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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Debuts Atop of the Japanese Charts

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Debuts Atop of the Japanese Charts - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 December 2018 / 4,630 Views

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate debuted at the top of the Japanese charts with sales of 1,220,535 units, according to Media Create for the week ending December 9. The game helped increase sales of the Nintendo Switch to 281,222 units.

Just Cause 4 (PS4) debuted in seventh with sales of 16,100 units. Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle (PS4) debuted in 13th with sales of 7,318 units. The Nintendo Switch version debuted in 16th with sales of 5,903 units. 

The Switch was the best-selling platform with sales 281,222 units. The PS4 sold 74,496 units, the 3DS sold 14,272 units. The PlayStation Vita sold 2,484 units and Xbox One sold 149 units.

Here is the complete top 20 chart:

  1. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 1,220,535 (New)
  2. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 93,787 (1,012,247)
  3. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 69,861 (489,767)
  4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 20,995 (1,881,751)
  5. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 19,083 (2,740,677)
  6. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 16,948 (403,784)
  7. [PS4] Just Cause 4 (Square Enix, 12/06/18) – 16,100 (New)
  8. [PS4] Battlefield V (Electronic Arts, 11/20/18) – 10,555 (141,324)
  9. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 9,592 (1,866,426)
  10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 9,531 (1,182,281)
  11. [3DS] Persona Q2: New Shadow Labyrinth (Atlus, 11/29/18) – 8,076 (87,823)
  12. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 7,677 (658,270)
  13. [PS4] Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle (Capcom, 12/06/18) – 7,318 (New)
  14. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 6,515 (485,497)
  15. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion (Nintendo, 11/08/18) – 6,466 (54,800)
  16. [NSW] Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle (Capcom, 12/06/18) – 5,903 (New)
  17. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 5,113 (236,220)
  18. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 4,931 (1,773,521)
  19. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo, 06/22/18) – 3,601 (376,482)
  20. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit (Nintendo, 09/14/18) – 3,597 (43,451)

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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OTBWY (on 12 December 2018)

Absolute monster.

  • +6
SuperNintend0rk (on 12 December 2018)

Wow it's already outsold the lifetime sales of BotW!

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Masked_Muchaco (on 12 December 2018)

I think we can say it's smashing the competition :P

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AngryLittleAlchemist Masked_Muchaco (on 12 December 2018)

Don't you mean ... killing it? :P

  • 0
Salnax Masked_Muchaco (on 12 December 2018)

It's a Smash hit!

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Flilix (on 12 December 2018)

I wonder if it could outsell Splatoon 2 (lifetime).

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PAOerfulone Flilix (on 12 December 2018)

Very unlikely. Splatoon is already over 3 million shipped + digital in Japan according to Nintendo, and it's still going steady. It could potentially reach 4 million in Japan by the end of the Switch's life cycle. That's mainline Monster Hunter/Dragon Quest territory.

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HylianSwordsman Flilix (on 12 December 2018)

I don't see why not. Depends on how much more Splatoon sells. If it only gets to 4 million by the end of the Switch's life cycle, I could see Smash outselling it. Smash 4 sold 1.19 million first week and 3.38 million lifetime before digital between the 3DS and Wii U versions, probably closer to 4 million once digital is included. Smash Ultimate sold more in its first week in Japan than Smash 3DS and Smash Wii U combined in their first weeks in Japan. So yeah, I think it'll be close. If Splatoon 2 goes on to sell 5 million in Japan alone, that might be a bit tougher for Smash to pass, but 4 million isn't impossible shipped+digital.

  • +1
Qwark Flilix (on 13 December 2018)

Largely depends whether or not Nintendo makes Splatoon 3 for Switch in the near future.

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Ljink96 (on 12 December 2018)

Outsold Lets Go...in a few days...

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HylianSwordsman Ljink96 (on 12 December 2018)

It'll probably outsell Mario Kart and Odyssey before the holiday is over...

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Helloplite (on 13 December 2018)

Arguably very disappointing news for Nintendo - especially as Pokémon has already fallen to the 100k mark with all versions combined. Nintendo wants these two titles to flourish and help propel the system forward, but it seems there won't be a resurgence in Japan this time around....

  • -10
SuperNintend0rk Helloplite (on 13 December 2018)

How could this possibly be disappointing?? Let's Go isn't a mainline Pokemon game so you shouldn't be expecting mainline sales from it.

  • +3