Japan Sales Week 49 Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - December 3-9, 2018

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Megiddo said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:
Wow! 1.2m for Smash is a lot! I had no idea Smash was going to be that popular in Japan. Not too many games can sell 1.2m in one week in Japan. This may put Smash into a whole new category.

Only Monster Hunter World had a bigger week one for retail sales this year. Smash did incredibly well.

VGC says Monster Hunter World did 1.36m in Japan it's first week.  Any game that can sell anything remotely close to Monster Hunter in Japan is doing extremely well.  Monster Hunter is a top tier franchise in Japan.