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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Remains Atop the Japanese Charts

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Remains Atop the Japanese Charts - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 December 2018 / 4,673 Views

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has remained at the top of the Japanese charts in its second week with sales of 406,617 units, according to Media Create for the week ending December 16.

God Eater 3 (PS4) debuted in second with sales of 150,523 units. Judgment (PS4) debuted in third with sales of 148,246 units. Senran Kagura: Peach Ball & Reflexions Double Pack (NS) debuted in 12th with sales of 10,321 units. 

The Switch was the best-selling platform with sales 281,213 units. The PS4 sold 81,594  units, the 3DS sold 20,037 units. The PlayStation Vita sold 2,647 units and Xbox One sold 1,051 units.

Here is the complete top 20 chart:

  1. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 406,617 (1,627,152)
  2. [PS4] God Eater 3 (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 12/13/18) – 150,523 (New)
  3. [PS4] Judgment (Sega, 12/13/18) – 148,246 (New)
  4. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 108,773 (1,121,020)
  5. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 97,529 (587,295)
  6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 29,422 (1,911,174)
  7. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 27,625 (431,410)
  8. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 27,035 (2,767,712)
  9. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 14,417 (1,880,842)
  10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 13,670 (1,195,951)
  11. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 12,027 (670,296)
  12. [NSW] Senran Kagura: Peach Ball & Reflexions Double Pack (Marvelous, 12/13/18) – 10,321 (New)
  13. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion (Nintendo, 11/08/18) – 9,575 (64,375)
  14. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 8,063 (244,283)
  15. [PS4] Battlefield V (Electronic Arts, 11/20/18) – 6,846 (148,170)
  16. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 6,665 (1,780,187)
  17. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 6,536 (492,033)
  18. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit (Nintendo, 09/14/18) – 5,938 (49,389)
  19. [NSW] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo, 07/13/18) – 5,640 (154,936)
  20. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo, 06/22/18) – 5,318 (381,800)

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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PAOerfulone (on 19 December 2018)

If Ultimate can maintain momentum, it should be able to pass Brawl and Smash 3DS in Japan by New Year's or the week after New Year's. After that, there's no telling how much farther it can climb.

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AngryLittleAlchemist PAOerfulone (on 19 December 2018)

Is that combined or no?

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PAOerfulone PAOerfulone (on 19 December 2018)

As separate entries.
Brawl should be around 2.6-2.7 million and Smash 3DS at around 2.5-2.6 million. By the end of the first week of next year, Ultimate should be around 3 million.

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HylianSwordsman PAOerfulone (on 19 December 2018)

There's a good chance it'll outsell Smash 4 3DS and Smash 4 Wii U combined though. Maybe not by New Year's, but definitely before next holiday. It only needs 3.4 million to do it, it might manage that before the end of the fiscal year in March. Especially if you count digital, and with a success like Smash, you can bet we'll get that data when Nintendo gives their FY2018 report.

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SuperNintend0rk PAOerfulone (on 20 December 2018)

@HylianSwordsman Do you mean worldwide? I'm not so sure it'll sell another 3.4 million by the end of next year in Japan.

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HylianSwordsman PAOerfulone (on 20 December 2018)

Not another 3.4 million, just 3.4 million period. As in it needs 3.4 million in Japan total to outsell Smash 4 3DS+WiiU, and it already has over 1.6 million, so from where it is now it needs just under 1.8 million to beat Smash 4 3DS+WiiU combined. Given it did 1.6 in 11 days, 1.8 more by next holiday seems easy, I'd say even by March would be doable.

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SuperNintend0rk PAOerfulone (on 20 December 2018)

Sorry I misunderstood you. I agree that 3.4 million total is achievable.

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StriderKiwi (on 20 December 2018)

Smash Ultimate can easily be the best selling Smash title at this rate.

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