Pokemon Sun and Moon fail to appear among Japan’s top-selling games for the first time

For 40 consecutive weeks, Pokemon Sun and Moon were among the 20 best-selling games in Japan. However, between August 28 and September 3, the latest duo of Pokemon games didn’t manage to reappear in the top 20 – which means it encountered a slight decline in rank compared to the previous week. The list for the 20 best-selling games in Japan are as follows:

01./00. [PS4] Everybody’s Golf (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.08.31} (¥5.900) – 100.719 / NEW
02./02. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 52.320 / 1.056.500 (-4%)
03./00. [3DS] Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 # (Atlus) {2017.08.31} (¥6.480) – 29.887 / NEW
04./01. [NSW] Monster Hunter Double Cross: Nintendo Switch Ver. # (Capcom) {2017.08.25} (¥5.800) – 27.120 / 111.396 (-68%)
05./03. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥5.980) – 22.846 / 1.693.913 (-24%)
06./00. [PS4] Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.08.31} (¥7.300) – 18.207 / NEW
07./04. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥8.980) – 14.053 / 1.328.455 (-38%)
08./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 12.474 / 672.688 (-9%)
09./06. [3DS] The Snack World: TreJarers (Level 5) {2017.08.10} (¥4.800) – 10.098 / 148.070 (-32%)
10./00. [PS4] Resident Evil: Revelations (Capcom) {2017.08.31} (¥2.990) – 9.260 / NEW
11./00. [PSV] Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.08.31} (¥6.300) – 7.168 / NEW
12./00. [3DS] Jake Hunter Detective Story: Ghost of the Dusk (Arc System Works) {2017.08.31} (¥5.370) – 6.132 / NEW
13./10. [NSW] Arms (Nintendo) {2017.06.16} (¥5.980) – 5.183 / 214.400 (-6%)
14./08. [PSV] Yomawari: Midnight Shadows # (Nippon Ichi Software) {2017.08.24} (¥5.980) – 4.943 / 13.009 (-40%)
15./11. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 4.904 / 576.067 (-4%)
16./00. [NSW] Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.08.31} (¥7.300) – 4.463 / NEW
17./14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 4.008 / 232.410 (-5%)
18./13. [PS4] Dragon Quest X: All in One Package (Square Enix) {2017.08.17} (¥4.800) – 3.829 / 22.184 (-11%)
19./09. [PS4] Yomawari: Midnight Shadows # (Nippon Ichi Software) {2017.08.24} (¥6.980) – 3.647 / 11.902 (-55%)
20./05. [PS4] Megadimension Neptunia VIIR # (Compile Heart) {2017.08.24} (¥6.800) – 3.346 / 19.122 (-79%)