Tales of Eternia Remastered has stormed to the top of the Japan video game rankings for October 12-18, debuting at #1 on the sales chart. The Bandai Namco Entertainment remaster sold 17,911 copies in its first week, landing on top for both the Switch 2 and PS5.
Tales of Eternia Remastered (Credits: Anime News Network)
Japan Video Game Rankings October 12-18: Top 5
Remasters ruled this week’s Japan video game rankings. Tales of Eternia Remastered claimed the top three slots across platforms — #1 on Switch 2 with 17,911 units, #3 with another 14,003, and #5 on PS5 with 10,390 copies. Right behind it at #2 was Konami’s Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Midnight Edition, which sold 15,630 copies on Switch 2 in its debut week.
Nintendo’s own Rhythm Heaven Groove held at #4 with 13,084 units this week, pushing its lifetime Japanese sales past 1.09 million copies — a monster hit for the quirky rhythm series.
Ace Combat 8, Kingdom Hearts and Fire Emblem Keep Selling
Further down the chart, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve from Bandai Namco took #7 on PS5 with 5,834 copies (82,648 lifetime). Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] slipped to #8 on Switch 2 with 5,404 units but is building steadily toward 28,815 lifetime.
Nintendo’s evergreens kept churning: Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave moved 5,221 copies (177,755 lifetime), Tomodachi Life sold 5,212 to pass 1.63 million lifetime, and Minecraft continued its decade-long run with 3,103 more copies (4.29 million lifetime in Japan).
Other notable debuts: CAPCOM’s Dragons Dogma 2: Dark Arisen took #14 on Switch 2 with 2,753 copies, while Ratatan debuted at #15 with 2,639 units.
The Switch 2 continues to dominate Japanese software sales, holding nearly every spot in the top 20 — a sign of just how firmly Nintendo’s new console has taken hold of the market.
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