I'm looking at the individual weekly charts during the Pokemon launch. It's really funny. Here's some of the data:
Week 1: #3 - 109,207/109,207
Week 2: #7 - 21,253/130,460 (Super Mario RPG is #1 w/ 335,872)
Week 3: #22 - 5,756/136,216 (Derby Stallion 96 is #1 w/ 377,996)
Week 4: #12 - 22,053/158,269 (Resident Evil is #1 w/ 148,904)
Week 5: #15 - 28,551/186,820 (Tekken 2 is #1 w/ 367,666)
Week 6: #16 - 16,202/203,022 (SMRPG@669,428, DB96@483,811, RE@262,764, T2@531,166)
Week 12: #12 - 15,015/315,357 (SMRPG@819,349, DB96@594,386, RE@516,177, T2@827,712)
Week 32: #7 - 15,927/685,005 (Week before Pokemon Blue is released)
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1996 Top 5:
#1 - Pokemon Red/Green/Blue [GB] - 1,663,861
#2 - Tekken 2 [PS1] - 1,079,585
#3 - Super Mario RPG [SFC] - 995,898
#4 - Resident Evil [PS1] - 942,987
#5 - Derby Stallion 96 [SFC] - 903,200