Tomodachi Life Tops Japan’s 2026 Physical Game Sales
Tomodachi Life sold 299,619 physical copies in Japan from April 27 to May 10, lifting its domestic total to 1,043,557 and passing Pokemon Pokopia as 2026’s top physical seller.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream sold 299,619 physical copies in Japan between April 27 and May 10, 2026, raising its domestic total to 1,043,557. Pokemon Pokopia sold 51,662 copies during the same two-week period and has 978,706 physical sales in Japan to date.
The figures cover an official two-week retail sales window that included Japan’s Golden Week holiday and reflect physical retail only. Tomodachi Life’s domestic total is part of an estimated global sales figure near 3.8 million units; digital downloads are not included in these totals.
Other returning top-ten titles and their two-week and lifetime physical sales include Mario Kart World, 19,479 for a cumulative 2,925,858; Momotaro Dentetsu 2, 11,950 (355,691); Pragmata on PlayStation 5, 10,262 (59,518); Minecraft for Switch, 10,208 (4,203,737); Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, 9,847 (179,024); Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, 8,257 (116,869); Animal Crossing: New Horizons, 7,411 (8,433,456); and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, 6,892 (5,910,721).
Hardware sales for the same period showed the Switch 2 leading with 214,438 units sold and a lifetime total of 5,367,660. The Switch OLED sold 16,850 units (9,571,489 lifetime), PlayStation 5 Digital Edition sold 16,539 (1,283,342 lifetime), Switch Lite sold 16,039 (6,958,407 lifetime) and the original Switch moved 7,960 units (20,292,060 lifetime). PlayStation 5 Pro sold 5,248 units (355,220 lifetime) and the standard PlayStation 5 sold 1,973 units (5,918,111 lifetime). Xbox Series X Digital Edition sold 352 units (30,490 lifetime), Xbox Series S sold 97 units (341,958 lifetime) and Xbox Series X sold 64 units (326,386 lifetime).
Nintendo announced a Switch 2 price increase in Japan on May 8, 2026, which fell inside the sales window. Most recorded activity occurred during Golden Week.
The Super Mario Galaxy compilation returned to seventh place in the two-week chart. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened in Japanese cinemas on April 24, 2026. The sales data referenced cover physical retail transactions and exclude digital download figures.
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