12/01/23) – 346,583 (New)
2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 64,946 (477,956)
3. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 61,794 (1,150,511)
4. [NSW] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 11/17/23) – 24,099 (379,754)
5. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 13,366 (978,783)
6. [NSW] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 11/03/23) – 9,597 (74,279)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,464 (5,556,552)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,925 (3,325,906)
9. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,224 (7,591,150)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,106 (5,336,148)

This week’s {hardware} figures look unsurprising, with the Switch OLED Model main the pack once more. Overall, all three Switch SKUs add as much as a complete of 79,064 items offered, a considerably increased quantity than the PS5, which is sitting at 42,946 throughout its commonplace and digital SKUs.

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

1. Switch OLED Model – 57,012 (6,195,126)
2. PlayStation 5 – 35,552 (4,156,858)
3. Switch Lite – 13,048 (5,609,188)
4. Switch – 8,995 (19,626,057)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 7,394 (639,574)
6. Xbox Series X – 1,925 (240,922)
7. PlayStation 4 – 853 (7,909,608)
8. Xbox Series S – 265 (294,039)
9. New 2DS LL (together with 2DS) – 15 (1,192,675)

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