Japanese Charts: Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Takes Its Fight To The Top

Mario vs. Donkey Kong has made its debut over in Japan to great success, shooting to the top of the charts with a total of 61,930 copies sold. This puts the plumber’s flagship platformer, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, at number 2 with a total of 13,036 copies sold, cumulating in 1,745,124 since its release last October.

The second new entry this week, The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak, finds itself at number 6 for its debut, shifting 7,160 units. Meanwhile, Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones comes in at number 7 on PS5 with 6,635 copies sold.

Here’s your look at this week’s top ten in full:

1. [NSW] Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo, 02/16/24) – 61,930 (New)
2. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 13,036 (1,745,124)
3. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 10,355 (980,891)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,607 (5,710,865)
5. [NSW] Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (Spike Chunsoft, 01/25/24) – 7,501 (121,272)
6. [NSW] The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak (Nihon Falcom, 02/15/24) – 7,160 (New)
7. [PS5] Skull and Bones (Ubisoft, 02/16/24) – 6,635 (New)
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,716 (7,695,467)
9. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,603 (3,447,165)
10. [PS5] Persona 3 Reload (ATLUS, 02/02/24) – 5,308 (91,362)

Looking at the hardware, there’s been little change since last time, with the Switch OLED Model selling a further 35,962 units to come out on top. The PS5 is just behind with 33,033 units, though the gap widens quite a bit when you add together all relevant SKUs.

Across the Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED Model, Nintendo shifted 48,391 consoles while Sony managed to sell a total of 38,212 PS5s.

Maybe the New 2DS LL can catch up at some point? Hey, 14 is better than nothing.

Here’s your look at this week’s hardware chart:

1. Switch OLED Model – 35,962 (6,698,604)
2. PlayStation 5 – 33,033 (4,542,605)
3. Switch Lite – 7,229 (5,744,397)
4. Switch – 5,200 (19,724,837)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,179 (721,173)
6. Xbox Series X – 1,042 (254,254)
7. Xbox Series S – 605 (301,424)
8. PlayStation 4 – 467 (7,919,922)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 14 (1,192,842)

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