Japanese Charts: Fatal Frame: Mask Of The Lunar Eclipse Sells Well In A Strong Week For Switch

The newest Japanese charts are actually in from Famitsu, and whereas a variety of Nintendo heavyweights proceed to carry onto the highest spots, this week sees a powerful Switch opening for Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (thanks, Gematsu). Debuting this week, the remaster of the 2008 Japanese unique offered a decent 10,712 copies, beating the PS4 launch which shifted a comparative 9,031.

This was not sufficient to problem any of the highest-selling video games this week, nonetheless, all of that are the standard suspects from Nintendo. Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe takes the highest spot for the third week in a row, promoting 32,132 copies (round half of final week’s complete), whereas Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and Splatoon 3 proceed to indicate their longevity because the titles offered 20,889 and 15,861 copies respectively.

the 2D exploration-adventure, Ib, additionally made its Japanese debut this week, filling a spot within the charts with a pleasant 9,080 gross sales. As for final week’s shock look from Metroid Prime Remastered, it is nowhere to be seen within the high ten this time round.

Here’s your take a look at this week’s Japanese software program high ten:

1. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 32,132 (283,744)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 20,889 (4,929,287)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 15,861 (3,934,627)
4. [NSW] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Koei Tecmo, 03/09/23) – 10,712 (New)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,430 (5,194,090)
6. [NSW] Ib (PLAYISM, 03/09/23) – 9,080 (New)
7. [PS4] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Koei Tecmo, 03/09/23) – 9,031 (New)
8. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 9,017 (148,552)
9. [PS5] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Koei Tecmo, 03/03/23) – 8,411 (38,543)
10. [NSW] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) – 7,739 (75,819)

Onto the {hardware} charts, and this week as soon as once more sees Sony’s PS5 come out on high with 51,510 gross sales, in comparison with the Switch OLED in second with 37,373.

The remaining members of the Switch household land in fourth and fifth positions respectively, as Microsoft’s Xbox Series X makes an uncommon leap into the hundreds of weekly gross sales.

1. PlayStation 5 – 51,510 (2,689,527)
2. Switch OLED Model – 37,373 (4,035,179)
3. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 13,359 (432,454)
4. Switch – 12,354 (19,221,323)
5. Switch Lite – 10,174 (5,243,115)
6. Xbox Series X – 2,729 (182,438)
7. PlayStation 4 – 1,602 (7,859,428)
8. Xbox Series S – 158 (250,599)
9. New 2DS LL (together with 2DS) – 97 (1,190,855)

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