Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age kicks the door in, New 2DS XL roars past Nintendo Switch to top Japan charts

Sales up just in time for summer

Role-playing games, cute characters, handheld gaming: the trifecta of sales success in Japan. We got all three this week fellas, with the remake Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age and the newest Pikmin title, Hey! Pikmin releasing to over 100,000 and 65,000 sales in their opening week to lead the way.

The New 2DS XL (LL in Japan) also launched, hitting 43,000 despite the age of the platform, temporarily putting it ahead of the Nintendo Switch which saw its own mini-boost of 5,000 since last week. As you can see below, quite a few consoles saw an increase in sales over the last week. Summer break is starting for students, and big hitters such as Dragon Quest XI and Splatoon 2 are really next week. Will be interesting to see those numbers.

Media Create Sales 7/10/17-7/16/17 [4gamer]

Top game sales. Lifetime sales in parentheses.

1. [PS4] Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age – 100,764 (New)
2. [3DS] Hey! Pikmin – 65,867 (New)
3. [PS4] Gundam Versus – 15,734 (137,178)
4. [3DS] Ever Oasis – 14,325 (New)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 11,554 (575,048)
6. [3DS] 100% Pascal-Sensei: Kanpeki Paint Bombers – 9,113 (New)
7. [NSW] Arms – 8,642 (170,003)
8. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 7,015 (537,027)
9. [NSW] Super Bomberman R – 5,200 (97,123)
10. [3DS] Pokémon Sun & Moon – 4,938 (3,289,826)
11. [PS4] Hakoniwa Company Works – 4,586 (New)
12. [3DS] Monster Hunter XX – 4,045 (1,543,038)
13. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (4990 yen version) – 3,251 (364,052)
14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ – 3,201 (201,897)
15. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 3,169 (1,176,952)
16. [PS4] Omega Labyrinth Z – 3,062 (12,381)
17. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X – 2,458 (177,949)
18. [3DS] Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology – 2,433 (32,377)
19. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III Game of the Year Edition – 2,417 (8,947)
20. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS – 2,392 (1,062,057)

Top console sales. Prior week’s sales in parentheses.

1. New 2DS XL – 43,315 (New)
2. Switch – 31,906 (26,256)
3. PlayStation 4 – 28,569 (22,704)
4. New 3DS XL – 12,101 (11,849)
5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 7,649 (7,067)
6. PlayStation Vita – 4,655 (4,572)
7. 2DS – 1,901 (2,196)
8. New 3DS – 1,242 (845)
9. Xbox One – 200 (72)
10. Wii U – 146 (164)
11. PlayStation 3 – 129 (148)