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The Japanese chart data is in, and it's a mixed bag of highs and lows for Nintendo this week. Splatoon 2, having hit the two million sales mark last week, crept into the top three behind PS4 remake Secret Of Mana and the ever powerful Monster Hunter World.

However, the Switch port of Bayonetta 2 and the Ultimate Climax Edition (the game's fancy and enviable special edition in Japan) failed to make the top 10 debuting at 14 and 13 respectively. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe holds onto sixth place, but Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle drops from seventh to 10th. In fact, slots 11 to 20 are dominated by Nintendo-based software.

1. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World (Limited and Bundle Editions Included) – 85,322 (1,836,291)
2. [PS4] Secret of Mana – 36,042 (New)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) – 21,815 (2,042,844)
4. [PSV] Idolish7: Twelve Fantasia (Limited Edition Included) – 21,481 (New)
5. [PS4] Dynasty Warriors 9 (Limited Edition Included) – 21,180 (138,675)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 19,280 (1,346,387)
7. [PSV] Secret of Mana – 17,947 (New)
8. [PS4] A Certain Magical Virtual-On – 17,938 (New)
9. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet (Limited Edition Included) – 12,981 (88,604)
10. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Nintendo, 01/18/18) – 12,776 (142,591)
11. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) – 12,640 (1,614,506)
12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) – 11,764 (871,528)
13. [NSW] Bayonetta Ultimate Climax Edition – 11,694 (New)
14. [NSW] Bayonetta 2 – 9,532 (New)
15. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon – 9,358 (1,558,042)
16. [PSV] A Certain Magical Virtual-On – 9,284 (New)
17. [PS4] Dragon Ball FighterZ – 5,975 (88,943)
18. [3DS] Mario Party: The Top 100 – 5,842 (161,624)
19. [NSW] ARMS – 4,234 (369,040)
20. [NSW] 1-2-Switch – 4,194 (399,757)

In terms of hardware, vanilla PS4 continues to dominate although Nintendo Switch is still very much in the mix with a vast ocean of sales between it and third-place console PS4 Pro.

1. PlayStation 4 – 41,496 (59,691)
2. Switch – 39,303 (43,404)
3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,006(11,615)
4. New 2DS LL – 5,778 (6,031)
5. PlayStation Vita – 4,959 (4,133)
6. New 3DS LL – 3,424 (3,581)
7. 2DS – 959 (904)
8. Xbox One X – 133 (209)
9. Xbox One – 57 (52)

So there are the Japan charts for another week. Let us know what you make of them below...

[source gematsu.com]