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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Debuts at Number 2 in Japan

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Monolith Soft’s Xenoblade Chronicles 2 had a decent entry in the Japanese sales charts, according to Media Create. The RPG managed to enter the software list at number 2 below Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon, with sales slightly above the previous game, Xenoblade Chronicles X for Wii U. While the series has not benefited much from the powerful momentum of Nintendo’s new console, it is obviously capable of attract a healthy volume of sales. Also this Japanese debut is much better than the mediocre reception of the game in the United Kingdom earlier this week, where the game debuted at number 19.

Other titles to debut inside the top 10 this week were Kirby Battle Royale for 3DS and Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi for PS4 and Nintendo Switch, with the former attracting most of the sales. Sadly, there were a few other new releases this week that failed to make a strong impression in the charts, all of them debuting with less than 10.000 sales. They are Attack on Titan 2: Future Coordinates for 3DS, Little Witch Academia for PS4, and the Resident Evil Revelations Collection for Nintendo Switch.

As for hardware sales, Nintendo Switch easily kept the top position with slightly lower numbers than last week, but still rather huge compared to the rest of platforms. 3DS and PS4 follow with sizeable increases thanks to the proximity of Christmas, a situation that is expected to continue for the next few weeks.

Software List

01. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon – 107.657 / 944.074
02. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – 97.732 / NEW
03. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey – 61.596 / 853.654
04. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 36.246 / 1.409.776
05. [3DS] Kirby Battle Royale – 28.023 / NEW
06. [PS4] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi – 27.230 / NEW
07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 23.388 / 861.238
08. [PS4] Call of Duty: World War II – 15.505 / 306.501
09. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ – 13.068 / 294.639
10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 11.634 / 668.649
11. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon – 10.872 / 278.952
12. [3DS] Shingeki no Kyoujin 2: Mirai no Zahyou – 8.353 / NEW
13. [PS4] Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time – 8.069 / NEW
14. [NSW] Resident Evil: Revelations Collection – 6.540 / NEW
15. [3DS] Girls Mode 4 – 6.450 / 61.055
16. [PS4] Star Wars Battlefront II – 5.886 / 55.389
17. [NSW] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi – 5.636 / NEW
18. [PS4] Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone DX – 5.579 / 40.475
19. [PS4] Gran Turismo Sport – 5.542 / 198.985
20. [NSW] 1-2-Switch – 4.758 / 287.866

Hardware List

01. Nintendo Switch – 124.770
02. Nintendo 3DS – 36.238
03. PlayStation 4 – 33.407
04. PlayStation Vita – 6.127
05. Xbox One – 508
06. PlayStation 3 – 48
07. Wii U – 45


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Jose Belmonte
From Murcia to New York City, I go through life learning as much as I can about technology, TV shows and videogames. My motto is: Coffee, coffee, coffee.