Star Fox claws its way to the top of Famitsu's Japanese retail charts in its launch week on Switch 2, moving 41,680 physical copies and outpacing everything else. That's a solid debut for a franchise that hasn't exactly dominated Japanese sales in recent memory — the last big entry barely cracked 25k first week. Meanwhile the Switch 2 hardware itself clocks 24,879 units for the week, keeping the console momentum alive even as it sits well below its explosive launch numbers earlier this year.

The rest of the top 10 shows the usual suspects holding ground: Tomodachi Life keeps selling like hotcakes on original Switch, while eFootball and Pokemon Pokopia round out the Switch 2 presence in the mid-tier. Physical retail numbers tell only part of the story, especially with digital eShop dominance already buzzing in Japan according to recent trackers. Star Fox leading the pack signals Nintendo still has pull with its IP even when the hardware isn't flying off shelves at peak rate.

Whales know the real metric here isn't just one week — it's whether this sparks a proper new Star Fox adventure or just another nostalgia bump. Either way, the franchise isn't dead in its home market, and that's more than some series can say after years in the vault.