Kirby And The Forgotten Land
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The latest Famitsu Japanese charts are in for the period from 11th April - 17th April. It's yet another triumph for Kirby and the Forgotten Land, with the latest entry to the Kirby franchise coming in at number one.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim enters into the charts in a strong position, coming in at number two with a total of 27,199 units sold.

Otherwise, it's another excellent week for the Switch, with only Winning Post 9 2022 for the PS4 representing other platforms.

Here are the full figures for the week:

  1. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 38,234 (589,200)
  2. [NSW] 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (ATLUS, 04/14/22) – 27,199 (New)
  3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,137 (4,567,753)
  4. [NSW] Winning Post 9 2022 (Koei Tecmo, 04/14/22) – 12,704 (New)
  5. [NSW] Battle Spirits: Connected Battlers (FuRyu, 04/14/22) – 10,764 (New)
  6. [PS4] Winning Post 9 2022 (Koei Tecmo, 04/14/22) – 9,421 (New)
  7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,141 (2,604,603)
  8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 6,643 (4,847,161)
  9. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 6,444 (2,223,120)
  10. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 5,064 (3,122,541)

The Switch is absolutely dominating the hardware charts, too. PlayStation 5 has fallen into fourth place here, despite only a tiny decrease in the number of consoles sold (10,573 last week), however the Switch Lite has seen a nice increase (9,483 last week) to muscle its way into third place.

  1. Switch OLED Model – 27,303 (1,586,746)
  2. Switch – 22,430 (18,198,894)
  3. Switch Lite – 10,556 (4,680,086)
  4. PlayStation 5 – 10,033 (1,320,684)
  5. Xbox Series X – 3,027 (95,920)
  6. Xbox Series S – 2,715 (83,219)
  7. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,226 (229,982)
  8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 224 (1,185,067)
  9. PlayStation 4 – 15 (7,819,433)

Let us know what you make of the latest charts in the comments; are you still playing Kirby and the Forgotten Land?

[source gematsu.com]