Japanese Charts: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Takes Pole Position As Game Sales Falter

Image: NintendoOver in Japan this week, it’s been a pretty quiet time for the video game industry, meaning that the evergreen titan Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has managed to speed past the competition and claim pole position with 11,585 units sold.

It’s a good week for the Switch, mind, with tentpole first-party Nintendo games (and Minecraft) making up the majority of the top ten, with only Rise of the Ronin and ARK: Survival Ascended representing Sony’s PlayStation 5.

Here’s your look at this week’s chart in full:

[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,585 (5,804,495)
[NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! (Nintendo, 03/22/24) – 8,012 (143,180)
[NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 7,470 (1,829,996)
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,078 (7,747,713)
[NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 6,131 (1,320,273)
[PS5] Rise of the Ronin (SIE, 03/22/24) – 5,651 (109,501)
[NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,523 (3,502,392)
[NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 5,477 (4,282,105)
[PS5] ARK: Survival Ascended (Spike Chunsoft, 04/18/24) – 4,127 (New)
[NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,791 (5,489,590)