General physical sales Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield in February in Japan amounted to about 95,000 copies, which allowed the role-playing duo to be placed on the third line of the best-selling market of the country of the rising sun. This was reported by the portal Gamesindustry.biz with reference to tracker data Kadokawa game linkage. Switch Pokémon has been in high demand since its release in November 2019.
At the top of the February chart is a role-playing action Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers. The spin-off of the popular series, released on February 20 of this year for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch, managed to disperse with a circulation of about 160,000 copies. In the second position was 2.5D fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versuswho found in the country a little over 100,000 customers.
Despite an acute shortage of stocks, around 73,000 copies sold enabled an innovative fitness game Ring fit adventure take the fourth line.
As for the bottom of the TOP-10, the February edition of the sandbox Minecraft in the version for Nintendo Switch it was a little less than 40,000 copies, and the closed rating fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was able to boast a result of 36,000.
February 2023 Japanese Retail Sales Chart:
1. Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (PS4)
2. Granblue Fantasy Versus
3. Pokémon Sword and Shield
4. Ring Fit Adventure
5. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix
6. Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (Switch)
7. Yakuza: Like a Dragon
8. Minecraft: Switch Edition
9. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch
10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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