Smash

Japanese chart figures are now in for 25th February - 3rd March, revealing that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has managed to climb back up to number two this week.

The game narrowly beats New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe to that position, with just over 1,000 sales between them, but it's Dead or Alive 6 which has managed to claim top spot this time around.

There are a few of new Switch entries this week; Zoids Wild: King of Blast entered at number nine, Darius Cozmic Collection managed eleventh, and Doraemon: Nobita’s Chronicle of the Moon Exploration came in at number 19.

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

1) [PS4] Dead or Alive 6 (Square Enix, 03/01/19) – 26,442 (New)
2) [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 25,617 (2,909,033)
3) [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 24,436 (479,443)
4) [PS4] Anthem (Limited Edition Included) (Electronic Arts, 02/22/19) – 20,368 (98,306)
5) [PS4] Left Alive (Square Enix, 02/28/19) – 17,622 (New)
6) [NSW] Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 12,864 (1,514,711)
7) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,369 (2,154,698)
8) [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 01/25/19) – 10,983 (781,051)
9) [NSW] Zoids Wild: King of Blast (Takara Tomy, 02/28/19) – 10,030 (New)
10) [NSW] Super Mario Party (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 9,900 (1,037,559)
11) [NSW] Darius Cozmic Collection (Limited Edition Included) (Taito, 02/28/19) – 9,495 (New)
12) [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 8,986 (2,947,577)
13) [PS4] Jump Force (Bandai Namco, 02/14/19) – 8,655 (103,020)
14) [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,638 (624,521)
15) [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 7,694 (1,307,507)
16) [PS4] NieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition (Square Enix, 02/21/19) – 6,625 (27,950)
17) [PS4] Far Cry: New Dawn (Ubisoft, 02/15/19) – 6,000 (44,668)
18) [PS4] Resident Evil 2 (Z Version and Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 01/25/19) – 4,505 (348,778)
19) [NSW] Doraemon: Nobita’s Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (FuRyu, 02/28/19) – 3,370 (New)
20) [PS4] Catherine: Full Body (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 02/14/19) – 3,000 (61,855)

The Switch has managed to sell more units this week than last, comfortably sitting at the top of the pile once again. Here are this week's figures, with last week's in brackets:

1) Switch – 68,666 (53,270)
2) PlayStation 4 – 11,871 (10,632)
3) PlayStation 4 Pro – 7,986 (6,956)
4) New 2DS LL – 6,202 (3,388)
5) PlayStation Vita – 3,287 (3,600)
6) New 3DS LL – 1,203 (1,052)
7) 2DS – 116 (113)
8) Xbox One X – 67 (51)
9) Xbox One – 23 (21)

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