France Charts | Week 36, 2025 (Sep 1 - Sep 7) 1 [PS5] NBA 2K26 (NEW) 2 [PS5] Cronos: The New Dawn (NEW) 3 [PS5] The Hell is Us (NEW) 4 [PS5] Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (-) 5 [NSW] Minecraft (-)

Kirby and the Forgotten Land (NS2) was also rated in January 2025 / 7 months before release in Germany.

Minecraft sales surpassed 4m units on Switch at retail (Japan) • It's the 8th Switch game to surpass 4m units, 26th game overall • Quadruple the previous best-selling MC version (PS Vita - 1.1m units) • Best selling Microsoft title with over 10 times the sales of MC Wii U

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter receives rave reviews, hopefully this can boost the franchise in the West. I highly recommend the series and this is THE perfect game to start. Out tomorrow for NS2, NSW, PS5, PC

Nintendo Switch 2 reach 2m units sold in just 15 weeks (Japan). Now the 3rd fastest selling system in Japan, behind GBA (2.28m) and PS2 (2.03m). Additionally, the original Switch took about 35 weeks to reach the same milestones.

Japan Charts | Week 37, 2025 (Sep 8 - Sep 14)

South Korea Charts | Week 36, 2025 (Sep 1 - Sep 7) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (+3) 2 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (RE) 3 [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (RE) 4 [NS2] Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World (-3) 5 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (RE)

Taiwan Charts | Week 36, 2025 (Sep 1 - Sep 7) 1 [PS5] NBA 2K26 (NEW) 2 [NS2] Mario Kart World (RE) 3 [PS5] Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (=) 4 [PS5] Super Robot Wars Y (-3) 5 [PS5] Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion (NEW)

Nintendo Japan is listing Pokemon Pokopia as a Spring 2026 release.

Nintendo Direct Announcements Recap (1st party) : • 4 new Switch 2 titles (Mario Tennis, Yoshi, FE, Pokemon) • 2 ports for Switch 1 (SMG + SMG2) • 2 releases date (Hyrule Warriors, MP4) • 1 NS2 Edition (SMB Wonder) • 1 new library to NSO (Virtual Boy) • 1 DLC (Pokemon)

Nintendo Software Schedule • Updated with Nintendo Direct announcements

Nintendo Switch sold more than 230.000 units since Switch 2 released (Japan) • June 2025 - 78.097 units (-29% vs previous month) • July 2025 - 57.532 units (-26%) • August 2025 - 94.517 units (+64%) Switch 1 performance is often tied to Switch 2 availability in the last weeks.

Japan Charts | Week 36, 2025 (Sep 1 - Sep 7)

South Korea Charts | Week 35, 2025 (Aug 25 - Aug 31) 1 [NS2] Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World (NEW) 2 [NSW] Super Robot Wars Y (NEW) 3 [PS5] Super Robot Wars Y (NEW) 4 [NS2] Mario Kart World (-3) 5 [PS5] Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (NEW)

Taiwan Charts | Week 35, 2025 (Aug 25 - Aug 31) 1 [PS5] Super Robot Wars Y (NEW) 2 [NSW] Super Robot Wars Y (NEW) 3 [PS5] Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (NEW) 4 [NS2] Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World (NEW) 5 [NSW] Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar (NEW)

France Charts | Week 35, 2025 (Aug 25 - Aug 31) 1 [PS5] Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (NEW) 2 [PS5] Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater - Deluxe Edition (NEW) 3 [NS2] Mario Kart World (-2) 4 [PS5] Gears of War: Reloaded (NEW) 5 [PS5] Lost Soul Aside (NEW)

Japan Charts | Week 35, 2025 (Aug 25 - Aug 31)

South Korea Charts | Week 34, 2025 (Aug 18 - Aug 24) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 2 [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (NEW) 3 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (-1) 4 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (-1) 5 [NSW] Minecraft (-1)

Taiwan Charts | Week 34, 2025 (Aug 18 - Aug 24) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 2 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (RE) 3 [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV (-1) 4 [NS2] Ys X: Proud Nordics (NEW) 5 [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (-2)

Taiwan Charts | Week 33, 2025 (Aug 11 - Aug 17) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 2 [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV (+3) 3 [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (RE) 4 [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (RE) 5 [PS5] Mafia: The Old Country (-1)

South Korea Charts | Week 33, 2025 (Aug 11 - Aug 17) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 2 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (+1) 3 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (-1) 4 [NSW] Minecraft (=) 5 [NSW] Super Mario Party: Jamboree (=)

France Charts | Week 34, 2025 (Aug 18 - Aug 24) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 2 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (+1) 3 [PS5] Mafia: The Old Country (-1) 4 [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (=) 5 [NSW] Minecraft (=)

South Korea Charts | Week 32, 2025 (Aug 4 - Aug 10) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 2 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (+2) 3 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (-1) 4 [NSW] Minecraft (RE) 5 [NSW] Super Mario Party: Jamboree (RE)

Taiwan Charts | Week 32, 2025 (Aug 4 - Aug 10) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 2 [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2 (=) 3 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (+1) 4 [PS5] Mafia: The Old Country (NEW) 5 [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV (=)

South Korea Charts | Week 31, 2025 (Jul 28 - Aug 3) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 2 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (+2) 3 [NSW] hololive Holo's Hanafuda (NEW) 4 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (-1) 5 [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2 (NEW)

Taiwan Charts | Week 31, 2025 (Jul 28 - Aug 3) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 2 [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2 (NEW) 3 [PS5] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2 (NEW) 4 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (=) 5 [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV (-2)

With just 3 weeks on the market, Mario Kart World is already in the top 100 best-selling Nintendo games. Entering the list at number 99, ahead of Super Mario Advance (GBA / 5.57 million).

