Yes, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has taken the win for the second week in a row, snatching up an additional 48,208 sales (not a touch on last week's 200,000, but still enough to stay in pole position). Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream debuts at second and third, with the Switch release proving the more popular of the two, while another Japan-exclusive visual novel Honey Vibes sneaks in at ninth.
Elsewhere, all the usual Switch subjects fill out the top ten, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Minecraft performing well (as always). EA Sports FC 25 brings up the rear, taking a bit of a dive from last week's fourth place to end up in tenth.
For the full breakdown, here's a look at the latest top ten in full:
| Position | Game | Platform | Unit Sales (30th Sep - 6th Oct) | Total Unit Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom | Switch | 48,208 | 248,329 |
| 2 | Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream | Switch | 13,838 | NEW |
| 3 | Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream | PS5 | 9,645 | NEW |
| 4 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Switch | 7,576 | 6,019,200 |
| 5 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Switch | 6,053 | 7,926,358 |
| 6 | Minecraft | Switch | 5,654 | 3,647,809 |
| 7 | Nintendo Switch Sports | Switch | 5,553 | 1,438,792 |
| 8 | Ring Fit Advanture | Switch | 4,677 | 3,642,844 |
| 9 | Honey Vibes | Switch | 4,668 | NEW |
| 10 | EA Sports FC 25 | Switch | 4,602 | 17,934 |
After a Switch Lite surge last week coinciding with the release of the special edition Zelda console, normality has been restored to the Japanese hardware chart as the OLED takes it place at the top spot with another 38,451 sales. Throw in the Lite and OG models and Nintendo has shifted an impressive 63,807 Switch units — not bad for an old timer, eh?
In fact, as of this week, the combined total sales of all three SKUs in Japan has now surpassed 34 million (34,006,489, to be precise). Now that's wild.
Meanwhile, Japan's PS5 price hike continues to play havoc with sales and the less said about Xbox, the better.
Here's your look at this week's Japanese hardware chart in full.
| Position | Console | Unit Sales (30th Sep - 6th Oct) | Total Unit Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switch OLED | 38,451 | 7,975,492 |
| 2 | Switch Lite | 19,331 | 6,117,991 |
| 3 | PlayStation 5 | 10,246 | 5,213,067 |
| 4 | Switch | 6,025 | 19,913,006 |
| 5 | PlayStation 5 - Digital Edition | 2,305 | 857,626 |
| 6 | Xbox Series S | 261 | 319,539 |
| 7 | Xbox Series X | 94 | 307,551 |
| 8 | PlayStation 4 | 47 | 7,928,555 |
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