Rhythm Heaven Groove held onto the top spot in Japan’s latest weekly game sales chart, while the Nintendo Switch release of Magical Girl Witch Trials opened at No. 2. The July 6–12, 2026 rankings also delivered a strong debut for Echoes of Aincrad, which entered at No. 5 on PlayStation 5.
According to Famitsu’s estimated physical sales data, Rhythm Heaven Groove moved 126,073 copies during its second week on sale. That pushed its lifetime total to 519,451 units after its July 2 launch, giving Nintendo’s rhythm game a substantial lead over the week’s new releases.
Magical Girl Witch Trials was the highest-charting newcomer, selling 21,283 copies in its first week. The Switch version launched in Japan on July 9, giving the dark mystery adventure a strong opening against a crowded release schedule that also included new entries from the Sword Art Online, Digimon Story, and Granblue Fantasy franchises.
Magical Girl Witch Trials makes a notable Switch debut
Developed under Re,AER’s Acacia creative brand, Magical Girl Witch Trials is built around a mystery-driven story involving magical girls, investigations, and witch trials. Its Switch release followed the game’s earlier availability on PC, and the July 9 launch included both physical and digital versions in Japan.
The No. 2 placement is especially notable because the game was competing with several established properties. It finished ahead of the PS5 versions of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced and Echoes of Aincrad, as well as both versions of Digimon Story: Time Stranger.
For longtime visual novel and mystery game fans, the result puts Magical Girl Witch Trials among the week’s most interesting performers. The available chart does not separate digital sales, so Famitsu’s figure represents the physical performance recorded for the Switch release.
Echoes of Aincrad leads the anime-game newcomers
Bandai Namco’s Echoes of Aincrad opened at No. 5 with 16,092 copies sold on PS5. The new action RPG is set in the Sword Art Online universe and launched in Japan on July 9, with releases also scheduled across Xbox Series X|S and PC.
The game’s debut placed it above both Switch 2 and original Switch editions of Digimon Story: Time Stranger. The Switch 2 version ranked No. 6 with 15,644 copies, while the Switch version landed at No. 8 with 11,251. That gives the Digimon title a combined first-week total of 26,895 physical copies across the two Nintendo platforms.
Echoes of Aincrad was also the strongest-performing new PlayStation release in the ranking. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced followed at No. 4 with 17,152 copies, narrowly ahead of Bandai Namco’s anime adaptation by just over 1,000 units.
Nintendo continues to dominate the upper half
Nintendo’s long-running strength in Japan remained clear throughout the chart. Tomodachi Life placed third with 20,827 additional copies, lifting its cumulative total to 1,457,949. The game has now passed the 1.4 million mark in physical sales and remained ahead of every new release except Rhythm Heaven Groove and Magical Girl Witch Trials.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok also debuted with two versions in the top 20. The Switch 2 edition ranked seventh with 12,544 copies, while the PS5 version placed 11th with 6,906. Crazy Cha!n -Elpis no Kusari- rounded out the week’s new top-10 releases at No. 9, selling 9,874 copies for Idea Factory.
The rest of the chart showed the staying power of Nintendo’s biggest evergreen titles. Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027 reached 168,513 total copies, while Pokémon Pokopia passed one million with 1,082,196 copies. Mario Kart World continued its massive run at 2,989,889 total units, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons climbed to 8,454,840.
Hardware results also favored Nintendo during the same week. Switch 2 sold 28,755 units, compared with 11,384 across the PlayStation 5 family, while the original Switch family moved 8,712 units.
Next week’s chart should show whether Magical Girl Witch Trials can maintain its momentum beyond launch week and whether Echoes of Aincrad can hold its position against the strong Nintendo catalog. The performance of the two Switch versions of Digimon Story: Time Stranger will also be worth keeping an eye on as players continue moving toward Nintendo’s newer hardware.
Sources
famitsu.com
gematsu.com
bandainamcoent.com
manosaba.com
