Rakuten Books Sales Ranking Week 21, 2017 (May 22 - May 28)

01./01. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo)
02./00. [PS4] Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana <RPG> (Nihon Falcom)
03./02. [3DS] Monster Hunter Double Cross <ACT> (Capcom)
04./03. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild <ADV> (Nintendo)
05./00. [NSW] Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers <FTG> (Capcom)
06./00. [PS4] Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2 <FTG> (Arc System Works)
07./05. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X <ADV> (Bandai Namco)
08./08. [PS4] NieR: Automata <RPG> (Square Enix)
09./12. [WiiU] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild <ADV> (Nintendo)
10./04. [3DS] Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia <SLG> (Nintendo)
11./00. [PS4] Summer Lesson: Miyamoto Hikari Collection |PlayStation VR| <SLG> (Bandai Namco)
12./10. [PS4] Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition <RPG> (From Software)
13./21. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive)
14./16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo <ETC> (Nintendo)
15./00. [PSV] Marginal 4: Road to Galaxy <ADV> (Idea Factory)
16./09. [PS4] Danganronpa 1 + 2 Reload <ADV> (Spike Chunsoft)
17./08. [3DS] Mario Sports Super Stars <SPT> (Nintendo)
18./20. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS <ACT> (Nintendo)
19./22. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege <ACT> (Ubisoft)
20./06. [PS4] Prey <ADV> (Bethesda)

Rakuten Books Pre-Orders Ranking Week 21, 2017 (May 22 - May 28)

01./02. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time <RPG> (Square Enix)
02./03. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time <RPG> (Square Enix)
03./01. [NSW] Splatoon 2 <ACT> (Nintendo)
04./04. [PS4] Tekken 7 <FTG> (Bandai Namco)
05./05. [NSW] ARMS <ACT> (Nintendo)
06./13. [PS4] Gundam Versus: Premium G (Sound Edition) <ACT> (Bandai Namco)
07./12. [PS4] Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age <RPG> (Square Enix)
08./20. [NSW] Seiken Densetsu Collection <RPG> (Square Enix)
09./18. [3DS] Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology <RPG> (Atlus)
10./00. [PS4] Megadimension Neptunia VII (Memorial Edition) <RPG> (Compile Heart)

Rakuten Books Ranking Week 20, 2017 (May 15 - May 20)

***WARNING***

* Note: Games on the Rakuten Books Rankings are ONLY based on sales at Rakuten Books and does NOT count games sold by other retailers at Rakuten.
** Note 2: Games on the Pre-Orders Ranking are counted as net sales, so it might possibly affect the games listed on the Sales Ranking, since those sales are NOT added afterwards.

Praise the lord, ARMS is saved! One whole point today!

Splatoon at almost 500 makes me happy.

Hopefully that single point for arms means its picking up steam :)

People are more hesitate with new IPs, Splatoon didn't do so great on COMG and sold amazingly. If ARMS ends up being good then it has nothing to worry about.

People all focused on Amazon, but DQ is back to rakuten first place now. this summer will be very interesting.

awesome day for the first three places

The problem for ARMS is the fact its being compared to splatoon. They have identical marketing push, both new big ips, same release strategy.

Problem many dont understand is the fact that splatoon was literally a huge hit not seen in a long time. (Especially on consoles). People now think ARMS have to replicate this success (or close to it), without realizing it doesnt have to do nowhere near it.

ARMS imo will be more bought/enjoyed by the west (obviously), and for Japan i still think it has a shot with WoM to have good legs. If the game ends up selling lets say 300k in japan lifetime, itll look bad but only because people will look at splat1 1.7mil figure (despite 300k for ex is huge as hell for a new ip, a fighter non the less)

To add to your point, 1.7 million for an exclusive is considered among the best sellers of this generation (not counting MH or Pokemon or YW). Even FFXV took a while to make it to 1 million in Japan. Back in the Wii/DS era, its almost child's play compared to Wii Sports, New SMB, etc.

Hooray for Splatoon 2!

So what are we expecting from Splatoon 2 lifetime in Japan? 3 million? 4 million?