Japanese Charts: Pokémon Is Still On Top As Mario Kart World Approaches 2 Million Physical Sales

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Pokemon Legends: Z-A — *Image: The Pokémon Company*

Famitsu‘s weekly software and hardware sales charts have dropped, and the king is still on top, as expected.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A tops the charts for the second week in a row, with the Switch 1 version selling a further 195,849 copies, while the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition shifts a further 71,991. Both pretty big drops from those mammoth numbers last week, but as a reminder, these are only physical sales, and the Switch 2 version comes in a bundle too. So all things considered, It’s doing solid.

There was simply no catching Pokémon this week, seeing as both versions sold a combined 267,840 units. But Mario Kart World has remained steady in third place, with a further 35,176 copies sold this week. That means the Switch 2’s launch title is just 35,000 copies shy of reaching the 2 million mark, at least in terms of physical sales in Japan. That’s pretty darn good.

In terms of other new releases on Nintendo consoles, Once Upon a Katamari has shifted a solid 17,289 units on Switch (and a further 4,596 on PS5) in its first week, while Persona 3 Reload comes in at seventh with 6,778 sales. Donkey Kong Bananza, however, has slipped out of the top ten for the first time since its release.

Anyway, enough of us for now — here’s the top ten physical sales in Japan for the week of 20th to 26th October 2025.

Position	Game	Platform	Unit Sales (20th – 26th Oct)	Total Unit Sales
1	Pokémon Legends: Z-A	Switch	195,849	1,068,401
2	Pokémon Legends: Z-A	Switch 2	71,991	684,896
3	Mario Kart World	Switch 2	35,176	1,966,569
4	Once Upon a Katamari	Switch	17,289	NEW
5	Ninja Gaiden 4	PS5	11,973	NEW
6	Ghost of Yotei	PS5	6,984	172,886
7	Persona 3 Reload	Switch 2	6,778	NEW
8	Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2	Switch	6,232	85,709
9	Once Upon a Katamari	Switch	4,596	NEW
10	Battlefield 6	PS5	4,215	35,474

Obviously, with a drop in Pokémon sales comes a drop in Switch 2 sales — but it’s still way out in front, selling 65,434 units to get ever closer to that 2.5 million figure. That attach rate for Mario Kart World is nuts.

The three Switch 1 SKUs shifted 25,109, with the OG model actually being outsold by all three PS5 models, though cumulative sales for Sony’s current console sit much lower at 10,503 this week.

With Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake out now, it’ll be interesting to see those sales in next week’s charts and see how that release affects things.

Position	Console	Unit Sales (13th – 19th Oct)	Lifetime Unit Sales
1	Switch 2	65,434	2,468,021
2	Switch OLED Model	16,545	9,261,841
3	Switch Lite	6,639	6,701,993
4	PlayStation 5	4,040	5,837,318
5	PlayStation 5 Digital Edition	3,641	1,022,792
6	PlayStation 5 Pro	2,822	261,557
7	Switch	1,925	20,160,672
8	Xbox Series X Digital Edition	630	23,180
9	Xbox Series X	235	323,044
10	Xbox Series S	126	339,917
11	PlayStation 4	15	7,930,012