Metal Gear Rising goes top in Japan, Wii U slumps below Vita for first time
Posted 01 Mar 2013 at 12:27 by Aaron Clegg
The latest Media Create charts from Japan are out, and following weeks of 3DS dominance in the software chart, Sony's PS3 finally gets some revengeance (sigh) with Konami's Metal Gear Rising.
The action-packed slash 'em up came in straight at number one, pushing Dragon Quest VII down to number two; although it and third-placed Animal Crossing show signs of keeping up decent sales for at least a few more weeks.
Another notable entry was Namco Bandai's arcade port for Wii U Tank! Tank! Tank!, which performed eponymously. That games has recently been made available as a free-to-play title on the European eShop.
Here's the full software chart for the week of February 18th to 24th.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 308,681 | PS3 | Konami |
| 2 | Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden 75,426 / 1,088,341 | 3DS | Square-Enix |
| 3 | Animal Crossing: New Leaf 74,438 / 2,666,040 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 4 | Magi: The Labyrinth of Beginning 29,402 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 5 | Toaru Majutsu no Kagaku no Ensemble 13,894 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 6 | Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition 9,825 / 406,050 | Wii | Bandai Namco |
| 7 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 9,664 / 1,932,156 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 8 | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) 8,230 / 235,465 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 9 | Fantasy Life 5,870 / 236,341 | 3DS | Level-5 |
| 10 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb 5,799 / 429,163 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 11 | Paper Mario: Sticker Star 5,157 / 530,100 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 12 | Mario Kart 7 4,892 / 1,983,148 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 13 | Tank! Tank! Tank! 4,714 | Wii U | Bandai Namco |
| 14 | Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! 4,682 / 432,111 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 15 | Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone - Neppuu / Raimei 4,443 / 423,998 | 3DS | Level-5 |
| 16 | New Super Mario Bros. U 4,333 / 470,790 | Wii U | Nintendo |
| 17 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Dubbed Edition 3,703 / 132,643 | PS3 | Square-Enix |
| 18 | Grisaia no Kajitsu: La Fruit de la Grisaia 3,700 | PSP | Prototype |
| 19 | Pokèmon Black 2 / White 2 3,639 / 2,969,695 | NDS | Nintendo |
| 20 | Desert Kingdom Portable 3,194 | PSP | Idea Factory |
In the hardware chart, Wii U dropped below the 10k mark for the first time, and simultaneously lost its third place to Vita. With no real big-hitters on the immediate horizon, don't expect the current trend any time soon.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 74,729 | 97,971 | 10,686,856 |
| 2 | PlayStation 3 | 18,529 | 16,934 | 9,056,019 |
| 3 | PlayStation Vita | 11,456 | 8,044 | 1,231,864 |
| 4 | Wii U | 9,633 | 10,744 | 791,006 |
| 5 | PlayStation Portable | 8,981 | 10,501 | 19,771,922 |
| 6 | Wii | 1,317 | 1,655 | 12,657,454 |
| 7 | Xbox 360 | 473 | 506 | 1,620,407 |
