Luigi’s Mansion 3DS Debuts On Top in Japan

The weekly hardware and software sales from Japan are in, and although it was a fairly mundane week for software, a few new titles launched. Luigi’s Mansion for Nintendo 3DS, which launched last month in most territories, finally made its Japanese debut. With 27,370 units sold, it’s far from a smash hit… but it was still good enough to top the charts in a slow week. Tetris Effect and Deracine, the other two newcomers this week, each sold less than 5,000 copies.

Hardware sales failed to impress as well, with only Switch seeing a notable “holiday season” bump. Despite a lack of compelling new software for the week, Switch saw its sales jump from 43,747 to 54,235. However, PlayStation 4 saw a sales decline across both its standard and Pro models. You can check out the full breakdown below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion (Nintendo, 11/08/18) – 27,370 (New)
2. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 25,740 (443,731)
3. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 23,333 (324,685)
4. [PS4] Red Dead Redemption 2 (Limited Editions Included) (Take-Two Interactive, 10/26/18) – 16,819 (184,061)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,466 (1,826,744)
6. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,562 (357,898)
7. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 6,783 (2,690,893)
8. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,706 (1,153,183)
9. [PS4] Tetris Effect (SIE, 11/08/18) – 4,372 (New)
10. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,780 (1,831,692)
11. [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man (Bundle Version Included) (SIE, 09/07/18) – 3,771 (301,895)
12. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 3,349 (1,756,810)
13. [PS4] Deracine (Limited Edition Incldued) (SIE, 11/08/18) – 3,086 (New)
14. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 2,963 (639,247)
15. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Limited Edition Included) (Ubisoft, 10/05/18) – 2,832 (85,706)
16. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,481 (223,236)
17. [NSW] Neko Tomo (Bandai Namco, 11/01/18) – 2,148 (6,298)
18. [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 09/27/18) – 2,025 (153,214)
19. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (Square Enix, 03/09/17) – 1,977 (198,896)
20. [PS4] Soulcalibur VI (Bandai Namco, 10/18/18) – 1,824 (35,590)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 54,235 (43,747)
2. PlayStation 4 – 8,154 (8,693)
3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 7,927 (8,847)
4. New 2DS LL – 4,243 (4,226)
5. PlayStation Vita – 1,869 (1,945)
6. New 3DS LL – 1,681 (1,775)
7. Xbox One X – 360 (129)
8. 2DS – 294 (273)
9. Xbox One – 46 (61)

Source: 4Gamer (via Gematsu)