One Piece: Burning Blood deposes Yo-Kai Watch from No.1 spot in Japan

Bandai Namco’s latest release based on the popular One Piece manga has taken both first and second place in Japan, according to data from Famitsu.

The new release claimed the top spot with its PS4 SKU, which shifted 31,162 units. The Vita edition charted in second place with 28,831 copies sold.

Meanwhile, D3’s Vita title Bullet Girls 2 debuts in third place, selling 21,706 units.

Yo-Kai Watch Sangokushi – which has held No.1 for the past three weeks – falls to fourth place with sales dipping 47 per cent week-on-week.

Star Fox Zero made its debut in the region last week, too. The Double Pack edition – which launched with the game and Star Fox Guard – charted in fifth place selling 17,063 copies. Meanwhile, the vanilla Star Fox Zero SKU debuted in tenth place.

This release helps Wii U hardware sales rise 27 per cent week-on-week from 5,634 to 7,195 units. PlayStation 4 was still the best-selling hardware for the week.

Here is the software Top Ten for the week ending April 27th:

1. One Piece: Burning Blood (Bandai Namco) PS4 – 31,162 (New)
2. One Piece: Burning Blood (Bandai Namco) Vita – 28,831 (New)
3. Bullet Girls 2 (D3 Publisher) Vita – 21,706 (New)
4. Yo-Kai Sangokushi (Level 5) 3DS – 21,255
5. Star Fox Zero + Star Fox Guard Double Pack (Nintendo) Wii U – 17,063 (New)
6. Phantasy Star Online 2 Episode 4 Deluxe Package (Sega) PS4 – 14,059 (New)
7. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 (Square Enix) 3DS – 13,882
8. Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Teito Genwaku Kitan (Idea Factory) Vita – 9,749 (New)
9. Kamigami no Asobi InFinite (Broccoli) Vita – 8,951 (New)
10. Star Fox Zero (Nintendo) Wii U – 8,175 (New)

And here are the hardware numbers:

1. PS4 – 20,070
2. New Nintendo 3DS LL – 11,606
3. PS Vita – 11,211
4. Wii U – 7,195
5. New Nintendo 3DS – 3,139
6. PS3 – 837
7. Nintendo 3DS LL – 173
8. Nintendo 3DS – 168
9. Xbox One – 82
10. PS VitaTV – 22