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Tomodachi Life Tops Japan’s Golden Week Boxed Sales With 1M+ as Switch 2 Leads Hardware

The two-week snapshot points to a holiday lift that reinforces Nintendo’s hold on Japan’s physical retail market.

Overview

  • Famitsu’s latest charts show Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream sold 299,619 boxed copies and now leads 2026 physical releases in Japan with 1,043,557 sold.
  • Pokémon Pokopia placed second for the period with 51,662 sold for a boxed lifetime total of 978,706.
  • Switch 2 was the top-selling console, moving 214,438 units for a tracked lifetime of 5,367,660 in Japan.
  • Coverage notes a Golden Week boost to both software and hardware, with a late-window Switch 2 price increase announcement possibly nudging some buyers to act.
  • The figures reflect Japan-only boxed sales and exclude digital downloads and overseas markets, so actual player uptake is higher than the chart totals.