Famitsu Sales: Switch 2 And Mario Kart World Hold Strong In Second 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 June 9 – 15, and it’s the second week on from the first partial week with the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2. Once again, Mario Kart World reigns over the charts with an additional 135,000 copies sold. This pushes the lifetime total in Japan alone to over 915,000, and almost guaranteeing a million sales for the title in the coming weeks. The Nintendo Switch 2 console itself also sold over 150,000 more units.

Elsewhere on the chart, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time surged up to second place, with an additional 11,000 copies sold. Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma held strong with its Switch version, selling a little under 10,000 additional copies this week. Funnily enough, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also saw a spike in sales, rising from #14 last week to #4 this week thanks to over 6,000 copies sold for the original Switch’s Mario Kart entry. Both The Legend of Zelda Switch 2 Editions also held strong on the charts.

Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for June 9 – 15. Missed our last report where the Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart World had their historic debut? Check out the previous Famitsu sales chart right here!

1. Mario Kart World (Switch 2): 134,900 [917,466 total]
2. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (Switch): 11,217 [123,121 total]
3. Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (Switch): 9,724 [55,427 total]
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch): 6,460 [6,347,853 total]
5. Minecraft (Switch): 5,916 [3,913,098 total]
6. Super Mario Party Jamboree (Switch): 5,215 [1,322,389 total]
7. Elden Ring Nightreign (PS5): 5,126 [59,948 total]
8. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2): 4,409 [11,938 total]
9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch 2): 4,408 [12,400 total]
10. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch): 4,209 [8,145,825 total]

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

1. Switch 2: 153,205 [1,101,136 yearly total]
2. PS5: 14,129 [477,934 yearly total]
3. Switch: 13,319 [869,580 yearly total]
4. Xbox Series: 261 [21,726 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.