In a week full of newbies, Demon Slayer is the best

There is a new frontrunner in the current Japanese sales week from October 11 to October 17, 2021. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles rises to rank 1, so even better than the equally successful start in Germany.

Metroid Dread, who only took first place last week as a newcomer, has to return to second place. 3rd place is for the PS5 version of Demon Slayer. Behind them are three more newcomers.

1. [PS4] Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles (Aniplex, 10/14/21) – 94.849 (New)
2. [NSW] Metroid Dread (Nintendo, 10/21/08) – 22,221 (109,019)
3. [PS5] Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles (Aniplex, 10/14/21) – 20,187 (New)
4. [PS4] The Idolmaster: Starlit Season (Bandai Namco, 14/10/21) – 15,597 (New)
5. [PS4] Back 4 Blood (Warner Bros. Games, 21/10) – 13.112 (New)
6. [NSW] Monark (FuRyu, 14/10/21) – 10,521 (New)
7. [PS4] Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft, 21/10) – 9,917 (44,136)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 6/21/18) – 9,648 (2,234,813)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,615 (4,095,124)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 7/18/07) – 9,402 (4,460,356)
11. [NSW] Earth Defense Force 2017 (D3 Publisher, 10/14/21) – 7,713 (New)
12. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 6,928 (2,869,579)
13. [PS5] Back 4 Blood (Warner Bros. Games, 21/10) – 6,010 (New)
14. [NSW] WarioWare: Do it together! (Nintendo, 21/10) – 5,718 (150,684)
15. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20) – 5,579 (6,903,298)
16. [NSW] Pokémon Sword & Shield (TPC 15/11/19) – 5,307 (4,163,595)
17. [PS4] Monark (FuRyu, 14/10/21) – 5,242 (New)
18. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami, 11/19/20) – 5,234 (2,399,794)
19. [PS4] Lost judgment (Sega, 09/24) – 4,954 (145,788)
20. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + BF (Nintendo, 21/02) – 4,366 (904,796)

The hardware charts:

1. Switch OLED Model – 32,494 (170,903)
2. Switch – 30,869 (17,229.015)
3. PS5 – 16,580 (939,509)
4. Switch Lite – 9,581 (4,098,365)
5. Xbox Series S – 3,553 (41,860)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,129 (180,103)
7. Xbox Series X – 634 (64,918)
8. PS4 – 613 (7,814,080)
9. New 2DS XL (incl. 2DS) – 373 (1,175,323)

through Gematsu, Images: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles, Sega, Aniplex / Cyberconnect2