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We previously heard that The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening was the fastest-selling Switch game in the UK of 2019 to date. The same can now be said for Europe as a whole. Nintendo itself confirmed the news on Twitter today.

Nintendo has not yet shared information about the performance of Zelda: Link’s Awakening in North America. However, we do know that it opened with around 150,000 copies sold in its first week in Japan.

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. In what should be its final week, Dragon Quest XI S overtakes Pokemon Sword/Shield for the third spot while Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 sees a big jump.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between September 12 and September 18.

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This week’s issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of August 2019. You can check out the full results below.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo, 09/20/19) – 141,375 (New)
2. [PS4] Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Master Edition (Capcom, 09/06/19) – 39,594 (319,915)
3. [PS4] eFootball PES 2020 (Konami, 09/12/19) – 19,249 (77,513)
4. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 14,905 (629,714)
5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 12,266 (3,266,380)
6. [NSW] Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch for Nintendo Switch (Level-5, 09/20/19) – 11,237 (New)
7. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 10,813 (934,335)
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,786 (2,459,809)
9. [NSW] Tsuri Spirits Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 9,803 (171,841)
10. [PS4] Borderlands 3 (2K Games, 09/13/19) – 8,811 (44,847)

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Update: To clarify previous reports, the 114,000 sales figure from Media Create was an initial estimate. The company’s final estimate stands at 160,000, in comparison to Famitsu’s 178,000.


Original: Famitsu has reported that the Switch Lite sold 177,936 units within the first three days of its launch in Japan last week.

Combined with Switch sales, the total amount of sales over the week for the family of systems reached 240,000 units. 

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Pokemon Sword/Shield moves into the top three while Zelda: Link’s Awakening ends its run at #9.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between September 5 and September 11.


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