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Rhythm Heaven Groove Tops Japan’s Boxed Charts

Famitsu’s July 13–19 boxed-sales snapshot signals strong retail momentum for the title yet excludes digital and overseas sales so full commercial performance is unknown.

Overview

  • Famitsu’s July 13–19 snapshot shows Rhythm Heaven Groove sold 76,786 physical copies that week, bringing its lifetime boxed total to about 596,237 in Japan.
  • Nintendo’s Switch 2 led hardware sales with 24,928 units that week and a boxed lifetime of roughly 6,051,859 units, keeping it ahead of other consoles in retail charts.
  • Several new releases posted modest boxed openings: eBaseball: PRO SPIRIT 2026 (PS5) opened at 20,661, Kyoto Xanadu sold 15,431 on Switch and 13,206 on PS5 for a combined 28,637, and Culdcept BEGINS (Switch 2) opened at 12,734.
  • Coverage notes a softening in weekly Switch 2 unit counts following this year’s price increase, a trend visible in the boxed-only hardware totals reported by Famitsu.
  • Famitsu’s numbers cover only Japan’s physical retail and omit digital downloads and international sales, so these boxed snapshots show retail trends but do not alone determine overall market success.