Mario returns to the top as 3DS passes 7 million in Japan
Posted 16 Aug 2012 at 17:21 by Aaron Clegg
The latest Media Create charts are out, confirming that this past week has seen the 3DS handheld pass the 7 million mark in Japan, less than 18 months after launch.
Nintendo also dominated the software chart, with New Super Mario Bros. 2 returning to the top spot. The Wii-exclusive MMO Dragon Quest X dropped to number two in a week that saw only a couple of notable new releases.
Here is the full top 20 for the week of August 6th to 12th.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 143,321 / 764,372 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 2 | Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online 73,705 / 440,853 | Wii | Square-Enix |
| 3 | Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 60,421 / 2,582,185 | NDS | Nintendo |
| 4 | Kuroko no Basuke: Kiseke no Shiai 37,430 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 5 | Run for Money Tousouchuu 26,328 / 76,108 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 6 | Just Dance Wii 2 24,470 / 114,193 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 7 | Oni Training 23,258 / 95,323 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 8 | Persona 4: Arena 16,912 / 165,873 | PS3 | Atlus |
| 9 | Kirby: 20th Anniversary Special Collection 16,212 / 166,866 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 10 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb 15,969 / 147,762 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 11 | Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote+) 15,253 / 1,027,625 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 12 | Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set 12,272 / 47,549 | 3DS | Nippon Columbia |
| 13 | Sniper Elite V2 12,251 | PS3 | Ubisoft |
| 14 | Digimon World Re: Digitize 11,022 / 145,384 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 15 | Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D 9,714 / 858,439 | 3DS | Square-Enix |
| 16 | Mario Party 9 8,733 / 519,371 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 17 | Rune Factory 4 8,596 / 127,035 | 3DS | Marvelous |
| 18 | All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 7,854 / 28,313 | NDS | Bandai Namco |
| 19 | Super Dangan-ronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen 7,156 / 89,801 | PSP | Spike |
| 20 | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 6,965 / 101,945 | PS3 | Konami |
In hardware, 3DS stayed above the 100k mark to sail past 7 million units sold since its February 2011 launch. Meanwhile, Wii just about clung on to the number two spot as it rides high on the release of Dragon Quest X.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 102,646 | 124,415 | 7,019,569 |
| 2 | Wii | 16,145 | 41,415 | 12,508,744 |
| 3 | PlayStation 3 | 14,580 | 13,944 | 8,361,958 |
| 4 | PlayStation Portable | 12,018 | 11,824 | 19,244,936 |
| 5 | PlayStation Vita | 9,446 | 9,038 | 873,185 |
| 6 | PlayStation 2 | 1,187 | 1,154 | 21,811,493 |
| 7 | Xbox 360 | 998 | 981 | 1,581,025 |
| 8 | Nintendo DS | 952 | 1,042 | 32,861,166 |
