News: Kid Icarus and 3DS Dominate Japan
Posted 28 Mar 2012 at 15:40 by Aaron Clegg
The systems gets its best week since mid-February...
Not long after doing decently in the UK, Kid Icarus Uprising has soared to the top of the Media Create chart in Japan.
Masahiro Sakurai's latest was the highest selling new release of the week by some margin. After a blitzkrieg of promotion, there were sporadic shop reports of the game selling out before the end of the week - perhaps unsurprising given Nintendo's general reluctance to flood stores with stock.
A slew of new 3DS bundles also saw several big games enjoy a boost.
The software chart for the week of March 19th to March 25th is as follows.
| No. | System | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3DS | Kid Icarus Uprising 132.526 | Nintendo |
| 2 | PSP | Black Panther 2: Yakuza Ashura Chapter 104.937 | Sega |
| 3 | NDS | Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition 65.046 / (237.073) | Nintendo |
| 4 | PS3 | Devil May Cry HD Collection 43.791 | Capcom |
| 5 | PS3 | Ninja Gaiden 3 29.797 | Koei Tecmo |
| 6 | PS3 | Attouteki Yuugi: Mugen Souls 23.004 | Compile Heart |
| 7 | 3DS | Monster Hunter 3G 22.402 / (1.337.122) | Capcom |
| 8 | 3DS | Mario Kart 7 20.890 / (1.601.979) | Nintendo |
| 9 | 3DS | Super Mario 3D Land 20.305 / (1.439.760) | Nintendo |
| 10 | PSP | Shining Blade 19.032 / (141.289) | Sega |
| 11 | PSP | Hakuoki: Bakumatsu Musou Roku 17.817 | Idea Factory |
| 12 | 3DS | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 16.731 / (99.656) | Nintendo |
| 13 | PS3 | One Piece: Pirate Warriors 16.243 / (796.751) | Bandai Namco |
| 14 | PSP | Fairy Tail: Zelef Kakusei 15.377 | Konami |
| 15 | 3DS | Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai 11.334 / (116.351) | Sega |
| 16 | 3DS | Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin 9.889 / (147.106) | Marvelous AQL |
| 17 | PSV | Little Busters! Converted Edition 8.372 | Prototype |
| 18 | PSP | Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable 8.138 / (70.546 | Bandai Namco |
| 19 | PSP | Hanaoni: Yume no Tsudzuki 8.023 | Idea Factory |
| 20 | PS3 | Do Love Me Seriously! R 6.834 | Minato Station |
The release of Kid Icarus Uprising and the aforementioned new 3DS bundles saw the hardware enjoy its strongest week for over a month. Despite plenty of new releases across other platforms, there wasn't much change elsewhere in the chart, with the aged Wii threatening a daring assault on the floundering Vita.
| No. | Console | Week Sales | Last Week Sales | LTD Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 94.011 | 64,017 | 5.400.667 |
| 2 | PS3 | 25.750 | 27,900 | 8.033.236 |
| 3 | PSP | 19.875 | 18,633 | 18.989.002 |
| 4 | Vita | 10.302 | 10,021 | 630.385 |
| 5 | Wii | 9.270 | 8,127 | 12.314.096 |
| 6 | Nintendo DS | 1.836 | 1,470 | 32.835.267 |
| 7 | PS2 | 1.333 | 1,165 | 21.787.472 |
| 8 | Xbox 360 | 1.084 | 1,145 | 1.552.904 |
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