Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Sales: #1 Again in Japan

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD sales continue to be great. The port keeps selling well in the land of the rising sun, proving Donkey Kong fans are starved for new games. According to Famitsu, the game sold 35,256 units between January 20th to 26th. This brings its lifetime sales up to 142,349 in Japan.

Nintendo Switch OLED was the #1 selling console for the week, followed by the Switch Lite. Overall, it was a great week for Nintendo with 8 of the 10 games being Nintendo Switch games.

Check This Out: Watch our Top 5 Donkey Kong Country games below, or read our review of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. In short: while the original game was great, the port has some glaring issues.

Here’s the sales data from Famitsu for January 20th to 26th in Japan:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Nintendo, 01/16/25) – 35,256 (142,349)
2. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo, 10/17/24) – 18,444 (1,139,854)
3. [PS5] Dynasty Warriors: Origins (Koei Tecmo, 01/17/25) – 17,391 (81,196)
4. [NSW] ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist (Binary Haze Interactive, 01/23/25) – 9,586 (New)
5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 6,606 (8,058,448)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 5,859 (6,221,842)
7. [NSW] Tales of Graces f Remastered (Bandai Namco, 01/16/25) – 5,532 (31,233)
8. [PS5] ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist (Binary Haze Interactive, 01/23/25) – 5,290 (New)
9. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix, 11/14/24) – 4,605 (984,585)
10. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 4,553 (3,796,855)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 31,816 (8,682,778)
2. Switch Lite – 8,772 (6,426,960)
3. PlayStation 5 – 6,372 (5,446,090)
4. Switch – 4,739 (20,046,468)
5. PlayStation 5 Pro – 4,608 (144,510)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,361 (909,993)
7. Xbox Series S – 589 (329,189)
8. Xbox Series X – 353 (314,888)
9. Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 145 (17,485)
10. PlayStation 4 – 31 (7,929,190)

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