Japanese sales: Wii U sees small boost, 3DS dominates

Wii U sales

As predicted last week, this week’s Japanese sales saw Yokai Watch 2 breaking the 2 million sold mark after only a month of being on the market, proving just how crazy Japan is about this new series. It features a lot of Pokemon like aspects in that you find and catch yokai to add to your team, but the battle mechanics for the game are more like the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series.

Aside from how well Yokai Watch is doing in Japan, there were also several new releases on Nintendo 3DS, PS Vita, and PlayStation 3, with five of the top ten being new to the list this week. The first Yokai Watch has fallen considerably to 9th place after dominating the charts for ages, while the same is happening to Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U. Last week it held its place at 3rd position, but this week it has dropped to 6th place. Still, a respectable 20k units were moved, making it the best performing console title that’s not new.

Software Sales

  1. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 120,682 (2,093,992)
  2. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (Bandai Namco, 08/07/14) – 81,584 (New)
  3. [3DS] Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (Marvelous, 08/07/14) – 46,494 (New)
  4. [PS3] Ultra Street Fighter IV (Capcom, 08/07/14) – 42,327 (New)
  5. [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo, 07/24/14) – 22,752 (114,229)
  6. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 20,860 (599,414)
  7. [PSV] Shin Hayarigami (NIS, 08/07/14) – 12,585 (New)
  8. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Space-Time Great Adventure (Bandai Namco, 06/26/14) – 8,435 (127,842)
  9. [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) – 7,355 (1,234,622)
  10. [PS3] Shin Hayarigami (NIS, 08/07/14) – 5,745 (New)

Hardware Sales

  1. 3DS LL – 33,172 (31,740)
  2. PlayStation Vita – 17,084 (17,179)
  3. Wii U – 13,598 (9,646)
  4. 3DS – 7,873 (7,019)
  5. PlayStation 3 – 6,486 (6,605)
  6. PlayStation 4 – 5,470 (5,695)
  7. PlayStation Vita TV – 1,344 (1,506)
  8. PSP – 301 (464)
  9. Xbox 360 – 151 (157)