Nintendo’s latest release, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, opened with a dominant debut week in Japan, according to Famitsu’s weekly software sales report.
The life-simulation title for Nintendo Switch 2 sold approximately 565,405 copies in its first week, placing it firmly at number one on the April 12, 2026 sales chart.
Famitsu’s numbers show a significant gap between Tomodachi Life and the rest of the market.
The runner-up for the week was Capcom’s Pragmata on PlayStation 5, which registered 36,470 copies sold.
In journalistic terms: Famitsu’s figures indicate Tomodachi Life outsold Pragmata by roughly 15 times in the debut sales period.
The weekly top 10, as reported by Famitsu for the week of April 12, 2026 (first-week figures followed by lifetime totals in parentheses), is as follows:
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Switch 2) – 565,405 (Debut)
- Pragmata (PS5) – 36,470 (Debut)
- Pokémon Pokopia (Switch 2) – 19,096 (910,005)
- Mario Kart World (Switch 2) – 5,130 (2,900,842)
- Minecraft (Switch) – 3,550 (4,190,151)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) – 3,538 (8,423,202)
- Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story (Switch) – 3,299 (Debut)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) – 3,067 (104,917)
- Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch) – 2,459 (1,720,506)
- Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen (Switch) – 2,169 (20,218)
The chart underscores Nintendo’s sustained commercial strength in Japan: nine of the top 10 entries are Nintendo platforms or first-party titles, with only Pragmata — a Capcom-published game on PlayStation 5 — appearing as the sole non-Nintendo entry.
Lifetime totals listed by Famitsu show long-running franchises such as Animal Crossing and Mario Kart continuing to contribute significant cumulative sales across Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.
This week’s data comes from Famitsu’s tracked retail and digital sales reporting for Japan.
The figures provide a snapshot of market performance during the week of April 12, 2026 and will be used by industry observers to gauge consumer response to new Switch 2 software during the system’s current lifecycle.
Written coverage of these figures was contributed by Peter Glagowski, who compiled and reported the initial sales summary.
The life-simulation title for Nintendo Switch 2 sold approximately 565,405 copies in its first week, placing it firmly at number one on the April 12, 2026 sales chart.
Famitsu’s numbers show a significant gap between Tomodachi Life and the rest of the market.
The runner-up for the week was Capcom’s Pragmata on PlayStation 5, which registered 36,470 copies sold.
In journalistic terms: Famitsu’s figures indicate Tomodachi Life outsold Pragmata by roughly 15 times in the debut sales period.
The weekly top 10, as reported by Famitsu for the week of April 12, 2026 (first-week figures followed by lifetime totals in parentheses), is as follows:
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Switch 2) – 565,405 (Debut)
- Pragmata (PS5) – 36,470 (Debut)
- Pokémon Pokopia (Switch 2) – 19,096 (910,005)
- Mario Kart World (Switch 2) – 5,130 (2,900,842)
- Minecraft (Switch) – 3,550 (4,190,151)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) – 3,538 (8,423,202)
- Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story (Switch) – 3,299 (Debut)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) – 3,067 (104,917)
- Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch) – 2,459 (1,720,506)
- Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen (Switch) – 2,169 (20,218)
The chart underscores Nintendo’s sustained commercial strength in Japan: nine of the top 10 entries are Nintendo platforms or first-party titles, with only Pragmata — a Capcom-published game on PlayStation 5 — appearing as the sole non-Nintendo entry.
Lifetime totals listed by Famitsu show long-running franchises such as Animal Crossing and Mario Kart continuing to contribute significant cumulative sales across Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.
This week’s data comes from Famitsu’s tracked retail and digital sales reporting for Japan.
The figures provide a snapshot of market performance during the week of April 12, 2026 and will be used by industry observers to gauge consumer response to new Switch 2 software during the system’s current lifecycle.
Written coverage of these figures was contributed by Peter Glagowski, who compiled and reported the initial sales summary.