Nintendo dominates Japan top 10
Posted 22 Aug 2012 at 13:06 by Aaron Clegg
The latest Media Create charts are out, showing just how tight Nintendo's grip on the Japanese market has become.
The top 10 games in the software chart were all on Nintendo platforms - with six of those being first-party published. Big names were aided by the Obon holiday period, with many high profile games actually seeing an increase of sales compared to last week.
With that said, there were no new releases to break into the top 20, although there were still healthy numbers for the major trio of New Super Mario Bros. 2, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, and Dragon Quest X.
Here is the software chart for the week of August 13th to 19th.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 148,225 / 912,597 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 2 | Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 62,274 / 2,644,459 | NDS | Nintendo |
| 3 | Dragon Quest X 47,065 / 487,917 | Wii | Square-Enix |
| 4 | Just Dance Wii 2 23,231 / 137,423 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 5 | Oni Training 20,372 / 115,695 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 6 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb 18,825 / 166,588 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 7 | Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus 15,682 / 1,043,307 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 8 | Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! 13,836 / 89,944 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 9 | Kirby: 20th Anniversary Special Collection 13,067 / 179,934 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 10 | Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set 12,646 / 60,196 | 3DS | Nippon Columbia |
| 11 | Kuroko's Basketball: Miracle Game 12,097 / 49,526 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 12 | Persona 4: Arena 10,603 / 176,476 | PS3 | Atlus |
| 13 | Mario Party 9 10,339 / 529,710 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 14 | Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D 9,828 / 868,267 | 3DS | Square-Enix |
| 15 | Rune Factory 4 8,340 / 135,376 | 3DS | Marvelous |
| 16 | Digimon World Re:Digitize 8,196 / 153,581 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 17 | Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost 7,935 / 114,565 | 3DS | Level-5 |
| 18 | All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 7,774 / 36,086 | NDS | Bandai Namco |
| 19 | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 6,796 / 108,741 | PS3 | Konami |
| 20 | Mario Tennis Open 6,680 / 254,391 | 3DS | Nintendo |
Obon also injected a bit of cash into the hardware market, with most systems seeing increased sales - including 3DS, which stays healthily over the 100,000 mark once again. However, with the Dragon Quest X-effect clearly wearing off, it looks like Wii is waving goodbye to the top-end of the chart for likely the last time.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 111,857 | 102,646 | 7,131,424 |
| 2 | PlayStation 3 | 16,277 | 14,580 | 8,378,234 |
| 3 | Wii | 15,640 | 16,145 | 12,524,384 |
| 4 | PlayStation Portable | 13,285 | 12,018 | 19,258,243 |
| 5 | PlayStation Vita | 11,298 | 9,446 | 884,484 |
| 6 | Nintendo DS | 2,256 | 952 | 32,863,424 |
| 7 | PlayStation 2 | 1,433 | 1,187 | 21,812,926 |
| 8 | Xbox 360 | 978 | 998 | 1,582,004 |
