Media Create sales: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate dethrones Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee by selling 1,220,535 units during its opening week in Japan

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has debuted at number 1 on the latest Media Create sales charts in Japan. Meanwhile, Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee have reappeared with an additional significant amount of units sold. Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon have made another consecutive appearance as well. The latest Japanese sales charts are as follows:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales) – 12/3/18 – 12/9/18

  1. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 1,220,535 (New)
  2. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 93,787 (1,012,247)
  3. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 69,861 (489,767)
  4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 20,995 (1,881,751)
  5. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 19,083 (2,740,677)
  6. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 16,948 (403,784)
  7. [PS4] Just Cause 4 (Square Enix, 12/06/18) – 16,100 (New)
  8. [PS4] Battlefield V (Electronic Arts, 11/20/18) – 10,555 (141,324)
  9. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 9,592 (1,866,426)
  10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 9,531 (1,182,281)
  11. [3DS] Persona Q2: New Shadow Labyrinth (Atlus, 11/29/18) – 8,076 (87,823)
  12. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 7,677 (658,270)
  13. [PS4] Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle (Capcom, 12/06/18) – 7,318 (New)
  14. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 6,515 (485,497)
  15. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion (Nintendo, 11/08/18) – 6,466 (54,800)
  16. [NSW] Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle (Capcom, 12/06/18) – 5,903 (New)
  17. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 5,113 (236,220)
  18. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 4,931 (1,773,521)
  19. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo, 06/22/18) – 3,601 (376,482)
  20. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit (Nintendo, 09/14/18) – 3,597 (43,451)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  1. Switch – 281,222 (120,546)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 50,450 (9,852)
  3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 24,046 (10,558)
  4. New 2DS LL – 10,021 (7,401)
  5. New 3DS LL – 3,631 (2,692)
  6. PlayStation Vita – 2,484 (1,798)
  7. 2DS – 620 (342)
  8. Xbox One X – 117 (260)
  9. Xbox One – 32 (25)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate pushed Switch hardware sales to 281,222 (compared to the previous week’s 120,546), while the Nintendo 3DS family moved 14,272 units.

Source: Gematsu.com