I thought that Valkyria 4 launched at the same time on Switch :/ also I was expecting a better opening for Ninokuni 2, let´s see it´s legs :)
Zelda at almost 1M :D <3<3<3<3<3<3

Damn, Nintendo has no chill in Japan. Too bad for Ni No Kuni II... Japan just didn't take to it for some reason.

Pretty much, I hope most Japanese developers get the memo real soon here. 

Im just surprised that Hokuto is still charting. Ni No Kuni 2 did about par for the course, but Valkyria Chronicles 4 has me worried, hoping it has some legs or the Switch version makes up for lost ground.

Yeah I’m not expecting this to be a million seller (WW) even though it’s a good game.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Japanese Sales Tracker (Single SKUs): UPDATE!!

1. (NES) The Legend of Zelda - 1,690,000
2. (NES) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - 1,610,000
3. (N64) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 1,450,000
4. (SNES) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - 1,115,000
5. (DS) The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 950,000
6. (NS) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* - 929, 617 (+11, 116)

*Without Digital

Ni no Kuni II did waaaaaaay better than I expected, nice to see. I wonder why the COMG pre-orders were so low.

To use a popular game from Japan as an example. Do you know how much Splatoon 2 sold 2 months after it's release in Japan? 26k. How much did Monster Hunter World sell after 2 months in Japan? 13k. Wow, such an amazing difference!

Do you want to know how much Monster Hunter World sold first week in Japan? 1.3 Million. How much did Splatoon 2 sell? In the 600k. Even if we include week 2 of Splatoon 2's sales, Splatoon 2 only sold about 750k for two weeks. That is a massive difference.

Games that come out with stronger upfront sales tend to have "worse" legs than games that rely on a gradual increase in buyers.

Also if you're going to do anything to try and salvage this post, it's probably going to be "but but but Splatoon 2 was on a new console that needed to build an install base." Yes. That is my point. They are different games, and required different things. Monster Hunter World got more upfront sales in Japan, doesn't mean these legs are bad. They are pretty decent considering how much sales it got it's first few weeks. 

There is really no argument here. Someone wrote an ignorant comment and they got called out for it. Also, I don't care if you call it "content expansions" or "building on a platform" - both are valid reasons why Splatoon 2 has better legs and prove my point. For the record though, Splatoon 2 will probably end up with as much sales if not more than Monster Hunter. So my point isn't to belittle that game. 

That being said it will be interesting once Monster Hunter World starts getting large updates if it will have better legs. 

I'm going to guess they are going to make expansions. Either as a free way of getting more sales, or for allowing people who don't want to repurchase the game to buy content without rebuying the game.