Japanese Charts: Atelier Marie Remake Debuts Strong, But It's Not Enough To Trouble Zelda

29,924,003 Switch units sold. Next week could be the 30 million milestone!

That's one Switch per 4 people of the population.

An impressive start for Atelier Marie, although it probably won't sell as well as Thighza. Mario Kart at almost 5.4 million (54 million worldwide!!) is insane!

SE will be disappointed by the FF16 sales numbers (as always).

@Max_the_German it was on my list but after playing the demo, it wasn't for me. Old school JRPG fan. I honestly do think that Xenoblade has now stolen Final Fantasies crown and it is well deserved.

Long may it continue, along with Dragon Quest as well

Nice seeing Splatoon 3 continue to be in the top 10. For as niche as it seems to be sometimes over here in the west, it's always cool seeing just how big it is in Japan

Still on the fence about Marie. I was just about to buy it but then stepped back at the last moment. I still have Sophie 2 and Ryza to play, so really I should get into one of those first. It's another series that I'm really interested in but have never quite played enough to work out whether I really like it yet.

actually atelier marie if you add all the sales overtook totk..

"but but but Final Fantasy XVI is technically in first place, digital sales, PS5 something something...."

i use to think japan loved rpg games but it seems they lover certain rpg games mostly. quite a few rpg do very poorly ..

Uh oh, it looks like Final Fantasy XVI is starting to dropped from the chart soon, it's going down the ladder now.

Not really stellar numbers for any games this week but its summer time.

Switch continues to sell mindboggling amounts.

did trails into reverie even make the top 20 i know it never made the top 10 list 2 weeks after it was released..

It's on my wishlist for probable future downloading. This is impressive though

@johnedwin You do realize Trails into Reverie was released in Japan a long time ago since 08/26/2021 to be exact. The July 7th 2023 date was just the worldwide release. We in the west got the game late.

Taking into account the combined hardware sales numbers and that Final Fantasy XVI isn't selling much more than the Switch version of Minecraft, Sony may as well just foxtrot Oscar. Oh yeah, I forgot, they pretty much already have.

I put the Atelier Marie Remake and the Master Detective Archives game on my list.

Not sure how I should feel about Final Fantasy XVI. I hope the trend chasing was worth it.

Marie wasn’t ever gonna do Ryza numbers so it’s fine for what it is.

Still think we'll get a Switch successor by november. Switch hardware sales have fallen from 106,000 units to 64,000 in Japan in just 2 weeks for not apparent reasons other than market saturation.

@shgamer They're just back down to the level they were before TotK, aren't they?

@shgamer We don't even know of an existing Project name for the new console yet so I don't think a successor is ready at the moment. Usually when a new successor is coming everyone including Nintendo would had talk about its Project name already. NX, Project Cafe, Revolution, Dolphin, Reality, etc., all these consoles had Project name before they launch and got new name when they are revealed. We still don't know what this successor's Project name is so I don't think it's coming yet. Nintendo wouldn't kept the Project name a secret if they are planning to launch one this or the coming year.

I'm not sure why so many here are pumping their fists to see a game fail. Like, I get it. You can't play FF16. You have the sunk-cost fallacy of owning one console and not the other so now you gotta like go around proving the worth of your investment to others. Why can't we just celebrate FF16 as the W for gaming that it is? Its existence doesn't delegitimize the hours of genuine enjoyment you've recieved with Switch.

@Chlocean But I could play FFXVI, that still doesn't mean the game is great. The game still look like the same garbage mistake Square Enix keep rehashing, more action based lagfest gameplay that does the FF name no justice.

@Max_the_German they've actually just released a press release saying they are happy with the sales and its attach rate. Not surprised its not selling that well in Japan, more for the western audiences now.

@Serpenterror final fantasy 16 is a masterpiece for me, amazing characters, great story, amazing world and combat that gets a lot more tactical as the game goes on. Its obviously the game the developers wanted to make, it may not be FF to you, but they are proud of it.
The game you haven't played may be garbage to you, but millions would disagree.

If only I can play as a male character in Atelier Marie remake.

They have been doing a number of adverts for Switch sports in Japan. Seems to be working.

Is it so good? Reviews aren't good

@johnedwin

The Japanese version of the game, Hajimari no Kiseki, was #1 on the chart when it released on 8/27/20 with 83,680 units.

Why are the sales counted separately for Atelier Marie on PS5 and Switch? Surely if it’s the same game, with (presumably) the same content then it should be considered as one thing for chart reasons.

@arabiansanchez it's just the way they do it in the Japanese charts, strangely they combine the two versions of Pokémon so it's completely the opposite to how we measure the charts here

@Serpenterror "looks like" okay so the game isn't for you; the game isn't necessarily for me either but that doesn't mean I call a critically lauded game I haven't played a garbage lagfest. Actually the game runs quite well as far as I've seen.