Famitsu: Demon Slayer Takes Top Spot, Donkey Kong Bananza Crosses 200K

Every Thursday we share the weekly Famitsu sales charts, which tracks physical boxed game sales and hardware sales in Japan. This week’s chart covers July 28 – August 3, as a surprise entry takes #1 and dethrones both Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza. The debut of Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 sold over 54,000 copies on Switch, and managed to push down all other releases new and old this week.

In second place is our former reigning champion Mario Kart World, which sold an additional 51,000 units for a new whopping total of 1.46 million sold since launch. Following in third is Donkey Kong Bananza, falling again in sales to 25,000 sold in the week, and finally managing to cross 200,000 sales in Japan. Sales for Donkey Kong have been slow in the country, so hopefully they’re strong elsewhere.

Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for July 28 – August 3. Missed our last report where Donkey Kong Bananza fell to second place in its second week? Check out the previous Famitsu sales chart right here!

1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (Switch): 54,491 [new]
2. Mario Kart World (Switch 2): 51,544 [1,445,628 total]
3. Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2): 25,199 [207,055 total]
4. hololive Holo’s Hanafuda (Switch): 16,200 [new]
5. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (PS5): 12,351 [new]
6. Super Mario Party Jamboree (Switch 2): 10,250 [28,419 total]
7. Castlevania Advance Collection (Switch): 9,101 [new]
8. Minecraft (Switch): 7,932 [3,955,307 total]
9. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch): 7,027 [6,398,596 total]
10. Tamagotchi Plaza (Switch): 5,574 [161,597 total]

Here’s the Famitsu hardware chart too. Console families are grouped together for simplicity.

1. Switch 2: 62,733 [1,909,622 yearly total]
2. Switch: 18,637 [973,841 yearly total]
3. PS5: 7,141 [527,373 yearly total]
4. Xbox Series: 271 [23,738 yearly total]

Did you pick up any of the games on the Famitsu chart this week? Let us know in the comments below, and keep your eyes on GameLuster for more breaking gaming news.