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Japanese chart figures are now in for 12th November - 18th November, unsurprisingly revealing that Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! have snagged top spot without any concern from rival games. The Switch has also seen a hugely significant boost in sales as a result.

The new entries into the Pokémon franchise generated a whopping 661,240 sales in just three days, easily beating this week's other major entry Fallout 76 by just under 600,000. Of course, it's worth noting that these figures only take into account physical sales, so digital sales will likely take that number up a few notches, too.

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Also new on Switch this week was RPG Maker MV which shifted a much more modest 2,641 copies. Here's a look at the top 20 (first numbers are this week's sales, followed by total sales in brackets):

1) [NSW] Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 661,240 (New)
2) [PS4] Fallout 76 (Limited Edition Included) (Bethesda Softworks, 11/15/18) – 73,489 (New)
3) [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 20,942 (345,627)
4) [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 17,159 (460,890)
5) [PS4] Hitman 2 (Warner Bros. Interactive, 11/15/18) – 10,162 (New)
6) [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion (Nintendo, 11/08/18) – 9,320 (36,689)
7) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,319 (1,836,063)
8) [PS4] Red Dead Redemption 2 (Limited Editions Included) (Take-Two Interactive, 10/26/18) – 8,120 (192,181)
9) [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 7,992 (2,698,886)
10) [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,449 (365,347)
11) [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,215 (1,159,398)
12) [PS4] Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs: Steam Dungeon (FuRyu, 11/15/18) – 5,025 (New)
13) [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,990 (1,845,682)
14) [3DS] Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (The Pokémon Company, 11/17/17) – 3,493 (1,760,304)
15) [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man (Bundle Version Included) (SIE, 09/07/18) – 3,134 (305,030)
16) [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 2,958 (642,205)
17) [NSW] RPG Maker MV (Kadokawa Games, 11/15/18) – 2,641 (New)
18) [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,181 (225,417)
19) [PS4] RPG Maker MV (Kadokawa Games, 11/15/18) – 2,090 (New)
20) [PSV] Shiro to Kuro no Alice: Twilight Line (Limited Edition Included) (Idea Factory, 11/15/18) – 2,087 (New)

As noted above, the Switch itself has seen an incredible jump this week thanks to the new Pokémon games. This week saw over 200,000 Switch consoles be sold in Japan alone, almost quadrupling last week's total of 54,235. Here are this week's figures, with last week's in brackets.

1) Switch – 200,850 (54,235)
2) PlayStation 4 – 8,922 (8,154)
3) PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,867 (7,927)
4) New 2DS LL – 4,189 (4,243)
5) PlayStation Vita – 1,877 (1,869)
6) New 3DS LL – 1,788 (1,681)
7) 2DS – 622 (294)
8) Xbox One X – 119 (360)
9) Xbox One – 45 (46)

< Last week's charts

Any surprises this time around? Do you think Pokémon Let's Go will remain on top in the weeks to come? Let us know with a comment below.

[source gematsu.com]