Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Pokémon Sword and Shield reappear in top 10 of Famitsu sales charts for period ending August 23

With Media Create no longer offering free data, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Pokémon Sword and Shield have reappeared in the top 10 of the Famitsu sales charts in Japan. The latest Japanese sales charts are as follows:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales) 8/17/20 – 8/23/20

1. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 42,863 (5,594,061)
2. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 30,689 (1,366,433)
3. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima (SIE, 07/17/20) – 17,037 (362,354)
4. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 14,290 (336,490)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,862 (3,119,722)
6. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 (Konami, 07/09/20) – 9,522 (200,447)
7. [NSW] Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo, 07/17/20) – 9,384 (231,959)
8. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 8,016 (3,711,061)
9. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 7,459 (3,537,933)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,230 (3,803,838)

Rankings 11 to 30 will be published on August 28.

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. 1. Switch – 49,125 (12,388,400)
   2. Switch Lite – 21,004 (2,528,241)
   3. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 1,135 (1,728,475)
   4. PlayStation 4 – 728 (7,640,214)
   5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 155 (1,571,212)
   6. New 3DS LL – 36 (5,888,368)
   7. Xbox One X – 14 (20,745)
   8. Xbox One S – 10 (94,495)

Source: Gematsu.com