It’s April 26th, 2017, aka another Wednesday. And like every Wednesday, Media Create has released its weekly sales charts of the Japanese market. However, unlike the past five weeks, the software charts are no longer crowned by Monster Hunter XX (which slipped to 5th) but rather has been replaced by Intelligent Systems developed and Nintendo published 3DS game Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Meanwhile on the hardware side, the charts are still topped by the Nintendo Switch: some things never change.

All the new additions to this week’s top 20, include: Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (number 1), Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax (number 2) Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition (number 3), PaRappa the Rapper Remastered (number 8), Minna de Waiwai! Spelunker (number 9), Dungeon Travelers 2-2 (number 4).

Here’s the full software chart:

Important to note: Media Create counts only retail sales, meaning digital sales are not included.

  1. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia -- 3DS -- 131,668 / New
  2. Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax – 3DS -- 48,142 / New
  3. Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition – PS4 --  33,088 / New
  4. Dungeon Travelers 2-2 – PSV -- 27,381 / New
  5. Monster Hunter XX – 3DS --  27,283 / 1,393,376
  6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch -- 20,364 / 394,655
  7. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo Switch -- 9,790 / 186,158
  8. PaRappa the Rapper Remastered – PS4 -- 7,649 / New
  9. Minna de Waiwai! Spelunker – Nintendo Switch -- 7,447 / New
  10. Mario Sports Superstars – 3DS -- 7,007 / 68,886
  11. NieR: Automata – PS4 -- 6,125 / 307,084
  12. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands – PS4 -- 5,281 / 164,711
  13. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Wii U -- 4,143 / 104,689
  14. Pokémon Sun/Moon – 3DS —4,012 / 3,245,611
  15. Super Mario Maker -- 3DS -- 3,809 / 1,023,243
  16. Super Bomberman R – Nintendo Switch -- 3,552 / 73,677
  17. Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki – 3DS -- 3,163 / 707,846
  18. Horizon: Zero Dawn – PS4 -- 2,874 / 204,517
  19. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix – PS4 -- 2,851 / 105,132
  20. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo – 3DS -- 2,830 / 165,015

And here are the hardware charts for the week:

  1. Nintendo Switch: 48,694
  2. New 3DS XL: 17,570
  3. PS4: 15,222
  4. PS Vita: 5,164
  5. PS4 Pro: 4,112
  6. 2DS: 3,945
  7. New 3DS: 1,114
  8. PS3: 367
  9. Wii U: 262
  10. Xbox One: 68

For reference: here’s last week’s charts.