What a good news to see NSW2 performing higher than last week and how the real does a Tamagotchi game sells so many copies in Japan ? Is this the crowd that bought into Hello Kitty Island all over again ?

Animal Crossing New Horizons is the highest selling physical game of all time in Japan, there's a huge audience for these kind of "cosy" games there.

NSW2 weekly numbers so far are constantly double, almost triple, what NSW1's weekly numbers were when THAT system launched in 2017.
Nintendo clearly came prepared this go round!

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-6-23-25-6-29-25-top-30/

1. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 145,069 / 1,185,113
2. [NSW] Tamagotchi Plaza – 102,289 / NEW
3. [PS5] Death Stranding 2 – 71,964 / NEW
4. [NS2] Tamagotchi Plaza – 26,396 / NEW
5. [NSW] ToHeart – 18,076 / NEW
6. [NSW] Castlevania Anniversary Collection – 12,917 / NEW
7. [NS2] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 6,231 / 24,056
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 5,569 / 6,358,819
9. [NSW] Minecraft – 5,513 / 3,923,387
10. [NSW] Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time – 5,396 / 136,021

11. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 5,154 / 8,154,577
12. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 4,910 / 1,331,995
13. [NS2] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 4,606 / 21,867
14. [NSW] Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma – 4,024 / 64,790
15. [NSW] Raidou Remastered – 3,942 / 25,088
16. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 3,912 / 1,606,357
17. [NS2] Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut – 3,621 / 16,101
18. [PS5] Elden Ring Nightreign – 2,970 / 66,590
19. [PS5] Raidou Remastered – 2,320 / 21,568
20. [PS4] Castlevania Anniversary Collection – 2,280 / NEW
21. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 2,158 / 5,574,513
22. [NS2] Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma – 2,111 / 17,730
23. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 2,031 / 5,770,890
24. [NSW] Farland Saga I & II Saturn Tribute – 1,547 / NEW
25. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 1,488 / 1,414,950
26. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 1,476 / 4,450,816
27. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD – 1,345 / 274,777
28. [NS2] Shine Post: Be Your Idol – 1,281 / 8,017
29. [NS2] Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour (Download Card) – 1,254 / 7,560
30. [NSW] The Battle Cats Unite – 1,159 / 345,880

NS - 18
NS2 - 8
PS5 - 3
PS4 - 1

NS2 3rd party games sold the same amount of PS4+5 combined. Off to a really good start

Current the percentaged increase or decrease of the sales of Switch 2 align with Switch 1. If this trend continues, we should see a heavy decrease of Switch 2 sales of more than -50% next week.

Switch 2 sales vs other systems since 2000, launch aligned, courtesy of Hiska-kun over on Install Base

Damn the GBA had an insane launch in Japan. I dunno whether that or the 3DS catching up in the 2nd half is more impressive.

Yeah people often don't realize how much of a beast the GBA was because it's time as Nintendo's flagship handheld was cut short after less than 5 years, resulting in a final tally somewhat lower than the Gameboy. During that relatively short span though it was one of the fastest selling systems ever at the time.