NSMB2 passes a million in Japan, while Vita gets a boost
Posted 05 Sep 2012 at 13:38 by Aaron Clegg
Good news might be sparse for Sony's latest handheld, but the company will surely be lifted by a rare sight this week - a Vita title topping the latest Media Create chart.
Vocaloid simulation Hatsune Miki saw moderate success on 3DS, and it looks like the game has done the trick once again on Vita, quickly becoming one of the best-selling games on the system.
Meanwhile, there was a double-jab of decent debuts for a pair of new third-party 3DS titles - the port of Atlus's Dreamcast game Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, and the latest in Marvelous's inappropriately busty but surprisingly successful Senran Kagura series.
Here's rhe full software chart for the week of August 27th to September 2nd.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 159,592 | PSV | Sega |
| 2 | Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers 69,365 | 3DS | Atlus |
| 3 | Senran Kagura Burst: Guren no Shoujotachi 69,084 | 3DS | Marvelous |
| 4 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 56,061 / 1,037,205 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 5 | Kami Jigen Game Neptune V 36,189 | PS3 | Compile Heart |
| 6 | Mobile Suit Gundam Age: Universe Accel / Cosmic Drive 35,903 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 7 | Sengoku Basara HD Collection 35,690 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 8 | Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 29,186 / 2,707,600 | NDS | Nintendo |
| 9 | AquaPazza: AquaPlus Dream Match 20,935 | PS3 | Aqua Plus |
| 10 | Dragon Quest X 16,360 / 526,735 | Wii | Square-Enix |
| 11 | Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! 15,689 / 109,939 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 12 | Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenyaku Romantan - Kansen 15,178 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 13 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb 11,278 / 189,006 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 14 | Just Dance Wii 2 10,587 / 159,712 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 15 | Oni Training 10,569 / 138,690 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 16 | Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set 9,825 / 78,608 | 3DS | Nippon Columbia |
| 17 | Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus 8,231 / 1,060,107 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 18 | Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai 7,666 | PSP | 5pb. |
| 19 | Genroh 6,397 | PSP | Idea Factory |
| 20 | Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition 6,305 / 193,265 | Wii | Nintendo |
A spirited surge by Vita was not enough to displace 3DS from the top of the hardware chart, and it's not clear what can realistically maintain the momentum for Sony's handheld in the coming weeks. Namco Bandai's Ultraman/Kamen Rider/Gundam cross-over Lost Heroes for 3DS and PSP might be one to watch out for next Wednesday.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 74,293 | 71,373 | 7,277,090 |
| 2 | PlayStation Vita | 50,070 | 10,880 | 945,434 |
| 3 | PlayStation 3 | 12,433 | 11,896 | 8,402,563 |
| 4 | PlayStation Portable | 10,266 | 9,499 | 19,278,008 |
| 5 | Wii | 8,680 | 8,810 | 12,541,874 |
| 6 | Nintendo DS | 1,488 | 1,542 | 32,866,454 |
| 7 | PlayStation 2 | 1,098 | 1,157 | 21,815,181 |
| 8 | Xbox 360 | 875 | 863 | 1,583,742 |
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