The latest Japanese charts are in courtesy of Famitsu (thanks, Gematsu) and it's another victory for Atlus' Unicorn Overlord, which comes in at number one again after selling a further 16,012 copies. Not bad considering how difficult it's been to picked up a physical edition recently.
It's another resounding success for the Switch as a whole, actually, with the only representation for the PS5 being Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at number two. Elsewhere, we've got Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at number three, Super Mario Bros. Wonder at number four, and Splatoon 3 even pokes its head in at number ten.
The only newcomer this week is Macross: Shooting Insight at number seven, selling a respectable 6,961.
Here's your look at this week's top ten in full:
- [NSW] Unicorn Overlord (ATLUS, 03/08/24) – 16,012 (56,003)
- [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix, 02/29/24) – 11,497 (298,635)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,031 (5,748,900)
- [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 8,257 (1,787,466)
- [NSW] Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo, 02/16/24) – 7,680 (124,441)
- [NSW] Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku: Isshoni Exercise (Imagineer, 03/07/24) – 7,011 (21,139)
- [NSW] MACROSS Shooting Insight (Bushiroad Games, 03/14/24) – 6,961 (New)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 5,947 (1,011,957)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,872 (3,470,376)
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 5,626 (4,251,794)
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Over on the hardware front this week, the numbers have dipped slightly, but the Switch is still doing well, shifting a total of 42,883 units across all three SKUs. Meanwhile, the PlayStation 5 has managed to sell a total of 26,516, while the Xbox only managaed a total of 1,496.
Here's your look at this week's hardware chart:
- Switch OLED Model – 30,753 (6,868,972)
- PlayStation 5 – 22,665 (4,570,547)
- Switch Lite – 7,337 (5,777,577)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,851 (740,382)
- Switch – 4,793 (19,743,487)
- Xbox Series X – 817 (250,778)
- Xbox Series S – 679 (305,606)
- PlayStation 4 – 588 (7,924,410)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 12 (1,192,891)
What do you make of this week's Japanese charts? Let us know in the comments.
[source famitsu.com, via gematsu.com]
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New 2DS LL/XL still doing a quiet flex in the Japanese charts I see.
I will shed a single tear the day the 2DS LL sales go to zero in these reports
It's a shame that Unicorn Overlord has been so understocked. It's such a great game and the more people that get the chance to play it, the better. Just finished it tonight and it's definitely my favourite game of the year so far (sorry Balatro).
Love to see Unicorn Overlord on top despite it apparently being understocked and also Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku in sixth other than the usual!
Uni-O is still number one on my list, too! I'm maybe 15hrs in at this point.
Macross seems a little underwhelming for its debut week, and the reviews on Amazon JP are rather negative, too... I had my hopes up for this game but I'll have to temper my expectations. I'll reserve judgement till my preorder arrives sometime in April.
Lucky I scored a copy. I haven't played much of it because I'm already playing a few challenging games, but I can't wait to get to it.
...after Dragon's Dogma, lol
No Dragon's Dogma for me. I'm 30 hours deep into a different Dragon adventure right now... Dragon Quest 6 SNES (with translation patch). Been pulling out the old retro titles and it's refreshing playing games from a simpler time. Mystic Quest and Illusion of Gaia in the mail! I did pick up Uni-O though, and LOVE it!
I got the CE of UE and it’s lovely. The card game is really good too. The game is pretty exploitable, but it’s great fun noodling around in the menus creating super-squads. There are so many possibilities and active and passive buffs and effects that just doing mock battles with my creations is great fun in and of itself.
I feel like both FFVII (which I am also really, really enjoying) and UE are going to keep me going until at least the summer. What a great start to the year for RPG fans.
@Tyranexx I love how it's always like 10-16 purchases, rarely dips below or surges above this
FF7 Rebirth could have sold much more if it wasn't PS5 exclusive. An Xbox and PC release would have helped, but I'm sure Square got a lot of money for the exclusivity.
Any news on whether Unicorn Overlord is getting reprinted?
Youtubers are dying for Switch 2. They want their videos to be as pretty as possible. Meanwhile...
@vyseofhr I assume you meant UO, right?
Good for UO, but I hope it continues to sell well and gets reprinted in time to capitalize on all the positive buzz.
@CammyUnofficial Such a great family of systems. The Switch surpassed the 3DS bunch for me, but in terms of dedicated handheld only consoles, they still win in my book.
Hope it keeps some staying power!
I'm honestly shocked no one is really talking about FF7RB. Like it's been a couple of weeks and it's hype has pretty much died out.
That's crazy
Glad to see Unicorn Overlord being in such high demand. I hope this convinces Vanillaware to release more games just like it.
Nice to see Unicorn Overlord still selling strong. I'm starting on my playthrough of it soon once my copy arrives later this month.
I imagine Square's surprised pikachu face, seeing how overblown budgets don't mean sh*t against game quality, reasonable prices and positive word of mouth.
So happy to see the New 2DS LL still rolling along in the charts. Godspeed, noble warrior! salutes
@Grail_Quest
I played through DQs 5 and 6 recently (SNES) and thoroughly enjoyed them. Hope you have a similar experience!
@amongtheworms Thank you! I am really liking 6 so far. The game looks and sounds incredible and the enemy animations help to liven things up in battle.
I was able to purchase the Limited Edition of UO, at the moment Dragon's Dogma 2 and Helldivers 2 have my attention, as well as FF2 Remaster. Looking Forward to finally play that game that everyone is praising about
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