Famitsu Sales: Dating Sim Remaster Pushes Monster Hunter Wilds Out

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 May 5 – 11, as Monster Hunter Wilds finally departs the top ten, pushed away alongside the #1 debut of Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with you Emotional, a remaster of a classic 1995 dating simulator game. The dating sim managed to sell an impressive 21,000 units, securing the top spot with ease compared to other game sales this week.

Trailing behind at #2 is actually Minecraft, which sells another 8,000 copies and has been a surprise evergreen Switch release in Japan that isn’t actually a Nintendo first party title. We’ve also got the massively popular Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 still floating around down at #7, pushing another 3,000 copies out and breezing by 10,000 total sales in Japan this week.

Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for May 5 – 11. Missed our last report where the jumbo-sized double Famitsu saw Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have a top five debut? Check out the previous Famitsu sales chart right here!

1. Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with You Emotional (Switch): 21,032 [new]
2. Minecraft (Switch): 8,653 [3,883,894 total]
3. Super Mario Party Jamboree (Switch): 8,370 [1,294,529 total]
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch): 6,295 [6,323,630 total]
5. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch): 4,589 [8,123,824 total]
6. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch): 3,321 [5,756,689 total]
7. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PS5): 3,254 [13,079 total]
8. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch): 3,063 [264,749 total]
9. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (Switch): 2,934 [5,560,368 total]
10. Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch): 2,923 [1,582,888 total]

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

1. Switch: 29,710 [770,808 yearly total]
2. PS5: 8,615 [414,473 yearly total]
3. Xbox Series: 450 [19,118 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.