Japan’s best-selling games of November 2024

New data provided by Famitsu gives us a look at Japan’s best-selling games of November 2024.

Unsurprisingly, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake was a massive success for Square Enix. The game sold over 900,000 units and nearly 80 percent of that total was for the Nintendo Switch version.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership also debuted in November, but settled for fifth place. The RPG sold close to 90,000 copies, according to Famitsu.

Here’s the full list of Japan’s best-selling games of November 2024:

1. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake – 712,188 / NEW
2. [PS5] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake – 200,944 / NEW
3. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 167,465
4. [NSW] Mario & Luigi: Brothership – 88,529 / NEW
5. [NSW] Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven – 30,210 / 100,577

Thanks to Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, Square Enix was the top publisher of the month. However, Nintendo still sold 465,000 units of software. Super Mario Party Jamboree and Mario & Luigi: Brothership comprise about half of that amount.

For hardware, Nintendo Switch yet again came out on top. 255,401 units were sold, in comparison to 245,466 units the previous month.

Thanks to Famitsu for the information above. We have sales charts for previous months in Japan as well as data for other regions here.