Japan’s best-selling games of October 2024

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

Mario Party has always been a big seller for Nintendo, so it comes as no surprise that the game has done incredibly well. It was the best-seller in Japan last month with over 300,000 copies sold – and that’s only based on physical data.

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was the best-selling game of September. It has slipped to third, but still managed to sell close to 90,000 copies at retail.

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

1. [NSW] Super Mario Party – 308,962 / NEW
2. [PS5] Metaphor: ReFantazio – 100,662 / NEW
3. [NSW] Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – 88,758 / 288,879
4. [PS5] Dragon Ball Sparking Zero – 82,172 / NEW
5. [PS5] Professional Baseball Spirits 2024-2025 – 79,260 / NEW

Just as we typically see, Nintendo was the top publisher in Japan last month with 599,000 pieces of software sold. Super Mario Party Jamboree made the biggest impact. However, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and other previously-released games contributed as well.

In terms of hardware, Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform at 245,466 units sold. While that’s a drop month-over-month, that’s only because of the tracking period (four weeks instead of five for September). 

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