Splatoon still moving Wii U sales in Japan

After releasing last week with a huge turnout, Fire Emblem’s dual release remains on top of the charts this week with 54k sold. It’s followed in third place by Splatoon, still going strong more than a month after launch, thanks to the continuous content updates Nintendo has issued. Splatoon sales have kept Wii U sales way above average as well, with more than 12k sold. That’s about double what the usual average was before the release of the game.

Only one new title released on the charts this week, so this is a pretty standard week for Japan. It’s nice to see Splatoon having an affect on the Wii U purchase rate.

Software Sales

1. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest (Nintendo, 06/25/15) – 54,896 (315,571)
2. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo, 06/11/15) -34,467 (301,193)
3. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 34,135 (382,175)
4. [PSV] Persona 4: Dancing All Night (Atlus, 06/25/15) – 13,028 (107,064)
5. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 11,941 (232,530)
6. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 7,833 (1,053,734)
7. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden (Bandai Namco, 06/11/15) – 6,656 (105,445)
8. [3DS] Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale (Marvelous, 06/18/15) – 4,992 (60,768)
9. [PS4] Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (Capcom, 06/18/15) – 4,920 (47,246)
10. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 4,719 (2,653,053)
11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 4,276 (3,992,729)
12. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Spike Chunsoft, 05/21/15) – 3,529 (125,567)
13. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 3,325 (2,253,580)
14. [3DS] Girls Mode 3: Kira Kira Code (Nintendo, 04/16/15) – 3,148 (161,545)
15. [PSV] Zettai Geigeki Wars: Metropolis Defenders (Acquire, 07/02/15) – 2,831 (New)
16. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (GungHo Online Entertainment, 04/30/15) – 2,708 (272,776)
17. [PSV] Chaos;Child (5pb., 06/25/15) – 2,556 (12,882)
18. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 2,536 (651,565)
19. [PS4] Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (Square Enix, 06/25/15) – 2,430 (41,188)
20. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Evolution (Kadokawa Games, 06/11/15) – 2,142 (30,275)

Hardware Sales

1. New 3DS LL – 19,475 (21,818)
2. PlayStation 4 – 18,171 (14,482)
3. PlayStation Vita – 14,067 (23,134)
4. Wii U – 12,781 (13,166)
5. New 3DS – 5,506 (8,294)
6. PlayStation 3 – 3,102 (2,761)
7. 3DS – 1,394 (1,396)
8. 3DS LL – 861 (847)
9. PlayStation Vita TV – 741 (820)
10. Xbox One – 235 (243)