After a decade-long hiatus, we lastly have a brand new mainline Pikmin mainline entry in our arms. The cute plant creatures are again, and this time they’re joined by Oatchi the lovable rescue pup. Although the sequence has struggled a bit previously, Pikmin 4 has made fairly a splash since its launch, managing to succeed in the highest of the Japan gross sales charts.

Pikmin 4 has a profitable launch

As revealed by Gemastu, Pikmin 4 has bought 401,853 bodily copies in its first week. This sturdy opening surpasses the first-week gross sales of all three prior video games mixed. Nintendo has been doing an ideal job of preserving gamers Pikmin-crazy all yr, because the Pikmin 1+2 bundle was made out there on the Swap in June.

With Pikmin 4 on the primary spot, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom slides to second place on the Japan gross sales charts after a number of weeks on the high. Regardless of this, Hyperlink’s newest journey nonetheless manages to promote exceedingly properly, with 15,616 bodily copies bought in Japan between July 17 and 23. This brings up the lifetime bodily gross sales in Japan to 1,775,035.

For context, you will discover the entire record beneath. Lifetime gross sales in brackets if relevant:

1: Pikmin 4 (Swap) – 401,853
2: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Swap) – 15,616 (1,775,035)
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Swap) – 10,749 (5,385,022)
4. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening (Swap) – 10,633
5. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening (PS4) – 10,434
6. Minecraft (Swap) – 7,512 (3,200,000)
7. Splatoon 3 (Swap) – 6,337 (4,066,350)
8. Nintendo Swap Sports activities (Swap) – 5,784 (1,131,645)
9. Closing Fantasy 16 (PS5) – 4,904 (401,376)
10. Tremendous Smash Bros. Final (Swap) – 4,844 (5,239,500)

As regular, the Nintendo Swap dominates the gross sales charts. Although some are longing for a successor to the hand held, the charts illustrate that gamers are nonetheless getting loads of life out of it.