Mario and Luigi: Brothership was the big new release last week, and where Japan sales are concerned, it seems to have got off to a relatively lower start, at least compared to other Mario RPGs in recent months, similar to how it has performed in the UK at launch.
As per weekly data for hardware sales and physical software sales in Japan shared by Famitsu, though Brothership debuted on top of the charts, it did so with over 63,000 units sold.
In comparison, last year’s Super Mario RPG remake launched with over 301,000 units sold in Japan, while earlier this year, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door sold over 115,000 at launch in the region.
Brothership’s launch sales are also lower than all past Mario and Luigi titles (not counting the remakes on 3DS) other than Paper Jam, which sold over 50,000 units on debut.
Slitterhead was another new release last week, though Bokeh Game Studios’ debut action horror title has seen muted sales upon launch, taking the No.