News: Nintendo Dominates Golden Week
Posted 09 May 2012 at 15:45 by Aaron Clegg
Wii and 3DS accounts for almost the entire top 10 in the latest Japanese charts...
The latest Media Create charts are out, and this week represents something of a bumper one for sales. It was Golden Week - the name given to the succession of public holidays at the start of May - and as such there were a few big winners as more people flocked to the stores.
As is almost tradition, it was Nintendo who benefited most, with 3DS and Wii dominating the sharp end of the chart. After making a debut at number two, Mario Party 9 has a sterling second week to claim the top spot.
Fire Emblem: Awakening on 3DS banks another hefty figure, but continued stock constraints is likely hampering its performance. Kid Icarus: Uprising just won't drop out of the top 10, continuing to settle among the holy trinity of Mario Kart, Super Mario and Monster Hunter, which all enjoy a bump in sales.
Here's the full software chart for April 30th to May 6th.
| No. | System | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wii | Mario Party 9 144,585 / (297,468) | Nintendo |
| 2 | PS3 | Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City 52,428 / (304,953) | Capcom |
| 3 | 3DS | Fire Emblem: Awakening 42,347 / (345,260) | Nintendo |
| 4 | 3DS | Super Mario 3D Land 28,528 / (1,563,527) | Nintendo |
| 5 | 3DS | Mario Kart 7 22,881 / (1,695,305) | Nintendo |
| 6 | 3DS | Kid Icarus: Uprising 18,788 / (261,883) | Nintendo |
| 7 | 3DS | Monster Hunter 3G 16,496 / (1,433,370) | Capcom |
| 8 | 3DS | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 13,810 / (157,337) | Nintendo |
| 9 | PSP | Conception: Please Give Birth to My Child! 10,193 / (40,039) | Spike |
| 10 | Wii | Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus 10,058 / (935,555) | Nintendo |
| 11 | PSP | Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 9,843 / (128,409) | Konami |
| 12 | 3DS | Kingdom Hearts 3D -Dream Drop Distance 9,532 / (308,484) | Square-Enix |
| 13 | NDS | Pok |
