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Tales of Eternia Remastered Tops Japan's Weekly Game Chart
Famitsu's ranking for October 12 to 18 shows Tales of Eternia Remastered taking the top spot on Switch with 17,911 copies in its first week, with a second Switch SKU at third on 14,003.
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Why it matters
Two October 15 releases, Tales of Eternia Remastered and Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, split the top positions across separate Switch and PS5 entries, while the week's steady sellers were Nintendo titles already months into their runs.
Key Facts
- Tales of Eternia Remastered from Bandai Namco Entertainment ranked first on Switch with 17,911 first-week copies for October 12 to 18.
- Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Midnight Edition from KONAMI ranked second on Switch with 15,630 first-week copies.
- Rhythm Heaven Groove by Nintendo ranked fourth with 13,084 copies and a running total of 1,093,427.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Midnight Edition entered second on Switch with 15,630. Nintendo's Rhythm Heaven Groove, out since July, placed fourth with 13,084 and a running total of 1,093,427.
Famitsu's chart for October 12 to 18 is built around two titles released on October 15: Tales of Eternia Remastered from Bandai Namco Entertainment and Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Midnight Edition from KONAMI. Both appear as separate Switch and PS5 entries, and the Switch versions lead. Older Nintendo software fills much of the rest of the top twenty, including Rhythm Heaven Groove past one million units and Tomodachi Life past 1.6 million.
- Tales of Eternia Remastered (Switch): 1st, 17,911 first-week copies
- Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Midnight Edition (Switch): 2nd, 15,630 first-week copies
- Tales of Eternia Remastered (Switch, second SKU): 3rd, 14,003 first-week copies
- Rhythm Heaven Groove (Switch): 4th, 13,084; 1,093,427 total
- Tales of Eternia Remastered (PS5): 5th, 10,390 first-week copies
- Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Midnight Edition (PS5): 6th, 7,621 first-week copies
- Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve (PS5): 7th, 5,834; 82,648 total
- Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] (Switch 2): 8th, 5,404; 28,815 total
- Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (Switch 2): 9th, 5,221; 177,755 total
- Tomodachi Life (Switch): 10th, 5,212; 1,633,297 total
- Splatoon Raiders (Switch 2): 11th, 4,043; 685,691 total
- Minecraft (Switch): 12th, 3,103; 4,292,556 total
- Mario Kart World (Switch 2): 13th, 3,054; 3,050,412 total
- Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (Switch 2): 14th, 2,753; 10,067 total
- Ratatan (Switch 2): 15th, 2,639 first-week copies
- Derby Stallion 2 (Switch 2): 16th, 2,244; 42,872 total
- Pokemon Pokopia (Switch 2): 17th, 2,243; 1,136,668 total
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch): 18th, 1,701; 5,957,899 total
- Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition: Remastered (PS5): 19th, 1,611; 23,771 total
- Minecraft Dungeons II (Switch 2): 20th, 1,575; 16,623 total
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Sources
- Anime News Network Japan's Video Game Rankings, October 12-18