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Japan Charts: Mario Kart Accelerates Back into Top 3 as Switch Retains Lead


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After last week’s new releases, this time around Japan’s chart is a little less surprising (thanks, Famitsu Magazine).

There’s a newcomer at the top, the intriguingly titled visual novel Hokkaido Serial Murder Case: The Disappearance in Okhotsk – Memories in Ice, Tearful Statuettes sold 20,919 copies in its first week of release. Astronomy bot once again the PS5 represented this week, retaining second place with an additional 8,882 units sold and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Get the final spot on the podium — of course.

Elsewhere, it’s a very predictable picture, with things like Nintendo Switch Sports, Minecraft And Animal Crossing: New Horizons showing their longevity as always. Hey, good job. Strong Professional Baseball 2024-25 still holding on in the top 10!

For details, check out the latest top 10 below:

Position Game Foundation Unit Sales (September 2-8) Total units sold
1 Hokkaido Serial Murder Case: The Disappearance in Okhotsk – Memories in Ice, Tearful Statuettes

Switch

20,919 NEW
2
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PS5

8,882

21,554

3 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Switch

7,840 5,997,783
4 Nintendo Switch Sports

Switch

7,069 1,422,221
5 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch 6,967 7,908,719
6 Minecraft

Switch

5,713 3,631,184
7 Strong Professional Baseball 2024-2025

Switch

4,750 287,959
8 Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Switch

4,215

5,411,506
9 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Switch

3,943 5,583,573
10 The Adventure of Ring Fit Switch 3,538 3,627,657

Hardware sales were similar for the week, as Sony’s PS5 price increase in Japan once again led to a drop in console sales profits.

The OLED Switch remains ahead of its competitors, selling 34,250 more units this week, with the Lite following suit with 11,570. Meanwhile, the PS5 remains in third place after selling 8,254 more units.

Here’s the full Japanese hardware rankings for this week.

Position Control Panel Unit Sales (September 2-8) Total units sold
1 OLED Conversion 34,250 7,867,533
2 Lite Converter 11,570 6,051,222
3 PlayStation 5 8,254 5,186,657
4

Switch

4,754

19,897,221
5

PlayStation 5 – Digital Edition

1,841 851,929
6 Xbox Series X 380 306,982
7 Xbox Series S 295 318,597
8 PlayStation 4 game console

39

7,928,440

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