Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Debuts on the Japanese Charts, Switch Sells 48K, PS5 Sells 11K - Sales

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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (NS) has debuted in first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 107,093 units, according to Famitsu for the week ending January 19, 2025. 

Dynasty Warriors: Origins (PS5) debuted in second place with sales of 63,805 units.

Tales of Graces f Remastered (NS) debuted in third place with sales of 25,701 units. The PlayStation 5 version debuted in fifth place with sales of 15,669 units.

SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada Deluxe Edition (PS5) debuted in 10th place with sales of 5,197 units.

Super Mario Party Jamboree (NS) is in fourth place with sales of 23,154 units, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) is in sixth place with sales of 8,426 units, and Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (NS) is in seventh place with sales of 7,467 units.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS) is in eighth place with sales of 6,967 units and Minecraft (NS) is in ninth place with sales of 6,274 units.

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform with 47,560 units sold. The PlayStation 5 sold 10,738 units, the Xbox Series X|S sold 785 units, and the PlayStation 4 sold 29 units.

Here are the best-selling games in Japan:

1. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Nintendo, 01/16/25) – 107,093 (New)
2. [PS5] Dynasty Warriors: Origins (Koei Tecmo, 01/17/25) – 63,805 (New)
3. [NSW] Tales of Graces f Remastered (Bandai Namco, 01/16/25) – 25,701 (New)
4. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo, 10/17/24) – 23,154 (1,121,410)
5. [PS5] Tales of Graces f Remastered (Bandai Namco, 01/17/25) – 15,669 (New)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,426 (6,215,983)
7. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix, 11/14/24) – 7,467 (979,980)
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 6,967 (8,051,842)
9. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,274 (3,792,302)
10. [PS5] SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada Deluxe Edition (Bandai Namco, 01/16/25) – 5,197 (New)

Here is the hardware breakdown (followed by lifetime sales):

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 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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Shtinamin_ (on 23 January 2025)

Is the Switch starting to sell less with the announcement of the Switch 2?

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Salnax Shtinamin_ (on 24 January 2025)

Sales have decreased a bit, but not by very much.

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Shtinamin_ Salnax (on 24 January 2025)

Hopefully Nintendo releases some titles for Switch this year so that they can reach their FY goal and next FY goal.

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Salnax (on 23 January 2025)

DKCR is roughly what we what expect from this series (Donkey Kong Country is arguably the biggest Western-developed series in Japan), but it's good to see the Switch is still moving software.

DKC First Week Comparison:

Returns (Wii) - 165k
Returns HD (Switch) - 107k
Tropical Freeze (Switch) - 96k
Returns 3D (3DS) - 94k
Tropical Freeze (Wii U) - 43k

GC/Wii Port/Remaster to Switch FW Comparison:

Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 210k
Return to Dream Land Deluxe - 189k
LoZ: Skyward Sword HD - 159k
Paper Mario TTYD - 115k
DKC Returns HD - 107k
Xenoblade - 90k
Tales of Graces - 25k
Pikmin 1 + 2 - 23k
Tales of Symphonia - 21k
Metroid Prime Remastered - 8k

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CaptainExplosion (on 23 January 2025)

They must love Donkey Kong in Japan. ^^

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Salnax CaptainExplosion (on 23 January 2025)

4 of the 10 best-selling Western-developed games in Japan are Donkey Kong Country 1/2/3/Returns.

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CaptainExplosion Salnax (on 23 January 2025)

Yay!! ^^

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