Famitsu’s latest weekly physical hardware and software charts, covering two weeks due to Japan’s Golden Week holiday, show a major sales windfall for Nintendo’s lineup and the new Switch 2.
Data compiled and reported via Gematsu reveals that Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream dominated the period from April 27 to May 10, 2026.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Switch) sold 299,619 physical units during the two-week window and now sits at 1,043,557 total physical sales in Japan.
Famitsu’s figures make Tomodachi Life the top-selling physical release in Japan so far in 2026.
In journalistic terms: Famitsu’s data shows the life-sim surpassed one million physical units in Japan and has overtaken Pokémon Pokopia to become the best-selling 2026 physical release in the market.
Pokémon Pokopia (Switch 2) held second place with 51,662 units for the period and a cumulative total of 978,706 units.
Mario Kart World (Switch 2) and Momotaro Dentetsu 2 (Switch) rounded out the top four, while Pragmata’s PS5 release reappeared in the top five with 10,262 units sold in the two-week span.
Notable returns include Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, which climbed back to seventh—likely connected to the Japanese theatrical release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie on April 24, 2026.
Console sales over the same period strongly favored Nintendo hardware.
The Switch 2 sold 214,438 units in Japan over the two weeks, bringing its lifetime total to 5,367,660 units according to Famitsu’s breakdown.
Nintendo confirmed a Switch 2 price increase in Japan on May 8, 2026—two days before Famitsu’s chart cut-off—which may have affected buying patterns but the majority of Switch 2 purchases in this window align with Golden Week activity.
Other console placements included the Switch OLED (16,850 units) and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition (16,539 units) for the period.
Across software and hardware, Nintendo’s SKUs dominated the holiday sales window, underscoring the continued commercial strength of the Switch family and Nintendo-published software in Japan.
Full Famitsu chart figures provide a detailed snapshot of title-level and SKU-level momentum heading into the summer release calendar.
Developers and publishers tracking Japanese retail trends will find the Golden Week two-week dataset particularly useful for planning seasonal promotions and stock levels.
Data compiled and reported via Gematsu reveals that Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream dominated the period from April 27 to May 10, 2026.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Switch) sold 299,619 physical units during the two-week window and now sits at 1,043,557 total physical sales in Japan.
Famitsu’s figures make Tomodachi Life the top-selling physical release in Japan so far in 2026.
In journalistic terms: Famitsu’s data shows the life-sim surpassed one million physical units in Japan and has overtaken Pokémon Pokopia to become the best-selling 2026 physical release in the market.
Pokémon Pokopia (Switch 2) held second place with 51,662 units for the period and a cumulative total of 978,706 units.
Mario Kart World (Switch 2) and Momotaro Dentetsu 2 (Switch) rounded out the top four, while Pragmata’s PS5 release reappeared in the top five with 10,262 units sold in the two-week span.
Notable returns include Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, which climbed back to seventh—likely connected to the Japanese theatrical release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie on April 24, 2026.
Console sales over the same period strongly favored Nintendo hardware.
The Switch 2 sold 214,438 units in Japan over the two weeks, bringing its lifetime total to 5,367,660 units according to Famitsu’s breakdown.
Nintendo confirmed a Switch 2 price increase in Japan on May 8, 2026—two days before Famitsu’s chart cut-off—which may have affected buying patterns but the majority of Switch 2 purchases in this window align with Golden Week activity.
Other console placements included the Switch OLED (16,850 units) and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition (16,539 units) for the period.
Across software and hardware, Nintendo’s SKUs dominated the holiday sales window, underscoring the continued commercial strength of the Switch family and Nintendo-published software in Japan.
Full Famitsu chart figures provide a detailed snapshot of title-level and SKU-level momentum heading into the summer release calendar.
Developers and publishers tracking Japanese retail trends will find the Golden Week two-week dataset particularly useful for planning seasonal promotions and stock levels.
