Japanese Charts: Minecraft Legends Comes Out On Top After A Quiet Week

The latest Japanese charts are in from Famitsu (via Gematsu) and this week sees Mojang’s latest foray into the world of strategy games taking the top spot as Minecraft Legends pulls in 13,490 sales from its debut (a very low number to be in first place, compared to what we have seen in recent months).

Last week’s champion, Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection has taken a tumble down to fifth this time around, only selling 6,342 copies compared to last week’s 52,375.

Elsewhere, we can see Cuphead (making its Japanese physical debut) break into the charts at number eight with 4,085 copies sold and Nintendo dominating the rest of the picture with the likes of Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe showing their longevity as they round out the top five once again.

Here’s your look at the Japanese software top ten:

1. [NSW] Minecraft Legends (Microsoft, 04/18/23) – 13,490 (New)
2. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 7,658 (392,645)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 7,527 (4,998,901)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,416 (5,250,971)
5. [NSW] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Capcom, 04/14/23) – 6,342 (58,717)
6. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 6,039 (3,991,533)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,838 (3,112,005)
8. [NSW] Cuphead (Superdeluxe Games, 04/20/23) – 4,085 (New)
9. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 3,860 (124,496)
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,789 (1,060,179)

Over on the hardware side of things, the Switch OLED once again comes out on top with 39,763 units sold, beating Sony’s PlayStation 5 which had 33,527 sales this week.

The rest of the chart is a pretty familiar picture, with both Nintendo and Sony’s other console options continuing to sell well. But, notably, this week sees the first time in a while that the New 2DS LL isn’t in last place, managing to outsell Microsoft’s Xbox Series X by a mere 25 units! Keep going little guy, you’re doing us all proud.

Here’s the full Japanese hardware charts:

1. Switch OLED Model – 39,763 (4,254,463)
2. PlayStation 5 – 33,572 (2,899,698)
3. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 8,183 (471,335)
4. Switch – 7,674 (19,277,706)
5. Switch Lite – 4,368 (5,281,338)
6. PlayStation 4 – 789 (7,866,970)
7. Xbox Series X – 376 (184,959)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 137 (1,191,421)
9. Xbox Series S – 112 (251,538)

< Last week’s charts

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