Famitsu’s Video Game rankings last week revealed that the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch game Pokemon Sword and Shield still remains #1 in the ranks with 2,023,043 copies sold in Japan alone from November 25 to December 1.

The PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions of SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays made its debut recently and were ranked number 2 and 3 respectively. The PlayStation 4 game 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is at 4, while the Nintendo Switch game Luigi’s Mansion 3 is at number 5.

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield were released worldwide on November 15. The two versions of the game will feature Pokemon from the Galar region, and players can choose one of the three basic starter Pokemon namely Gookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble. This is also the game where the Gigantamax forms are featured, in which Pikachu, Eevee, Meowth, Butterfree, Charizard, Alcremie, and Corviknight will be having their own, said forms in this game. Two legendary Pokemon will also be introduced.

Other features in the Pokemon Sword and Shield game include the Max Raid Battles, Dynamax, Gigantamax forms, the Battle Stadium, Poke Jobs, Pokemon Camp, and Surprise trades. This is the second Nintendo Switch game for the popular franchise.

Even before the release of the two games, people have already shared their frustration and disappointment over some Pokemon that are missing from the game. Fans say that this is saddening as people expected so much from the game’s developer Game Freak thinking that it would be better than its first Nintendo Switch games of the franchise, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! which were based on the 1998 video game Pokemon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition.

The first Nintendo Switch games Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu, and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! was released in November 2018. The release of the games was a huge success as it had a record of more than 11.28 million combined sales as of September 2019. This huge number has made the games known as one of the best-selling games for the Nintendo Switch.

SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays is a tactical RPG series of the popular Gundam franchise in which four eras come together as one. Form your own team of SD Gundams and deploy them to battle. The game allows you to form units from the following series: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Gundam SEED, 00, and Iron-Blooded Orphans.

Aside from the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch release, the game is also available in PC via Steam. The game was released in all three platforms on November 28, 2019.

Luigi’s Mansion 3 is an action-adventure game released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch on October 31, 2019. The main character of the game is Luigi, the popular plumber character from the Super Mario Bros. franchise.

You play the role of Luigi as you explore a haunted high-rise hotel that has different themes on each floor. You must rescue your friends from the different ghosts that inhabit the house. The game has generally received favorable reviews from both critics and gamers.

Here is the complete list of the video game rankings for the mentioned week, including the weekly and total sales so far.

Rank Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 Pokémon Sword & Shield Nintendo Nov-15 275,959 2,023,043 2 SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Bandai Namco Entertainment Nov-28 64,538 64,538 3 SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Bandai Namco Entertainment Nov-28 45,282 45,282 4 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Atlus Nov-28 34,608 34,608 5 Luigi’s Mansion 3 Nintendo Oct-31 26,256 285,175 6 Ring Fit Adventure Nintendo Oct-18 22,302 312,383 7 Minecraft Nintendo June 21, 2018 11,084 1,022,756 8 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Sega Nov-01 10,439 62,021 9 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo April 28, 2017 9,834 2,543,292 10 Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Nintendo December 7, 2018 9,789 3,348,488 11 Super Mario Party Nintendo October 5, 2018 9,424 1,163,778 12 Death Stranding SIE Nov-08 8,183 243,994 13 Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Jun-28 7,832 707,984 14 Tsuri Spirits Nintendo Switch Version Bandai Namco Entertainment Jul-25 7,574 232,392 15 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order EA Games Nov-15 5,582 42,664 16 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Activision Oct-25 5,193 192,544 17 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate 5pb. Games Nov-28 5,156 5,156 18 Splatoon 2 Nintendo July 21, 2017 4,246 3,194,509 19 Disney Tsum Tsum Festival Bandai Namco Entertainment Oct-10 4,073 71,229 20 Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Square Enix Sep-27 4,025 439,744

Source: Famitsu , Anime News Network