Final Fantasy III tops the charts in Japan
Posted 26 Sep 2012 at 14:37 by Aaron Clegg
The latest Japanese charts from Media Create are out, with a pretty nostalgic entry topping the table... again.
Straight in at number one is Final Fantasy III for PSP, The game is a port of the iOS version, which itself is a port of the mightily successful, full 3D, 2006 Nintendo DS remake of the classic RPG.
All this week's new entries were for PlayStation platforms, which punctuate a few strong-legged Nintendo's stalwarts.
Here is the full software chart for the week of September 17th to 23rd.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Final Fantasy III 44,872 | PSP | Square-Enix |
| 2 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 37,313 / 1,150,471 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 3 | Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning 20,695 | PS3 | Spike Chunsoft |
| 4 | Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone 18,760 / 54,670 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 5 | Medarot 7: Kabuto / Kuwagata 17,659 / 67,177 | 3DS | Rocket Company |
| 6 | Tekken Tag Tournament 2 17,240 / 79,870 | PS3 | Bandai Namco |
| 7 | Tiger & Bunny: On-Air Jack! 16,550 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 8 | Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 16,274 / 2,763,732 | NDS | Nintendo |
| 9 | Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! 14,537 / 151,461 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 10 | Hunter x Hunter: Wonder Adventure 12,007 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 11 | Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 2nd 10,376 / 44,309 | 3DS | Koei Tecmo |
| 12 | Eureka Seven AO: Jungfrau no Hanabanatachi 9,794 | PS3 | Bandai Namco |
| 13 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb 8,875 / 214,968 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 14 | Kiyoka no Ori: Hiiro no Kakera 4 8,648 | PSP | Idea Factory |
| 15 | Oni Training 7,783 / 162,320 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 16 | Dragon Quest X 7,764 / 556,091 | Wii | Square-Enix |
| 17 | LittleBigPlanet PS Vita 5,901 | PSV | Sony |
| 18 | Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus 5,788 / 1,078,304 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 19 | Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set 5,433 / 96,496 | 3DS | Nippon Columbia |
| 20 | Just Dance Wii 2 5,238 / 176,389 | Wii | Nintendo |
A price cut saw PSP enjoy a small boost and climb to number two, but the news is far grimmer for Sony's newest handheld, which dipped below 10k once again. 3DS saw a tiny increase to see that it stabilizes at around the 60k mark. As a piece of pointless trivia, the 3DS XL model, which released this July, has already surpassed what Vita has sold for the whole of 2012.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 61,382 | 60,903 | 7,463,534 |
| 2 | PlayStation Portable | 14,921 | 9,069 | 19,311,063 |
| 3 | PlayStation 3 | 11,440 | 13,903 | 8,439,719 |
| 4 | PlayStation Vita | 9,295 | 10,858 | 979,693 |
| 5 | Wii | 5,742 | 6,019 | 12,560,593 |
| 6 | Nintendo DS | 1,020 | 1,073 | 32,869,816 |
| 7 | PlayStation 2 | 1,014 | 1,120 | 21,818,393 |
| 8 | Xbox 360 | 748 | 739 | 1,586,044 |
