Famitsu: Unicorn Overlord Reigns Supreme As Final Fantasy Slips

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 March 11 – 17, as Vanillaware’s tactical strategy Unicorn Overlord takes the top spot once again after overtaking Final Fantasy VII Rebirth last week. With its Nintendo Switch release, Unicorn Overlord fell just 61% in its second week on sale.

At second place is Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, which falls an extra 53% in sales to 11,497 copies sold in its third week on sale. To compare that to other recent Final Fantasy releases, it’s a much better hold than Final Fantasy XVI which had a 63% third-week slip, but doesn’t match the highs of Final Fantasy VII Remake, the first entry in the remake trilogy, which fell just 7% in its third week. It’s worth noting that Final Fantasy VII Remake also started out much higher, likely attributable to the state of the pandemic that was ongoing at the time.

Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for March 11 – 17. Missed our last report where Final Fantasy VII Rebirth had its steep second week drop? Check out the last Famitsu chart right here!

1. Unicorn Overlord (Switch): 16,012 [57,003 total]
2. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5): 11,497 [298,635 total]
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch): 9,031 [5,748,900 total]
4. Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Switch): 8,257 [1,787,466 total]
5. Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Switch): 7,680 [124,441 total]
6. Fit Boxing ft. Hatsune Miku (Switch): 7,011 [21,139 total]
7. Macross -Shooting Insight- (Switch): 6,961 [new]
8. Momotaro Dentetsu World: The Earth Spins with Hope! (Switch): 5,947 [1,011,957 total]
9. Minecraft (Switch): 5,872 [3,470,376 total]
10. Splatoon 3 (Switch): 5,626 [4,251,794 total]

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

1. Switch: 42,883 [603,380 yearly total]
2. PS5: 26,516 [446,072 yearly total]
3. Xbox Series: 1,496 [9,074 yearly total]

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