"Pokémon Pokopia" Wins Five Consecutive Championships! Switch 2 Weekly Sales Continue to Leave Competitors Behind

Famitsu has released Japan’s weekly physical game and console sales data for March 30 to April 5, 2026. Looking at the overall picture this week, Nintendo maintained a fairly steady pace on both the software and hardware fronts. The most eye-catching name is still Pokémon Pokopia. This title has now held the No. 1 spot on the physical sales chart for five consecutive weeks, selling another 45,484 copies this week and bringing its cumulative total to 867,171 copies, with remarkably strong long-tail momentum. For a game that can keep drawing the market’s attention week after week, this kind of performance feels more like the frontrunner in an endurance race—not just sprinting for one lap, but maintaining a pace consistently ahead of everyone else.

Looking at the top five physical games this period, Mario Kart World came in second with 8,131 copies sold, the Switch version of Minecraft ranked third with 5,186 copies, Mega Man Star Force Perfect Collection took fourth with 4,956 copies, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons placed fifth with 4,710 copies. The structure of the chart is quite interesting: blockbuster hits at the top continue to widen the gap, while familiar older titles still keep returning thanks to their stable player bases. Mario Kart World remaining near the top is especially notable. For players who enjoy racing and party-style experiences, games like this have always shown strong staying power in the Japanese market—titles whose popularity may not explode every single day, but whose sales never really fall off.

What deserves even more attention is that the Switch 2 software ecosystem is gradually picking up speed. The original report specifically noted that several Switch 2 titles are still maintaining a presence on the chart, including Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twin Dragons of Destiny and Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch 2 Edition. This suggests that the new platform is not relying solely on launch momentum to carry the scene, but is instead steadily building a more complete content pipeline. In the console market, a hardware surge is only the start; whether the software lineup can continue filling in the gaps is what determines whether a machine can truly enter a cruising state.

On the hardware side, Switch 2 sold 59,543 units this week, bringing its cumulative sales to 5,011,059 units and officially surpassing the 5 million mark. Judging by weekly sales, its advantage in the Japanese market remains very clear. Meanwhile, the Switch family sold a combined 16,342 units this week, the PlayStation 5 family sold 13,539 units, and the Xbox Series X|S family sold 932 units. PS5 cumulative sales have likewise already surpassed 7.5 million units, which means the Japanese console market is not lopsided in only one direction—rather, Nintendo has clearly managed the new hardware cycle with stronger momentum.

If you’re currently considering which console to buy, this chart actually offers a very direct reference point. If you want to keep up with the hottest software trends in Japan right now—especially if you prefer lighter, more social, and lower-barrier titles like Pokémon Pokopia and Mario Kart World—then Switch 2 is clearly the more natural choice. If you already own a PS5, though, there’s no need to let weekly sales numbers sway you, because its installed base remains very solid. My view is that over the next few weeks, the biggest point of interest in the Japanese market will not be whether Switch 2 can keep holding first place, but whether its software lineup can turn this lead from a “surge” into the “new normal.”