Mario

Japanese chart figures are now in for 4th - 10th February, revealing that New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe has reclaimed the top spot.

Mario and friends managed to shift another 38,482 units at retail this week, outselling last week's number one Kingdom Hearts III which came in just behind with 35,450 sales.

There are no new Nintendo releases to speak of in the top 20 this week, although all the usual heavy-hitters are still enjoying the limelight in and around the top.

Here are the top 20 (first numbers are this week's sales, followed by total sales in brackets):

  1. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 38,482 (397,231)
  2. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 01/25/19) – 35,450 (736,545)
  3. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 31,174 (2,831,143)
  4. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 (Z Version and Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 01/25/19) – 22,670 (326,856)
  5. [NSW] Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 17,596 (1,475,502)
  6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,250 (2,120,772)
  7. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 11,863 (1,007,947)
  8. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,308 (598,597)
  9. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 7,273 (1,283,831)
  10. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 7,068 (2,925,436)
  11. [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 01/17/19) – 6,267 (245,589)
  12. [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix, 12/20/18) – 4,477 (227,902)
  13. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (Square Enix, 03/09/17) – 3,777 (239,083)
  14. [PS4] Arc of Alchemist (Compile Heart, 02/07/19) – 3,328 (New)
  15. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Limited and Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,060 (1,948,284)
  16. [NSW] Fitness Boxing (Imagineer, 12/20/18) – 2,789 (26,121)
  17. [PS4] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 01/31/19) – 2,762 (21,442)
  18. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix, 12/20/18) – 2,760 (217,731)
  19. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 2,453 (730,492)
  20. [PS4] PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation, 01/17/19) – 2,280 (15,786)

Switch is still the best-selling console by a comfortable margin, leading the hardware charts with 61,280 units sold last week. Here are this week's figures, with last week's in brackets:

  1. Switch – 61,280 (69,472)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 11,583 (15,074)
  3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,111 (10,540)
  4. New 2DS LL – 3,216 (3,622)
  5. PlayStation Vita – 1,475 (1,521)
  6. New 3DS LL – 1,070 (1,188)
  7. 2DS – 138 (104)
  8. Xbox One X – 129 (86)
  9. Xbox One – 16 (17)

< Last week's charts

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[source gematsu.com]