This has been the best seller of the week in Japan (3/28/16 – 4/3/16): ‘Star Ocean 5’, ‘Dark Souls III’ and more

Posted by Lawrence Smith October 25, 2023

One more week we bring you the list of Media Create, the popular Japanese company which is responsible for tracking game shipments at major retailers each week, for the purpose of comparing what is most popular currently in Japan and which games are having more success than others; this time with data collected from the March 28 to April 3 of 2016.

Just like last week, we can highlight that the popular Dark Souls III for PlayStation 4 continues among the first positions although it has now dropped to fourth place. Additionally, the newly released Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is finally available in Japan and has arrived taking second place. In terms of hardware, PlayStation 4 is once again the best-selling console, followed closely by the New 3DS LL.

You can take a look at the complete lists of games and consoles sold just below:

  1. Yo-kai Sangokushi (Level-5, 02/04/16) – 269,516 (NEW)
  2. Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (Square Enix, 03/31/16) – 113,022 (NEW)
  3. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 (Square Enix, 03/24/16) – 98,634 (467,299)
  4. Dark Souls III (Bandai Namco, 03/24/16) – 33,406 (243,547)
  5. Pokken Tournament (Pokemon, 03/18/16) – 14,295 (112,302)
  6. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 10,657 (723,479)
  7. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 10,294 (129,482)
  8. Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan (Bandai Namco, 03/24/16) – 10,149 (29,647)
  9. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva
  10. Winning Post 8 2016 (Koei Tecmo, 03/31/16) – 8,367 (NEW)
  11. Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 8,120 (1,318,600)
  12. Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Happy Price Selection) (Nintendo, 03/17/16) – 7,627 (22,364)
  13. Winning Post 8 2016 (Koei Tecmo, 03/31/16) – 6,166 (NEW)
  14. The Division (Ubisoft, 10/03/16) – 5,446 (119,860)
  15. Tomodachi Life (Happy Price Selection) (03/17/16) – 4,971 (13,223)
  16. Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 10/09/15) – 4,873 (834,231)
  17. Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 4,765 (49,488)
  18. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence Sengoku Risshiden (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 4,684 (25,007)
  19. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 02/09/15) – 4,492 (454,420)
  20. Winning Post 8 2016 (Koei Tecmo, 03/31/16) – 4,472 (NEW)

You can also find hardware sales next. For comparison reasons, you have the previous week’s sales in parentheses:

  1. PlayStation 4 – 30,081 (34,377)
  2. New 3DS LL – 22,020 (22,639)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 17,153 (20,068)
  4. New 3DS – 5,376 (5,773)
  5. Wii U – 3,541 (4,545)
  6. 3DS – 2,069 (2,322)
  7. PlayStation 3 – 1,537 (1,290)
  8. 3DS LL – 342 (365)
  9. Xbox One – 207 (55)

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