Japan – Media Create sales for Week 31, 2015 (July 27 – August 2) [Top 50]

The star of Week 31 in Japan is undeniably Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. Despite being a spin-off, it enjoyed great sales during the first four days, with a total of 522 556 units sold (which includes the New Nintendo 3DS XL bundle, but not digital sales). There is no doubt that Nintendo is more than happy about the performances of the game, especially since it’s bound to remain popular throughout the rest of the year.

As a comparison, Animal Crossing: New Leaf sold 603 064 units during its launch week, in November 2012.

It looks like the launch of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer also benefited Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which saw its sales rise by 12%. Unfortunately, we don’t know how many of the 6 009 players who bought the game this week also got Happy Home Designer, but there’s no doubt the majority bought both at the same time. In total, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer sold over 4 013 053 units at retail.

The second (and last) release on Nintendo platforms this week is Corpse Party: Blood Covered – Repeated Fear, which sold a timid 6 664 units during the first four days. Even though the game was accompanied by a movie, the fact that it was but a mere port of a remake of a game originally released on PC didn’t help its sales…

In the rest of the Top 20, sales are on the rise for Splatoon (+16%). The game has been enjoying great popularity ever since its release back in May, and it’s not surprising that sales would increase during the Summer holidays. It’ll be quite interesting to see how the game manages to hold up once children are back in school, and until the start of the holiday period at the end of the year! Same tune for Yo-kai Watch Busters, with sales rising by +13% during Week 31 in Japan.

Hardware-wise, the release of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer boosted sales for the Nintendo 3DS: a total of 55 124 units were sold this week, including 44 994 New Nintendo 3DS XL. There’s no doubt the New Nintendo 3DS XL makes up for most of the rise in Nintendo 3DS sales, as the other models are only slightly up compared to Week 30.

Compared to the same week last year, the Nintendo 3DS is finally up Year on Year with 55 124 units in 2015 vs 38 759 units in 2014. Unfortunately, it would be surprising for things to remain like this for several weeks in a row, as sales are bound to drop next week (though with the public holidays, this drop should be less than in an usual post-launch week).

As for the Wii U, it’s also slightly up Week on Week with 11 938 units sold. Both Splatoon and the Summer holidays have been having a positive impact on Wii U Sales, which are still up Year on Year for Week 31 but also for the YTD total.

Software

01./00. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.320) – 522.556 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Aka Neko-dan / Shiro Inu-tai <ACT> (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.968) – 107.945 / 1.117.850 (+13%)
03./00. [PSV] IA/VT: Colorful # <ACT> (Marvelous) {2015.07.30} (¥5.184) – 38.881 / NEW
04./04. [WIU] Splatoon <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) – 28.256 / 483.413 (+16%)
05./06. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.06.11} (¥5.076) – 14.382 / 373.985 (-11%)
06./00. [PSV] Date-A-Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation <Date A Live: Rine Utopia \ Date A Live: Ars Install> # <ADV> (Compile Heart) {2015.07.30} (¥7.344) – 13.107 / NEW
07./02. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi # <ACT> (Capcom) {2015.07.23} (¥6.469) – 12.029 / 70.919 (-80%)
08./08. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest <SLG> (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) – 11.018 / 388.794 (-21%)
09./00. [PSV] Ray Gigant <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.07.30} (¥6.664) – 8.673 / NEW
10./11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.592) – 8.553 / 272.040 (-16%)
11./14. [PSV] Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.07.09} (¥6.145) – 7.464 / 74.423 (-10%)
12./10. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.07.16} (¥6.156) – 7.176 / 50.067 (-39%)
13./15. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 6.963 / 1.081.476 (-2%)
14./00. [3DS] Corpse Party: Blood Covered – Repeated Fear # <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.07.30} (¥6.264) – 6.664 / NEW
15./12. [3DS] Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken # <ADV> (Capcom) {2015.07.09} (¥6.264) – 6.090 / 175.251 (-36%)
16./18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 6.009 / 4.013.053 (+12%)
17./09. [PS4] Batman: Arkham Knight <ADV> (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2015.07.16} (¥8.208) – 5.977 / 67.053 (-51%)
18./03. [PS4] Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi # <ACT> (Capcom) {2015.07.23} (¥7.549) – 5.564 / 40.725 (-84%)
19./05. [PSV] Makai Shin Trillion # <RPG> (Compile Heart) {2015.07.23} (¥7.344) – 5.221 / 23.726 (-72%)
20./00. [PSV] KLAP!! Kind Love And Punish # <ADV> (Idea Factory) {2015.07.30} (¥6.264) – 5.047 / NEW
21./00. [PSV] Fushigi no Chronicle: Furikaerimasen Katsu Madewa <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2015.07.30} (¥3.758)
22./17. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937)
23./16. [3DS] Super Run For Money Tousouchuu Atsumare! Saikyou no Tousou Monotachi <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.07.09} (¥5.119)
24./00. [PS4] F1 2015 <RCE> (Ubisoft) {2015.07.30} (¥8.618)
25./00. [PSV] Prince of Stride # <ADV> (Kadokawa Games) {2015.07.30} (¥6.912)
26./22. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS <FTG> (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616)
27./24. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition <RPG> (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2015.04.29} (¥4.320)
28./20. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Coord <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.04.16} (¥5.076)
29./00. [3DS] Go! Princess PreCure Sugar Oukoku to 6-nin no Princess! <PZL> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.07.30} (¥5.119)
30./25. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2015.05.21} (¥8.856)
31./27. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776)
32./00. [PSV] Zettai Meikyuu: Himitsu no Oya Yubi Hime # <ADV> (Views) {2015.07.30} (¥6.264)
33./26. [PSV] God Eater 2: Rage Burst <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.02.19} (¥6.145)
34./23. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.06.11} (¥6.145)
35./00. [PSV] Natsumegu # <ADV> (Technical Group Laboratory) {2015.07.30} (¥5.378)
36./29. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # <ACT> (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264)
37./00. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate [1/1][Best Price!] <ACT> (Capcom) {2015.07.30} (¥3.769)
38./28. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800)
39./30. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair <ACT> (D3 Publisher) {2015.04.02} (¥7.538)
40./35. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 <TBL> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.08.07} (¥6.145)
41./00. [3DS] Akogare Girls Collection: Wan Nyan Doubutsu Byouin – Suteki na Juui-San ni Narou! <ADV> (Nippon Columbia) {2015.07.30} (¥5.184)
42./21. [3DS] Hoppechan: Punitto Shibotte Daibouken! <ACT> (Nippon Columbia) {2015.07.23} (¥5.184)
43./33. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi <RPG> (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968)
44./34. [WIU] Mario Party 10 # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.03.12} (¥5.616)
45./00. [PS4] Fushigi no Chronicle: Furikaerimasen Katsu Madewa <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2015.07.30} (¥4.298)
46./36. [PSV] Persona 4: Dancing All Night # <ACT> (Atlus) {2015.06.25} (¥7.538)
47./50. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden [1/1][Ultimate Hits] <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.04.16} (¥3.024)
48./00. [PSV] Shinsouhan Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World # <ADV> (QuinRose) {2015.07.30} (¥6.804)
49./31. [3DS] Return to PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale <RPG> (Marvelous) {2015.06.18} (¥6.458)
50./40. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V # <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2014.12.11} (¥7.992)

Amount of games sold per platform

3DS – 23
PSV – 14
PS4 – 7
WIU – 5
PS3 – 1

Hardware

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Source: Media Create / Famitsu
Via: NeoGAF / 4Gamer.net