Village in the Shade Debuts Across Three Platforms in Japan's Weekly Game Rankings
Village in the Shade's simultaneous multi-platform debut places three versions of one title in the weekly top 11, showing Nippon Ichi's release strategy reaching the Switch 2, Switch, and PS5 audiences at once.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Famitsu's Japan game rankings for July 27 to August 2 show Splatoon Raiders holding the top spot with 73,542 weekly copies. Nippon Ichi's Village in the Shade debuts at three positions: Switch 2 at number 3, Switch at number 7, and PS5 at number 11. Two Prince of Tennis titles also enter the chart at numbers 5 and 6.
Famitsu published its weekly Japan game sales rankings for July 27 through August 2, covering the first full week of several late-July releases. Splatoon Raiders remains the top seller for Nintendo with 73,542 copies, bringing its total to 548,226 since its July 23 launch.
Nippon Ichi's Village in the Shade entered the chart in three positions on its July 30 release date. The Switch 2 version sold 21,965 copies for number 3, the standard Switch version sold 12,458 for number 7, and the PS5 version sold 5,880 for number 11. Konami's two Prince of Tennis titles also debuted this week, landing back to back at numbers 5 and 6.
- Splatoon Raiders: Nintendo, rank 1, 73,542 weekly copies, 548,226 total
- Rhythm Heaven Groove: Nintendo, rank 2, 59,884 weekly copies, 734,476 total
- Village in the Shade (Switch 2): Nippon Ichi Software, rank 3, 21,965 copies
- Tomodachi Life: Nintendo, rank 4, 18,306 weekly copies, 1,518,331 total
- The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival ♡-40 and more...: Konami, rank 5, 16,996 copies
- The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival eternal passion: Konami, rank 6, 16,987 copies
- Village in the Shade (Switch): Nippon Ichi Software, rank 7, 12,458 copies
- Blue Reflection Quartet (Switch): Koei Tecmo Games, rank 8, 7,880 copies
- Blue Reflection Quartet (PS5): Koei Tecmo Games, rank 9, 7,019 copies
- Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027: Konami, rank 10, 5,928 weekly copies, 189,164 total
- Village in the Shade (PS5): Nippon Ichi Software, rank 11, 5,880 copies
- Mario Kart World: Nintendo, rank 12, 5,714 weekly copies, 3,006,463 total
- Ganbare Goemon Daishūgō!: Konami, rank 13, 5,495 weekly copies, 73,893 total
- Pokémon Pokopia: Nintendo, rank 14, 5,062 weekly copies, 1,097,557 total
- Kimi ni Madoi, Kimi ni Oboreru.: Idea Factory, rank 15, 4,598 copies
- Minecraft: Nippon Microsoft, rank 16, 4,464 weekly copies, 4,249,637 total
- Xenoblade Definite Edition: Nintendo, rank 17, 3,713 copies
- eFootball Kick-Off!: Konami, rank 18, 3,221 weekly copies, 63,738 total
- Moomintroll: Fuyu no Nukumori: Kakehashi Games, rank 19, 2,898 copies
- Splatoon 3: Nintendo, rank 20, 2,840 weekly copies, 4,563,560 total
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Japan's Video Game Rankings, July 27-August 2