Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 6, 2022 to June 12, 2022

Hardware sales for the week between June 6 and June 12 are mostly down after great gains made across the board the week before. Switch consoles experienced a minor drop of 4.39% as the OLED model took a hard fall, recording 54.57% less sales than the prior week. In total, all three consoles are at 58,436 units. PlayStation 5 is less than half of what it was from last week with a 56.48% decrease in sales reported to 12,440 units. The Xbox Series on the other hand, had a nearly 50% drop from previous week’s 11,573 units to 6,242 units. A strong gain is observed for the PlayStation 4 vanilla model as units sold climbed by 73.08% to 78 whereas New 2DS LL is at 207 units sold for the week, tumbling 19.46% week-on-week.

Sales of Hardware

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Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles is the best-selling title for the week at 90,885 copies sold in its first 4 days, a rerelease of the October 2021 version for the Switch consoles. Back then, the title sold a total of 115,036 units in its first 4 days for its PlayStation editions and note that it is also available on other platforms such as Xbox Series and Steam. In the game, you can fight battles in an arena style map, playable with up to two players. However, a solo mode is also available where you play as Tanjiro. If you missed out on the game and would like to see how it is like, you can check out its gameplay trailer down below!

Mario Strikers: Battle League takes the 2^nd spot with 32,173 copies sold in its first 3 days, the third installment of the Mario Strikers series and the first game for the series that has been released after over a decade (Source: Wikia). The title is a football (soccer) themed game that is set in a gated arena where you play as a team of five against the other. You control different characters that possess various skills to outwit your opponents, including an ultimate skill it calls a hyper strike. There are also different customization modes that can be taken advantage of. Much about its gameplay is explained in its introductory video down below, so do check it out!

Video Game Software Top 10

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Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank	Status	Title	Weekly Sales	Lifetime Sales
11		Mario Party Superstars Switch	3,605	978,713
12		Monster Hunter Rise Best Price Switch	3,313	67,172
13		Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Switch	3,245	2,555,493
14		Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch	3,145	7,265,074
15		The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch	2,992	2,039,964
16		The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie: Five Memories of My Time with You Switch	2,874	24,314
17		Pokémon Legends: Arceus Switch	2,785	2,259,185
18		Splatoon 2 Switch	2,426	4,089,164
19	NEW	KLAP!! for Nintendo Switch Switch	2,284	2,284
20	NEW	The Quarry PS4	2,203	2,203
21		Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Switch	2,093	2,665,147
22		Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch	2,054	985,074
23		Taikou Risshiden V DX Switch	1,794	28,930
24	NEW	The Quarry PS5	1,717	1,717
25		Pokémon Sword and Shield Switch	1,585	4,346,921
26		Human: Fall Flat Switch	1,447	265,176
27		The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie: Five Memories of My Time with You PS4	1,265	10,294
28		Kirby Star Allies Switch	1,258	986,174
29		Touken Ranbu Warriors Switch	1,256	141,085
30		Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Switch	1,181	1,053,172

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Source: Famitsu

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