Some stats about the 73 million sellers from Nintendo on Switch: • Over 641.11m units shipped (more than double the DS million sellers) • Over 45% of total Switch software sales (about half of the games sold on Switch are on this list) • Over 27% of Nintendo's million sellers

Japan Charts | Week 34, 2025 (Aug 18 - Aug 24)

Nintendo establish Nintendo Stars, a subsidiary dedicated to ancillary use for films featuring the company IP. Nintendo Stars, previously known as Warpstar, became a subsidiary in April 2025 (founded in 2001) and worked on the Kirby IP.

Japan Charts | Week 33, 2025 (Aug 11 - Aug 17)

South Korea Charts | Week 30, 2025 (Jul 21 - Jul 27) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 2 [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV (NEW) 3 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (-2) 4 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (-1) 5 [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (=)

Taiwan Charts | Week 30, 2025 (Jul 21 - Jul 27) 1 [PS5] Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (NEW) 2 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 3 [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV (NEW) 4 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (-3) 5 [PS5] Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (-1)

France Charts | Week 33, 2025 (Aug 11 - Aug 17) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (+1) 2 [PS5] Mafia: The Old Country (-1) 3 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (=) 4 [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (+1) 5 [NSW] Minecraft (RE)

Japan Charts | Week 32, 2025 (Aug 4 - Aug 10)

France Charts | Week 32, 2025 (Aug 4 - Aug 10) 1 [PS5] Mafia: The Old Country (NEW) 2 [NS2] Mario Kart World (-1) 3 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (-1) 4 [PS5] Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (NEW) 5 [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (=)

France Charts | Week 31, 2025 (Jul 28 - Aug 3) 1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (+1) 2 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (-1) 3 [PS5] Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (RE) 4 [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV (-1) 5 [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (=)

Japan Charts | Week 31, 2025 (Jul 28 - Aug 3)

Hollow Knight sold over 15m units (Team Cherry via Bloomberg). Up 12m units since December 2020.

The price of the PlayStation 5 will increase in the US starting August 21. Sony has already increased the price in Europe and Australia (April 2025). This makes perfect sense after the tariffs imposed by the US. The company is passing on part of this increase to consumers.

PlayStation Results • PS5 ship 2.5m units this quarter, up from 2.4m last year • Cumulative sales are now over 80.3m to date, slower than PS4 by about 2.1m • Monthly active users are up to 123m (+7m YoY) • 65.9m games shipped (inc. 6.9m first party) • Digital is up to 83%

France Charts | Week 30, 2025 (Jul 21 - Jul 27) 1 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (=) 2 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=) 3 [NS2] Super Mario Party: Jamboree + Jamboree TV (NEW) 4 [PS5] Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (NEW) 5 [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (-1)

Nintendo Software Schedule • Updated with Kirby Air Riders release date

According to the German Rating Organization (USK), Donkey Kong Bananza was rated in January 2025, 6 months before release. usk.de/en/?language...

Nihon Falcom Results (Oct - Jun) • Net sales are down to ¥1040m (-18%) • Operating profit - ¥215m (53%) • Ordinary profit - ¥224m (-53%) • Net Profit - ¥137ml (-59%) • Forecast remain unchanged (increase expected) • Most of the sales to be in the last quarter (ending Sep)

Here's the usual comparison between my estimates and the results (Q2 2025) • Switch 2 Hardware performed above my expectations / Software below • Switch 1 Hardware and software outperformed my expectations • Very good attach rate for MK World • Overall score - 8 out of 15

Japan Charts | Week 30, 2025 (Jul 21 - Jul 27)

South Korea Charts | Week 29, 2025 (Jul 14 - Jul 20) 1 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (NEW) 2 [NS2] Mario Kart World (-1) 3 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (-1) 4 [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (RE) 5 [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (RE)

Taiwan Charts | Week 29, 2025 (Jul 14 - Jul 20) 1 [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (NEW) 2 [NS2] Mario Kart World (-1) 3 [NS2] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (+2) 4 [PS5] Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (RE) 5 [NS2] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (-2)

Bandai Namco Results (Apr - Jun) • Group net sales reach ¥300b (+7%) • Video games net sales recorded ¥108b (+1%) • VG Operating Income rose to ¥22b (+47%) • Sold over 10.76m games (+25%), but lower spending per unit • Most profitable first quarter ever