Japan’s Video Game Rankings, March 9-15

posted on 2026-03-21 14:15 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda

Monster Hunter Stories 3 Switch 2 version debuts at #2, PS5 version at #3

Rank	System	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Weekly Copies	Total Copies
1	NSw 2	Pokémon Pokopia	Nintendo	March 5	117,029	658,400
2	NSw 2	Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection	CAPCOM	March 13	37,718	37,718
3	PS5	Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection	CAPCOM	March 13	17,188	17,188
4	PS5	Resident Evil requiem (Biohazard requiem)	CAPCOM	February 27	12,787	191,619
5	PS5	Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake	Koei Tecmo Games	March 12	12,115	12,115
6	NSw 2	Mario Kart World	Nintendo	June 5, 2025	8,280	2,865,062
7	NSw 2	Mario Tennis Fever	Nintendo	February 12	7,311	83,142
8	NSw 2	Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake	Koei Tecmo Games	March 12	6,436	6,436
9	NSw	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	March 20, 2020	5,038	8,402,335
10	NSw 2	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	January 15	4,535	88,130
11	NSw	Minecraft	Nippon Microsoft	June 21, 2018	4,324	4,168,713
12	NSw	Dragon Quest VII Reimagined	Square Enix	February 5	3,820	240,564
13	NSw 2	Pokémon Legends: Z-A	Nintendo	October 16, 2025	3,753	1,102,780
14	NSw 2	Dragon Quest VII Reimagined	Square Enix	February 5	3,127	211,491
15	NSw 2	Resident Evil requiem (Biohazard requiem)	CAPCOM	February 27	3,034	48,389
16	NSw 2	Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV	Nintendo	July 24, 2025	3,026	178,079
17	NSw	Pokémon Legends: Z-A	Nintendo	October 16, 2025	2,976	1,626,396
18	NSw 2	Kirby Air Riders	Nintendo	November 20, 2025	2,575	512,588
19	NSw 2	Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru Higashi Nihon-hen + Nishi Nihon-hen	Konami	November 13, 2025	2,468	283,877
20	NSw	Super Mario Party Jamboree	Nintendo	October 17, 2024	2,424	1,494,086

Source: Famitsu

This article has a follow-up: Japan’s Video Game Rankings, March 16-22 (2026-04-05 06:05)