Nintendo's handheld sees a surprise spike in sales. Dragon Quest Collection also debuts on Wii...

The latest Japanese chart is out from Media Create, for the week ending September 18th. There's a surprise bump for 3DS hardware, despite no major software being released.

In the software chart, Dragon Quest Collection on Wii rules the roost. The package is a re-release of the first three Dragon Quest games. Life-to-date sales are bracketed.

[WII] 1. Dragon Quest Collection (Square Enix): 263,398 (NEW)
[PS3] 2. Tales of Xillia (Namco Bandai): 47,297 (572,902)
[PS3] 3. Resident Evil Revival Selection (Capcom): 17,614 (111,382)
[WII] 4. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo): 15,109 (552,116)
[WII] 5. Everyone's Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo): 14,647 (452,560)
[PS3] 6. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver. (Capcom): 13,230 (374,013)
[NDS] 7. Atsumete! Kirby (Nintendo): 10,888 (219,156)
[N3DS] 8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time 3D (Nintendo): 10,504 (380,138)
[PSP] 9. Grand Knights History (MMV): 10,078 (94,419)
[PSP] 10. Monster Hunter Diary Poka Poka Felyne Village G (Capcom): 9,378 (192,720)
[PSP] 11. Hot Shots Golf 5 PlayStation 3 the Best (SCEJ): 8,454 (20,812)
[N3DS] 12. Super Pokemon Rumble (Pokemon): 7,698 (161,645)
[PSP] 13. Gekka Ryouran Romance (Idea Factory): 6,948 (NEW)
[PS3] 14. Dunamis 15 (5pb.): 5,970 (NEW)
[WII] 15. Super Sentai Battle Ranger Cross (Namco Bandai): 5,739 (22,196)
[PSP] 16. Uta no Prince Sama Repeat (Broccoli): 5,659 (73,285)
[NDS] 17. Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon): 5,202 (5,308,519)
[PS3] 18. Resistance 3 (SCEJ): 5,136 (25,478)
[PS3] 19. Call of Duty Black Ops Dubbed Version Budget Version (Square Enix): 5,077 (20,414)
[NDS] 20. Winnie-the-Pooh 100 Acre Forest Cooking Book (Disney Interactive Studio): 5,064 (NEW)

On the hardware front, the 3DS re-took the top spot after temporarily losing out to PS3, fuelled by the release of Tales of Xillia. Surprisingly, 3DS sales actually rose without any big new games releasing. It would be rare for announcements alone to raise hardware sales, but we are talking about two Monster Hunter titles coming to light in recent days.

Meanwhile, Dragon Quest Collection gave a jolt to Wii sales, but it wasn't enough to move the little white box up the charts. As always, last week's numbers are in parentheses.

1. 3DS: 58,837 (49,076)
2. PS3: 36,061 (64,786)
3. PSP: 25,122 (25,391)
4. Wii: 15,406 (10,743)
5. DSi LL: 2,869 (2,882)
6. DSi: 2,234 (1,957)
7. PS2: 1,317 (1,386)
8. X360: 1,295 (1,219)
9. DS Lite: 78 (51)
10. PSP go: 7 (13)