Mario stays top in Japan
Posted 29 Aug 2012 at 18:26 by Aaron Clegg
The latest Media Create charts from Japan are out, and with it not being a holiday period or a week of any big releases, things are a little subdued.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 remains at the top spot, but with it creeping slowly towards the million-mark, Nintendo might be a little concerned with the game tracking quite a bit behind its DS and Wii counterparts. These charts do not include download sales, but those are not expected to be a significant percentage of total sales.
Meanwhile, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 continue to sell like hot-cakes; and there are signs of decent legs for Oni Training and Just Dance 2.
Square-Enix can also be happy with Dragon Quest X's performance on Wii if a good chunk of those consumers stay on as subscribers past the free trial period for the MMORPG.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 68,547 / 981,144 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 2 | Bakemonogatari Portable 34,500 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 3 | Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 33,955 / 2,678,414 | NDS | Nintendo |
| 4 | Dragon Quest X 22,457 / 510,374 | Wii | Square-Enix |
| 5 | Oni Training 12,427 / 128,121 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 6 | Just Dance Wii 2 11,702 / 149,126 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 7 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb 11,140 / 177,728 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 8 | Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set 8,588 / 68,783 | 3DS | Nippon Columbia |
| 9 | Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus 8,569 / 1,051,876 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 10 | Detective Opera: Milky Holmes 2 7,842 | PSP | Bushiroad |
| 11 | Tokushu Houdoubu 7,425 | PSV | Nippon Ichi |
| 12 | Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition 7,026 / 186,959 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 13 | Kuroko's Basketball: Miracle Game 6,908 / 56,434 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 14 | Rinne no Lagrange: Kamogawa Days 6,563 | PS3 | Bandai Namco |
| 15 | Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D 6,164 / 874,431 | 3DS | Square-Enix |
| 16 | Rune Factory 4 5,263 / 140,639 | 3DS | Marvelous |
| 17 | Mario Party 9 5,180 / 534,890 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 18 | Persona 4: Arena 5,102 / 181,578 | PS3 | Atlus |
| 19 | The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 4,924 | 360 | Spike |
| 20 | Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost 4,784 / 119,350 | 3DS | Level-5 |
Following on from last week's Obon holiday, hardware figures are down across the board. It's the first time in a while that 3DS has dipped below the 100,000 mark, but the system stays well ahead of everything else.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 71,373 | 111,857 | 7,202,797 |
| 2 | PlayStation 3 | 11,896 | 16,277 | 8,390,130 |
| 3 | PlayStation Vita | 10,880 | 11,298 | 895,364 |
| 4 | PlayStation Portable | 9,499 | 13,285 | 19,267,742 |
| 5 | Wii | 8,810 | 15,640 | 12,533,194 |
| 6 | Nintendo DS | 1,542 | 2,256 | 32,864,966 |
| 7 | PlayStation 2 | 1,157 | 1,433 | 21,814,083 |
| 8 | Xbox 360 | 863 | 978 | 1,582,867 |
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