Famitsu sales: Detective Pikachu Returns slips to number 8 with 4,718 units sold in Japan, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet reappear in the top 10 with an additional 5,260 units sold

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have reappeared in the top 10 of the Famitsu sales charts in Japan, and Detective Pikachu Returns has also made an appearance. The latest Japanese sales charts are as follows:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales) 10/16/23 – 10/22/23

1. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 638,634 (New)
2. [PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 10/20/23) – 77,348 (New)
3. [NSW] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 10/06/23) – 10,554 (54,264)
4. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 10,208 (922,606)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 5,305 (5,520,260)
6. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 5,260 (5,163,082)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 4,923 (3,291,621)
8. [NSW] Detective Pikachu Returns (The Pokemon Company, 10/06/23) – 4,718 (106,605)
9. [NSW] Sonic Superstars (SEGA, 10/17/23) – 4,128 (New)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,615 (5,308,529)

Source: Gematsu.com