Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has delivered a blockbuster launch in Japan, according to Famitsu’s latest weekly retail charts covering 13–19 April.
Nintendo’s life-simulation entry moved 565,405 physical copies in its debut week on Nintendo Switch, giving it a commanding lead over the rest of the chart.
Famitsu’s report shows Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream opening with 565,405 units sold, while second place went to Pragmata on PS5 with 36,470 copies.
Rewriting Famitsu’s key data into plain terms: Tomodachi Life outsold the runner-up by a margin of more than half a million units in its first week.
The rest of the top ten reflects familiar series and strong catalog sales.
Pokémon Pokopia on Nintendo Switch 2 sits at third with 19,096 sales for the week and a lifetime total of 910,005.
Mario Kart World and Minecraft occupy fourth and fifth, with Mario Kart World adding 5,130 units (2,900,842 lifetime) and Minecraft adding 3,550 units (4,190,151 lifetime).
Other notable entries include Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3,538 weekly sales, 8,423,202 lifetime), the physical debut of Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story in seventh (3,299 new units), and the inclusion of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen download cards in tenth with 2,169 units this week.
Hardware sales shifted alongside the software surge.
Famitsu’s hardware chart for the same period lists the Nintendo Switch 2 as the weekly leader with 44,280 units sold, followed by the Switch Lite (16,511) and Switch OLED (10,472).
Combining sales across Switch models produced 31,496 units for the Switch family during the week, while Sony’s PlayStation 5 family totaled 10,730 units across its listed models.
In summary, Famitsu’s 13–19 April report confirms a dominant debut for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream on Nintendo Switch and shows continued strong demand for Nintendo hardware in Japan.
The full top-ten software and hardware rankings underline Nintendo’s current commercial momentum in the region.
Nintendo’s life-simulation entry moved 565,405 physical copies in its debut week on Nintendo Switch, giving it a commanding lead over the rest of the chart.
Famitsu’s report shows Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream opening with 565,405 units sold, while second place went to Pragmata on PS5 with 36,470 copies.
Rewriting Famitsu’s key data into plain terms: Tomodachi Life outsold the runner-up by a margin of more than half a million units in its first week.
The rest of the top ten reflects familiar series and strong catalog sales.
Pokémon Pokopia on Nintendo Switch 2 sits at third with 19,096 sales for the week and a lifetime total of 910,005.
Mario Kart World and Minecraft occupy fourth and fifth, with Mario Kart World adding 5,130 units (2,900,842 lifetime) and Minecraft adding 3,550 units (4,190,151 lifetime).
Other notable entries include Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3,538 weekly sales, 8,423,202 lifetime), the physical debut of Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story in seventh (3,299 new units), and the inclusion of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen download cards in tenth with 2,169 units this week.
Hardware sales shifted alongside the software surge.
Famitsu’s hardware chart for the same period lists the Nintendo Switch 2 as the weekly leader with 44,280 units sold, followed by the Switch Lite (16,511) and Switch OLED (10,472).
Combining sales across Switch models produced 31,496 units for the Switch family during the week, while Sony’s PlayStation 5 family totaled 10,730 units across its listed models.
In summary, Famitsu’s 13–19 April report confirms a dominant debut for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream on Nintendo Switch and shows continued strong demand for Nintendo hardware in Japan.
The full top-ten software and hardware rankings underline Nintendo’s current commercial momentum in the region.