Famitsu: Donkey Kong Bananza Debut Fails To Outsell Mario Kart World In Seventh Week

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 14 – 20, as Donkey Kong Bananza debuts and its physical sales numbers are good, but not incredible. With just under 128,000 copies sold, Donkey Kong Bananza had a strong launch but couldn’t outsell Mario Kart World which is already in its seventh week.

Whilst it’s expected that Mario Kart World will sell high, especially given it’s bundled with so many Switch 2 consoles, Donkey Kong Bananza‘s sales are still a little disappointing. Bananza fails to outsell Donkey Kong Country Returns in its first week on the Wii back in 2010, which launched with 163,000 copies sold on the Media Creates sales chart. Granted, that was a time when physical game sales were far more common.

Donkey Kong Bananza also comes nowhere near Super Mario Odyssey, which sold more than 500,000 units at launch back in October 2017. Keep in mind that these numbers are physical only, and Donkey Kong Bananza likely has a high digital sales rate, even in Japan. We don’t have a full picture yet, but this first glimpse isn’t too exciting.

Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for July 14 – 20. Missed our last report where the Nintendo Switch 2 crossed 1.6 million consoles sold in Japan? Check out the previous Famitsu sales chart right here!

1. Mario Kart World (Switch 2): 130,537 [1,495,609 total]
2. Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2): 127,905 [new]
3. Tamagotchi Plaza (Switch): 9,081 [149,279 total]
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch): 8,152 [6,381,356 total]
5. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch): 6,664 [8,172,980 total]
6. Super Mario Party Jamboree (Switch): 5,885 [1,349,665 total]
7. Minecraft (Switch): 5,385 [3,939,274 total]
8. Tamagotchi Plaza (Switch 2): 4,220 [40,915 total]
9. Patapon 1 + 2 Replay (Switch): 3,248 [12,119 total]
10. Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact (Switch): 3,174 [new]

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

1. Switch 2: 152,165 [1,754,876 yearly total]
2. Switch: 11,766 [940,561 yearly total]
3. PS5: 6,148 [513,312 yearly total]
4. Xbox Series: 150 [23,196 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.