And Dragon Quest X dominates.
Newsflash — Splatoon 3 is still inking all over the charts in Japan (and everywhere, really!). Following last week’s bumper sales, this week’s Famitsu Japanese charts reveal that, despite an expected drop in sales, the third mollusc-based shooter has still managed to shift an incredible 506,610 physical units. That means physical sales for Splatoon 3 are already almost at 2.5 million copies.
The other big news is Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline‘s release. This offline version of the Japan-exclusive MMORPG has sold nearly three times as many copies on Switch as it has on PlayStation 4 or 5 — but all three releases make up three of the top-five selling games of the week. Dragon Quest is a big deal in Japan, so we’re not that surprised at all, but we did have to smile when we saw positions 2, 3, and 4 were all Dragon Quest. Only inklings and octolings can keep the dragon at bay, it seems!
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