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Switch 2 Leads Japan’s Holiday Sales, Tops 4 Million Units in New Famitsu Report

Famitsu’s two‑week tally underscores Nintendo’s first‑party grip on Japan’s physical charts during the New Year buying surge.

Overview

  • Switch 2 sold 313,838 units in Japan from December 29 to January 11, bringing its lifetime total to 4,097,905.
  • Mario Kart World was the best‑selling physical game for the period at 92,869 units, reaching 2,761,250 lifetime sales.
  • Pokémon Legends: Z‑A cleared one million units on both platforms, with 1,056,514 on Switch 2 and 1,577,663 on Switch.
  • Short‑term hardware totals were closely matched between PS5 models at 46,753 and the combined legacy Switch SKUs at 46,360.
  • Expanded Top‑30 breakdowns detail weekly rankings across platforms, with Nintendo titles occupying the upper tiers throughout.