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Arms Tops the Japanese Charts

Arms Tops the Japanese Charts - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 June 2017 / 7,829 Views

Arms (NS) debuted at the top of the Japanese charts with sales of 100,652 units, according to Media Create for the week ending June 18. 

 

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform with sales of 37,709 units. The PlayStation 4 sold 24,046 units, the 3DS sold 15,062 units, and the PlayStation Vita sold 4,149 units. The Xbox One sold 308 units, the PS3 sold 298 units and the Wii U sold 199 units.

Here is the complete top 20 chart:

  1. [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 100,652 (New)
  2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 16,822 (522,091)
  3. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 10,200 (504,726)
  4. [3DS] Monster Hunter XX (Capcom, 03/16/17) – 8,638 (1,521,453)
  5. [PS4] Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco, 06/01/17) – 5,407 (76,603)
  6. [PS4] Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Falcom, 05/25/17) – 4,697 (47,964)
  7. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X (Bandai Namco, 04/27/17) – 3,598 (167,050)
  8. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (Take-Two, 10/08/15) – 3,588 (349,575)
  9. [PS4] NieR: Automata (Square Enix, 02/23/17) – 3,198 (344,841)
  10. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Pokemon Moon (Nintendo, 11/18/16) – 2,971 (3,275,414)
  11. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 2,940 (1,164,180)
  12. [NSW] Seiken Densetsu Collection (Square Enix, 06/01/17) – 2,835 (37,728)
  13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 2,747 (190,346)
  14. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,618 (222,668)
  15. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 12/01/16) – 2,599 (1,052,401)
  16. [Wii U] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,242 (133,024)
  17. [3DS] Mario Sports Superstars (Nintendo, 03/30/17) – 2,195 (102,977)
  18. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 2,145 (2,783,005)
  19. [3DS] Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax (Bandai Namco, 04/20/17) – 2,135 (86,616)
  20. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (SIE, 12/03/15) – 2,074 (193,485)

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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Goodnightmoon (on 21 June 2017)

And i was downvoted when I said UK charts were not representative at all when it comes to Nintendo stuff and here you have ARMS selling as much as SFV and Tekken 7 combined when people thought it was going to bomb lol

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Medisti Goodnightmoon (on 21 June 2017)

I noticed you got downvoted, and I didn't understand why. You were absolutely right. UK is not a strong market for Nintendo.

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Johnw1104 Goodnightmoon (on 21 June 2017)

I thought that was odd, especially given a comment basically suggesting this showed people were losing interest in the Switch and that the Switch only had rehashes had a ton of likes. I don't know who those people are, but they're strangely eager to see it fail.

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Flilix Goodnightmoon (on 21 June 2017)

Well, you're not downvoted anymore. Your comment went from 5 downvotes to one upvote in only a few hours. :p

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darkenergy Goodnightmoon (on 21 June 2017)

I upvoted your UK comment on the other article, also while I'm at it I'll upvote these other comments as well :)

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Mr.GameCrazy Goodnightmoon (on 21 June 2017)

I upvoted your comment as well.

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Ljink96 (on 21 June 2017)

Wow, good showing for Arms!

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Medisti (on 21 June 2017)

A good opening for ARMS, especially when you look at other fighting games that have launched in Japan in the last few years. I'm really interested to see what Splatoon 2's launch numbers are going to be...

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b00moscone Medisti (on 21 June 2017)

It has a chance to beat MK8D and BotW, looking at the Japanese pre order numbers alone.

  • +7
TheBraveGallade Medisti (on 21 June 2017)

Zelda was never THAT popular in japan anyway.

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Moon&Antarctica (on 21 June 2017)

Wowzaa. 100k at launch in Japan? That seems amazing for a new IP. I wonder how much advertising Arms at the Switch reveal, and as a party game, had to do with it?

  • +8
Ljink96 Moon&Antarctica (on 21 June 2017)

And that's only for the first 2 days!

  • +4
Moon&Antarctica Moon&Antarctica (on 21 June 2017)

Holy Cow! I didn't even notice. Nice catch! I wonder if it will do 250k+ in in 5 days? Maybe 300k by the end of the week? Who knows!

  • +4
Jranation (on 21 June 2017)

Japan > UK
Hopefully it does well in the US too!

  • +5
tripenfall (on 21 June 2017)

Just started playing ARMS today and I'm enjoying it way more than I thought I would. If you ask me ARMS will have LEGS on the sales chartz (see what I did there).

  • +2
PAOerfulone (on 21 June 2017)

100k is a good first week for ARMS, especially as a new IP in the fighting genre, which isn't that popular in Japan. It will be interesting to see how its LEGS fair. Especially with Splatoon 2 launching next month.

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