Japanese Charts: Crisis Core – Final Fantasy VII – Reunion Makes A Strong First Impression

The latest Japanese boxed charts are here (albeit slightly late this week) and there’s no change for the top two spots, with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and Splatoon 3 sitting comfortably in their usual positions. Scarlet and Violet are very close to crossing the 4 million sales mark, and we wouldn’t be surprised if it hasn’t already achieved such a milestone by the time you’re reading this.

Crisis Core – Final Fantasy VII – Reunion made its debut, coming in at number three, four, and five for the PS5, PS4, and Switch versions respectively. Adding up sales across all three platforms, the game managed a total of 156,530 units sold, which is genuinely fantastic for a spin-off title.

Elsewhere, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is closing in on 5 millions units sold with a current total of 4,972,488, and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope is hanging in there at number ten on the charts, selling 15,060 units this week to make up an ongoing total of 46,173.

Here are the week’s charts in full:

1. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 260,784 (3,963,266)
2. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 68,927 (3,566,641)
3. [PS5] Crisis Core – Final Fantasy VII – Reunion (Square Enix, 12/13/22) – 54,522 (New)
4. [PS4] Crisis Core – Final Fantasy VII – Reunion (Square Enix, 12/13/22) – 53,481 (New)
5. [NSW] Crisis Core – Final Fantasy VII – Reunion (Square Enix, 12/13/22) – 48,527 (New)
6. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 33,006 (843,257)
7. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures (Square Enix, 12/09/22) – 31,656 (175,306)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 23,343 (2,922,071)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 22,740 (4,972,488)
10. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 15,060 (46,173)

Hardware sales for this week show no major surprises in regards to the Switch, but the PS5 has seen a significant boost in sales to come in at number two. Spare a thought for the Xbox Series X, too, which came in at number ten this week, selling a rather measly 35 units.

1. Switch OLED Model – 97,909 (3,488,037)
2. PlayStation 5 – 64,420 (2,000,593)
3. Switch – 47,125 (19,005,911)
4. Switch Lite – 28,049 (5,066,543)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 6,076 (307,977)
6. PlayStation 4 – 3,161 (7,838,883)
7. Xbox Series S – 875 (225,206)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 48 (1,189,473)
9. Xbox Series X – 35 (172,080)

< Last week’s charts

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