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Japan's Video Game Rankings, September 19-25

posted on 2022-10-01 15:57 AEST by Rafael Antonio Pineda

Splatoon 3 at #1 for 3rd consecutive week

Japan's Game Ranking: September 19-25

Rank	System	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Weekly Copies	Total Copies
1	NSw	Splatoon 3	Nintendo	September 9	301,845	2,743,135
2	NSw	Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival	Bandai Namco Entertainment	September 22	31,085	31,085
3	PS5	Horizon Forbidden West	Sony Interactive Entertainment	February 18	10,263	81,479
4	NSw	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo	April 28, 2017	9,617	4,847,032
5	NSw	Minecraft	Nintendo	June 21, 2018	8,829	2,801,507
6	NSw	Dragon Quest X Offline: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku	Square Enix	September 15	8,554	152,390
7	NSw	Nintendo Switch Sports	Nintendo	April 29	8,538	740,713
8	NSw	The DioField Chronicle	Square Enix	September 22	6,415	6,415
9	PS4	Dragon Quest X Offline: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku	Square Enix	September 15	5,642	53,742
10	NSw	Super Smash Brothers Ultimate	Nintendo	December 7, 2018	5,079	4,981,611
11	NSw	Kirby and the Forgotten Land	Nintendo	March 25	4,771	893,705
12	PS5	Dragon Quest X Offline: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku	Square Enix	September 15	4,167	32,538
13	NSw	Mario Party Superstars	Nintendo	October 29, 2021	4,064	1,043,153
14	NSw	Jūza Engi Engetsu Sangokuden 1・2 for Nintendo Switch	Idea Factory	September 22	3,954	3,954
15	NSw	Ring Fit Adventure	Nintendo	October 18, 2019	3,864	3,279,536
16	NSw	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	March 20, 2020	3,540	7,332,807
17	NSw	Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!	Konami	November 19, 2020	3,383	2,722,368
18	PS4	Earth Defense Force 6	D3 Publisher	August 25	3,148	98,717
19	PS4	The DioField Chronicle	Square Enix	September 22	3,057	3,057
20	NSw	Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set	CAPCOM	June 30	2,599	271,785

Source: Famitsu

This article has a follow-up: Japan's Video Game Rankings, September 26-October 2 (2022-10-09 14:22)
follow-up of Japan's Video Game Rankings, September 12-18

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