Elden Ring leaves the top 10 best-selling games in Japan, but leaves room for other news

While Kirby continues to dominate the field, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is coming out to good numbers on Nintendo Switch.

The first quarter of 2022 left us some titles very strong, so it’s no surprise that names like Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Elden Ring, or Kirby and Forgotten Land continue to resonate at this point in the year. Focusing on the latest release from From Software, it seemed that this work would always have a place in every country’s best-selling games, or at least some presence in the coming months. Again, Japan turned a page to make room for other innovations.

In this way, weekly data from Famitsu shows that Elden Ring has been removed from the list of the most popular games in the country and has been replaced by other versions such as the one below. Winning Post 9 2022, War Spirits: Linked Warriors o 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim released on Nintendo Switch. Continuing with this latest game, it left a number on its early days on the market. 27,199 copies soldThe PS4 version reached 34,608 units in 2019. Needless to say, Kirby continues to conquer the hearts of Japanese gamers and once again ascends the throne and 38,234 copies distributed.

The rest of Top is made up of deliveries that are highly viewed in such news, so Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Minecraft, Super Smash Bros. We have to hail games like Ultimate or the aforementioned Pokémon Legends: Arceus. If you want to know the data in more detail, you have the list of best selling games in Japan last week.

And what happens in the landscape of consoles? As always with Japanese sales updates, Nintendo Switch continues to dominate the field with sales. more than 60,000 units between the three versions. On the other hand, PS5, 11,000 consoles sold (10,033 on the standard model and 1,226 on the Digital Edition) and the Xbox Series family 5.742.

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