Famitsu Japan Sales: Tomodachi Life Tops Chart as Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Debuts

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales chart, compiled by Famitsu, shows Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream leading the pack with 50,151 copies sold for Nintendo Switch and a cumulative total of 1,309,182 units.

The weekly ranking highlights several high-profile debuts and continued strong performers across Nintendo platforms and PlayStation.

Famitsu provided this week’s expanded software sales figures and noted that historical charts are available on their site.

The top of the chart includes two notable new entries: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and eFootball Kick-Off.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth appears in the list with 30,657 units at its chart debut, while Konami’s eFootball Kick-Off opened with 20,047 copies in the same reporting period.

Key sales highlights from Famitsu’s expanded chart:

- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (NSW) — 50,151 this week / 1,309,182 cumulative

- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth ([NS2] entry) — 30,657 this week / NEW

- eFootball Kick-Off ([NS2]) — 20,047 this week / NEW

- Pokemon Pokopia ([NS2]) — 10,794 this week / 1,049,201 cumulative

- Yoshi and the Mysterious Book ([NS2]) — 8,191 this week / 60,553 cumulative

- Mario Kart World ([NS2]) — 7,381 this week / 2,965,454 cumulative

- Minecraft (NSW) — 4,381 this week / 4,218,943 cumulative

- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NSW) — 2,637 this week / 8,444,059 cumulative

- Super Smash Bros.

Ultimate (NSW) — 2,374 this week / 5,920,046 cumulative

- Splatoon 3 (NSW) — 2,073 this week / 4,543,289 cumulative

The chart mixes legacy catalog sellers and new releases, underscoring Nintendo Switch’s continued commercial depth in Japan.

Long-running franchises such as Animal Crossing, Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. maintain multi-million cumulative sales, while new entries and ports register strong initial demand.

Developers and publishers tracking Japanese retail performance can use these figures to gauge momentum ahead of seasonal promotional windows, digital storefront updates on the eShop, and any future Nintendo Direct announcements.

Famitsu remains the primary source for weekly retail tallies in Japan, and publishers often reference these numbers when reporting regional milestones.