And in the week ending the 14th of August, Jump Super Stars finally arrived. How did it (and the DS) do? I'd say it was a modest success...

Courtesy of Media-Create, we have the most recent sales figures from Japan.

This week's sales, while not as strong overall as last week's surge where buyers snapped up a myriad of new releases, nevertheless were robust. As everyone and their babysitter had expected, Jump Super Stars (JSS) led the way with sales of over 200k. While PS2 soccer juggernaut World Soccer Winning Eleven remained strong, it was followed by 4 consecutive Nintendo platform titles (all previous releases.)

Somewhat surprisingly, and likely spurred on by the gravitational forces put in motion by JSS, DS cerebral favorites Gentle Brain Exercises and Brain Training staged a mighty comeback in the charts. Wow...special software indeed: whereas Exercises made a significant jump from last weeks sales, Training returned to the Top 10 from where it had been absent for the last two weeks.

Representing the GC was Pokemon XD in its second week of sales. Meanwhile, the GBA had its champion in the form of the popular beetle-battling game Mushiking. The full top 10 is below...have a look:

The fundamental order of the charts has not changed...but this week did indeed bring some shakeup as over 100k new DS' flew off the shelves, outselling all other platforms combined. Many of those new DS' likely sported the shiny new red color, but of course the main factor leading to the sales explosion was the release of JSS. Actually, most of the other consoles saw sales boosts as well, perhaps affected by the coming of Japan's Bon holiday...the good ol' GBA SP itself sold nearly 20k units. Nintendo Handhelds...indeed Japan still loves you.

Here are the figures in detail: