Japanese Charts: Well, Look At Who’s Snuck Back Into First Place

The latest Japanese charts are in from Famitsu, and while we really thought Kirby fever would grip the nation for a little while longer, Mario had other plans.

Yes, despite Kirby Air Riders smashing the competition last week, this time, Mario Kart World has drifted back into first place, with an additional ~50,000 units to its name. Air Riders follows in second with a little over 46,000 weekly units, but damn, there really is no stopping Mario, huh?

Elsewhere, Konami’s Momotaro Dentetsu board game sequel continues to sell well on both Switch 1 and 2, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is still hanging firm at seventh — which is more than can be said for its UK standings.

Here’s the latest top ten physical sales in Japan:

Position	Game	Platform	Unit Sales (24th – 30th Nov)	Total Unit Sales
1	Mario Kart World	Switch 2	49,586	2,251,711
2	Kirby Air Riders	Switch 2	46,287	241,881
3	Pokémon Legends: Z-A	Switch	35,225	1,306,801
4	Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru – Higashi Nihon Hen + Nishi Nihon Hen	Switch	22,361	141,141
5	Pokémon Legends: Z-A	Switch 2	20,031	818,046
6	Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru – Higashi Nihon Hen + Nishi Nihon Hen – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition	Switch 2	15,730	93,288
7	Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment	Switch 2	9,647	109,768
8	Minecraft	Switch	7,368	4,057,382
9	Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake	Switch	7,262	293,851
10	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Switch	7,245	8,265,856

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In the hardware charts, the Switch 2 stays firmly on top with an additional 97,677 units to its name, followed by the PS5 Digital Edition and the Switch OLED.

Things are so close between the PS5 and Switch 1 this week, that combining the SKU’s for the two consoles only narrowly tips things in Sony’s favour. The standard Switch, OLED and Lite come together for 35,327, while the three PS5 models sneak in with 35,786.

Here’s a look at the week’s full hardware charts:

Position	Console	Unit Sales (24th – 30th Nov)	Lifetime Unit Sales
1	Switch 2	97,677	2,968,435
2	PlayStation 5 Digital Edition	17,491	1,065,667
3	Switch OLED	16,004	9,339,120
4	PlayStation 5 Pro	15,736	295,912
5	Switch Lite	12,896	6,749,969
6	Switch	6,427	20,181,643
7	PlayStation 5	2,559	5,853,940
8	Xbox Series X Digital Edition	64	24,144
9	Xbox Series X	52	323,735
10	Xbox Series S	56	340,153
11	PlayStation 4	13	7,930,91

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