Japan: Zelda Skyward Sword HD at No.1 and Switch family best-selling hardware this week

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD recently launched on the Nintendo Switch and it has shot straight to No.1 on the Japanese physical video games chart from Famitsu. While sales of the game weren’t massively impressive, they were enough to get it to No.1. The second new release this week, the visually impressive Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi for Nintendo Switch, entered the physical game charts at No.2. The best-selling hardware this week was once again the Nintendo Switch family of systems selling a total of 65,107 units. Read on below for the best-sellers for the week of 12th July, 2021 to 18th July, 2021.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Nintendo, 07/16/21) – 159,089 (New)
2. [NSW] Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi (Neos, 07/15/21) – 107,319 (New)
3. [NSW] Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (Capcom, 07/09/21) – 32,111 (169,787)
4. [NSW] eBaseball Pro Baseball Spirits 2021: Grand Slam (Konami, 07/08/21) – 20,711 (127,308)
5. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 12,164 (2,694,102)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 11,565 (2,056,556)
7. [NSW] Game Builder Garage (Nintendo, 06/11/21) – 10,634 (168,387)
8. [NSW] Mario Golf: Super Rush (Nintendo, 06/25/21) – 10,339 (139,787)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,945 (3,919,253)
10. [NSW] Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space (D3 Publisher, 07/15/21) – 9,379 (New)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 53,530 (16,600,519)
2. Switch Lite – 11,577 (3,959,196)
3. PlayStation 5 – 8,640 (753,017)
4. Xbox Series X – 1,503 (46,796)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,467 (146,431)
6. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 584 (1,168,563)
7. PlayStation 4 – 295 (7,797,482)
8. Xbox Series S – 371 (16,238)

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