Japanese charts - Bravely Default knocked off the top, but holds strong
Posted 24 Oct 2012 at 17:07 by Aaron Clegg
After an auspicious start, Square-Enix's original JRPG Bravely Default: Flying Fairy looks to be making a statement of intent, enjoying a strong second week in the midst of reportedly low stock.
The drop meant that the latest game in Level-5's Little Battlers series - one of the publishers more 'exploited' franchises - went straight to number one.
Less good news is reserved for Bandai Namco's Project X Zone on 3DS - the mass cross-over game is struggling to make a blockbuster impact, sitting at under 100k copies sold after two weeks.
Here is the full Media Create top 20 for the week of October 15th to 21st.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Battlers eXperience W 77,457 | PSP | Level-5 |
| 2 | Resident Evil 6 42,234 / 770,088 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 3 | Bravely Default: Flying Fairy 41,430 / 182,959 | 3DS | Square-Enix |
| 4 | FIFA 13 35,800 | PS3 | EA |
| 5 | World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 32,320 / 306,348 | PS3 | Konami |
| 6 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 24,917 / 1,271,625 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 7 | The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki Evolution 21,518 | PSV | Nihom Falcom |
| 8 | Little Battlers eXperience W 16,842 | PSV | Level-5 |
| 9 | Style Savvy: Trendsetters 14,282 / 136,672 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 10 | Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! 13,267 / 203,637 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 11 | Project X Zone 12,450 / 97,989 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 12 | Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 8,382 / 2,807,849 | NDS | Nintendo |
| 13 | Monster Hunter Frontier Online: Forward 8,010 | 360 | Capcom |
| 14 | Hakuouki: Yuugi Roku Ni 7,784 | PSP | Idea Factory |
| 15 | Shiren the Wanderer 4 Plus 6,368 | PSP | Spike Chunsoft |
| 16 | SD Gundam G Generation: Overworld 6,240 / 255,573 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 17 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb 5,381 / 241,057 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 18 | Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone 5,180 / 91,194 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 19 | Diabolik Lovers 4,970 / 18,143 | PSP | Idea Factory |
| 20 | Tokitowa: Time and Eternity 4,519 / 36,734 | PS3 | Bandai Namco |
In the hardware chart, things are settling back down after a few weeks of various price drops, new colours and big releases. A brace of new Vita titles in the software chart was not enough to give Sony's handheld a meaningful boost, as it sits at under 7k for the second week running.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 60,232 | 79,300 | 7,746,910 |
| 2 | PlayStation 3 | 21,354 | 26,312 | 8,538,538 |
| 3 | PlayStation Portable | 15,575 | 15,585 | 19,383,053 |
| 4 | PlayStation Vita | 6,791 | 6,134 | 1,015,044 |
| 5 | Wii | 4,035 | 4,476 | 12,579,374 |
| 6 | Xbox 360 | 2,150 | 2,400 | 1,596,230 |
| 7 | PlayStation 2 | 1,081 | 911 | 21,822,382 |
| 8 | Nintendo DS | 529 | 537 | 32,872,350 |
