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The latest Japanese sales charts are now in from Famitsu and it has been another big week for the Nintendo Switch system. The Switch family were the best-selling systems shifting 179,143 units. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity<\/a> entered the charts at 173,215 copies sold, but it couldn\u2019t defeat the long-running board game-style video game, Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!<\/p>\n

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  1. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11\/19\/20) \u2013 345,697 (New)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo, 11\/20\/20) \u2013 173,215 (New)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03\/20\/20) \u2013 37,290 (6,011,308)<\/li>\n
  4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10\/18\/19) \u2013 36,069 (1,843,792)<\/li>\n
  5. [NSW] Fortnite: The Last Laugh Bundle (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, 11\/17\/20) \u2013 31,267 (New)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (SIE, 11\/13\/20) \u2013 25,208 (109,683)<\/li>\n
  7. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo, 10\/30\/20) \u2013 24,201 (294,548)<\/li>\n
  8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04\/28\/17) \u2013 13,568 (3,274,793)<\/li>\n
  9. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10\/05\/18) \u2013 12,859 (1,608,870)<\/li>\n
  10. [NSW] Pokemon Sword \/ Shield + Expansion Pass (The Pokemon Company, 11\/15\/19) \u2013 11,464 (43,088)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hardware Sales<\/strong> (followed by lifetime sales)<\/h2>\n
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    1. Switch \u2013 151,092 (13,366,757)<\/li>\n
    2. PlayStation 5 \u2013 32,335 (136,236)<\/li>\n
    3. Switch Lite \u2013 28,051 (2,852,642)<\/li>\n
    4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition \u2013 10,556 (24,740)<\/li>\n
    5. Xbox Series X \u2013 3,026 (19,273)<\/li>\n
    6. PlayStation 4 \u2013 2,691 (7,676,800)<\/li>\n
    7. Xbox Series S \u2013 658 (4,945)<\/li>\n
    8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) \u2013 565 (1,747,025)<\/li>\n
    9. PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 76 (1,575,176)<\/li>\n
    10. New 3DS LL \u2013 23 (5,888,802)<\/li>\n
    11. Xbox One X \u2013 12 (93,674)<\/li>\n
    12. Xbox One S \u2013 17 (20,997)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      The latest Japanese sales charts are now in from Famitsu and it has been another big week for the Nintendo Switch system. The Switch family were the best-selling systems shifting 179,143 units. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity entered the charts at 173,215 copies sold, but it couldn\u2019t defeat the long-running board game-style video game, Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales) [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11\/19\/20) \u2013 345,697 (New) [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo, 11\/20\/20) \u2013 173,215 (New) [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03\/20\/20) \u2013 37,290 (6,011,308) [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10\/18\/19) \u2013 36,069 (1,843,792) [NSW] Fortnite: The Last Laugh Bundle (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, 11\/17\/20) \u2013 31,267 (New) [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (SIE, 11\/13\/20) \u2013 25,208 (109,683) [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo, 10\/30\/20) \u2013 24,201…<\/p>\n

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