Which begs the question... What the hell is a Touken Ranbu Warrior?

Touken Ranbu is a ftp collectible card browser game that's very popular in Japan. Touken Ranbu Warriors is a Warriors spin off of that game.

The Warriors series certainly took this week from out of nowhere.

Reading some of the threads from 7 years ago and its mind-boggling how quickly things can change in Japan, 
Back than it seemed we were heading for PS domination with big declines of the market

Japan is now to head into a third consequent year of growth in terms of revenues with PS accounting for less than 10% of the total market

Great first week for Touken Ranbu, Legends Arceus passes 2 million, and Forbidden West remarkably close between PS4/PS5.
Japan is so interesting as a market, to see a Warriors games outsell a flagship AAA platform exclusive.

Animal Crossing NH was a rare beast, in a rare year to boot, so, yeah...

Regarding MHR, it launched at the end of March, so April saw a boost from its sales.  This year, Kirby at the end of March should keep April pretty healthy until Switch Sports launches at the end of the month, so May's sales should reflect that nicely.  Then in early June we get Strikers as well. 

Where I think we'll see 2022 make big strides in Japan especially is Q2 (July-Sep).  Last year, the Switch had Skyward Sword, Wario Ware and Cruis'n Blast in that time frame in addition to many people waiting for the OLED, which accounted for a modest September.  This year, the Switch has Splatoon 3 (summer) which will boost sales in Japan more than the three aforementioned titles put together.  And September will have Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Switch hype will be soaring this year.  Let's just hope there's enough stock to suffice.

I'm actually a bit surprised that Switch has its best week 7 and 8 after this mediocre holiday season.

GT isn't nearly as big in Japan as it used to be. Some people I guess still think it is.

Guessing mediocre holiday season had to do with limited stock, so maybe people who wanted Switch over Christmas are getting it as it becomes available now??

Top 30: Famitsu software sales (2/14/22 - 2/20/22) - Top 30 - Nintendo Everything

1. [NSW] Touken Ranbu Warriors – 113,159 / NEW
2. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 84,925 / 2,008,795
3. [PS4] Horizon Forbidden West – 48,476 / NEW
4. [PS5] Horizon Forbidden West – 43,012 / NEW
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,406 / 4,443,032
6. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 10,651 / 876,158
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 9,268 / 4,773,647
8. [PS4] The King of Fighters XV – 9,062 / NEW
9. [NSW] Minecraft – 8,503 / 2,523,455
10 [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl – 6,876 / 2,509,802

11. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 6,554 / 7,189,885
12. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 6,256 / 3,081,033
13. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 5,053 / 2,602,131
14. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 4,519 / 1,960,168
15. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – 4,410 / 252,619
16. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 4,333 / 931,577
17. [PS4] Dying Light 2 – 4,136 / 38,602
18. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 3,582 / 4,034,805
19. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield – 3,311 / 4,313,123
20. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 3,197 / 1,021,510
21. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 2,455 / 1,161,059
22. [PS5] The King of Fighters XV – 2,414 / NEW
23. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Best Price – 2,411 / 26,135
24. [NSW] Human: Fall Flat – 1,964 / 239,596
25. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (New Price Version) – 1,854 / 189,043
26. [NSW] The Battle Cats Unite! – 1,645 / 124,119
27. [NSW] Super Mario Party – 1,623 / 2,061,783
28. [NSW] FIFA 22 Legacy Edition – 1,602 / 69,698
29. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey – 1,573 / 2,325,132
30. [PS4] Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition (PlayStation Hits) – 1,569 / 73,256

NS - 24

PS4 - 4

PS5 - 2