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 April 15 – 21, as almost seven years since its launch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has returned to the top spot on the Famitsu sales charts. This is an impressive feat for Nintendo, who are no stranger to ruling physical game sales in Japan, but a poor sign of the performance of recent titles.
The entire top three is ruled by the legendary plumber and his companions, as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Princess Peach: Showtime! and Super Mario Bros. Wonder take the first three spots respectively. There was at least one new debut this week, as Ark: Survival Ascended managed to grab #9 with its PS5 release. It joins Rise of the Ronin as the only two PS5 games cracking the top 10 this week.
Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for April 15 – 21. Missed our last report where a romance game had a surprise #1 debut? Check out the last Famitsu chart right here!
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch): 11,585 [5,804,495 total]
- Princess Peach: Showtime! (Switch): 8,012 [143,180 total]
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Switch): 7,470 [1,829,996 total]
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch): 7,078 [7,747,713 total]
- Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch): 6,131 [132,273 total]
- Rise of the Ronin (PS5): 5,651 [109,501 total]
- Minecraft (Switch): 5,523 [3,502,392 total]
- Splatoon 3 (Switch): 5,477 [4,282,105 total]
- Ark: Survival Ascended (PS5): 4,127 [new]
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch): 3,791 [5,489,590 total]
Here’s the Famitsu hardware chart too. Console families are grouped together for simplicity.
- Switch: 64,281 [929,237 yearly total]
- PS5: 21,297 [561,920 yearly total]
- Xbox Series: 2,789 [36,531 yearly total]
Did you pick up any of the games on the Famitsu chart this week? What’s your favorite Super Mario game, seen as Nintendo is dominating this week? Let us know in the comments below, and keep your eyes on GameLuster for more breaking gaming news.
