Japanese Charts: Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Cleans Up

With the latest charts coming in from Japan, it’s been a strong showing for Capcom this week, with Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection topping the Switch, selling an impressive 52,375 units. It finished in 5th place and sold 7,871 units.

Elsewhere, Dokapon Kingdom Connect came in at number 10 with 5,411 units sold, beating out the PS5 version’s resident evil 4 Dropped out of the top 10 completely. Interestingly, his PS4 version at the bottom saw his 7,189 units sold, and he still maintains a strong presence at #7.

We’ll also be keeping an eye on Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe over the next few weeks, as the perennial favorite platformer approaches 400,000 total sales.

This week’s top 10 software in Japan are:

1. [NSW] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Capcom, 04/14/23) – 52,375 (new)
2. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 11,372 (384,987)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet/Pokemon Violet (The Pokémon Company, 11/18/22) – 9,499 (4,991,374)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, April 28, 2017) – 9,071 (5,243,555)
5. [PS4] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Capcom, 04/14/23) – 7,871 (New)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, June 21, 2018) – 7,307 (3,106,167)
7. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, March 24, 2023) – 7,189 (120,636)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 7,147 (3,985,494)
9. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,564 (1,056,390)
10. [NSW] Dokapon Kingdom: Connect (Compile Heart, 04/13/23) – 5,411 (New)

On the hardware side, it’s been a solid week for both Switch and PlayStation 5. Sony’s flagship console took the lead with 39,799 units, while Digital Editions had 7,241 for a total of 47,040. Meanwhile, all Switch SKUs totaled 48,794 this week, making PlayStation 5 a big step forward this week, but still a success for Nintendo. justStill, it’s doing pretty well for a six-year-old console.

Here are the Japanese hardware charts for this week:

1. PlayStation 5 – 39,799 (2,866,126)
2. Switch OLED Model – 33,351 (4,214,700)
3. Switches – 8,681 (19,270,032)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 7,241 (463,152)
5. Switch Lite – 6,762 (5,276,970)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,356 (7,866,181)
7. Xbox Series S-149 (251,426)
8. Xbox Series X-147 (184,583)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 114 (1,191,284)

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