Kirby knocks Pokémon off the top in Japan
Posted 26 Jul 2012 at 16:19 by Aaron Clegg
The latest Japanese charts from Media Create are out, and it's a non-Pokémon number one for the first time in about a month.
Kirby's Dream Collection - a Wii compilation of the pink blob's best adventures to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise - finds itself at the top with an impressive 100k opening. That means Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 are narrowly beaten into second place for the first time since the games launched.
To ensure the good news is rounded off for all of Nintendo's platforms, Rune Factory 4 on 3DS made a strong debut at number three.
Here is the software chart for the week of July 16th to 22nd.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition 100,286 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 2 | Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 92,178 / 2,381,586 | NDS | Nintendo |
| 3 | Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon 85,955 | 3DS | Atlus |
| 4 | Digimon World Re:Digitize 85,817 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 5 | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 62,740 | PS3 | Konami |
| 6 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb 31,741 / 97,202 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 7 | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 28,142 | PSP | Konami |
| 8 | New Class of Heroes Mono: Toki no Gakuen 19,284 | PSP | Acquire |
| 9 | Warriors Orochi 3 Special 18,136 | PSP | Koei Tecmo |
| 10 | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 16,837 | PSV | Konami |
| 11 | Record of Agarest War Mariage 14,556 | PSP | Compile Heart |
| 12 | Toki no Kizuna: Sekigahara Kitan 13,667 | PSP | Idea Factory |
| 13 | Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D 12,820 / 825,273 | 3DS | Square-Enix |
| 14 | Mario Party 9 10,969 / 492,383 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 15 | Ailu de Puzzle 10,738 | PSP | Capcom |
| 16 | Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost 10,244 / 82,750 | 3DS | Level-5 |
| 17 | Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! 9,603 / 40,279 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 18 | Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 9,494 / 63,322 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 19 | Pocket Soccer League: Calciobit 8,685 / 35,134 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 20 | Etrian Odyssey IV 7,217 / 117,362 | 3DS | Atlus |
Perhaps the only notable thing in the hardware chart is the question of how 3DS has not fallen lower on the eve of the impending 3DS XL. The XL not only launches in Japan on the 28th, but it launches alongside New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Onitore - the spiritual successor to the smash Brain Training games. All that will be reflected in next week's charts, so be sure to check back for the figures.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 44,399 | 47,063 | 6,562,871 |
| 2 | PlayStation 3 | 15,214 | 14,813 | 8,317,517 |
| 3 | PlayStation Portable | 13,058 | 11,004 | 19,208,127 |
| 4 | PlayStation Vita | 11,932 | 13,427 | 843,856 |
| 5 | Wii | 9,002 | 6,747 | 12,441,014 |
| 6 | Nintendo DS | 1,343 | 1,140 | 32,857,996 |
| 7 | PlayStation 2 | 1,093 | 1,197 | 21,808,158 |
| 8 | Xbox 360 | 865 | 930 | 1,578,099 |
