Japanese Charts: It's A Wonderful Life For Super Mario Bros. Wonder

I like how there's consistently like a dozen 2DS systems sold every week in Japan

Hopefully Dragon Quest Monsters sales obliterating FFXVI will show Square Enix which platform and series to focus their money on for the future

What's the chances of Momotaro Dentetsu World coming west.

@wanghosom I'd say FFXVI is more oriented to the western audience, so it makes sense. However, I certainly hope DQ XII releases on Switch 2.

Happy Holidays Nintendo! The Japanese population got you a present! Money!

@the_beaver Nintendo always has had a strong relationship with the Enix half of SE, which is the group primarily responsible for Dragon Quest. It's almost guaranteed DQ XII will release on the Switch 2. Hopefully it's a same day and date release with other consoles and not held back. I'm predicting it's going to be a launch year title and will probably show up in the 1st Nintendo Direct next year.

Glad to see Mario RPG still hanging in there.

It's amazing indeed, top 10 only Nintendo.
That's in one week 300,000+ games that have already sold 8+ million copies, on which Ninty takes a %. Amazing! If that's not good business, then what is.

@Axecon I'm not sure because of the announcement of the game being more mature. I get the impression Square Enix may have made DQ more mature in the 18+/M rated kind of sense and it turns out to be PS5 timed exclusive with Switch 2/Series X|S release like a year later. DQIII Remake however I could see appearing in the next Direct.

Wow, the Switch OLED by itself already outsold both PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition numbers combined. Also looks like the Switch is back to ruling the Japan software chart again this week. Sony's only hope left in Japan relies on the incomplete second remake, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

Sheesh, if the Switch is still outselling the PS5 in Japan during this particular time of year, then a Switch 2 is probably going to absolutely dominate the market there.

@IceClimbersMain 3DS XL is still one of my favorite systems of all time. If they would have just put an updated screen on it and a battery from today's standards, I would buy a brand new one right this second. The size and clamshell design made it super pocket-friendly.

@wanghosom
It's not really all that surprising since DQ is much more popular in Japan while Final Fantasy has always been more popular overseas.
Doesn't help that Square tried too hard to cater to Western audiences and made 16 into a game of thrones clone with shallow RPG elements.

Nintendo’s Switch, fell 18 per cent to 16.4 million units it has slowed down world wide..

PS5 shifted an estimated 22.5 million units worldwide in 2023, according to a prediction by analysts Ampere. Assuming the figure is accurate, that’d represent a 65 per cent increase year-over-year,

When you know the total Switch hardware sales are down from ca. 173 thousand same week (number) last year to ca. 94 thousand this week, you know that even in Japan the Switch is on its way out.

usa is nintendo biggest market...

Go go Pikmin!!
It's so good to see this amazing game selling so well, at least in Japan...

Wish they still sold the 3DS around here. Mine is toast and I would love a replacement.

well if final fantasy 7 rebirth does not sell at least half a million copies in it's first week in japan i will be shocked i expect more then that..

@johnedwin do you identify yourself as a troll? 🤔

So Switch is still on top in Japan (and there are still people who buy a 2DS?!), Nintendo isn't in a hurry to release a succesor (And I don't mind, as long as there are good games released. Besides, I have a huge backlog).

Great to see that Pikmin does it so well, the series is saved. But where the blazes is Zelda? Ah well, there are just games that Japanese like more it seems. Overall (worldwide) Zelda still did very good, if not the best it ever did.

@Henmii no question switch 2 is coming next year only question will it be in the first half or second..

@Johnny44 Dunno, but he does like to use posts as commas rather than contain all his thoughts into one single post, there will probably be another half dozen posts after this.

@IceClimbersMain I'm obsessed with this 2DS factoid as well and want someone to do some investigative journalism and find out where these things are selling from

the nintendo switch has been slowing down even many nintendo youtube content creators know it is time for the switch 2 and i watch their youtube videos for speculation and rumors as to when that might happen... exciting times are just around the corner for switch fans..

I know it is holiday season but those sales numbers still amaze me.

I just got an OLED Steam Deck about a month ago. If Nintendo can match those specs with Switch 2, next generation is going to be an absolute delight.

@UltimateOtaku91

I don't think that game will ever come to the west because so far games from that series have only been released for the Japanese market.

@johnedwin,

If it's still doing that good in Japan I wouldn't be so sure. That and the huge game-sales. I mean I would have also expected it, but not after these figures.

PS4 obliterating Xbox Series X and S combined! That's got to hurt, M$....

@PharoneTheGnome Agreed! If they Released a "Super" Nintendo 3DS today, I would buy it day one. Much easier to carry around than my switch and I actually REALLY enjoy 3D gaming.