Square Enix's
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional returned to the top of the Japanese software sales charts this week as handful of new releases made their way into the top 10, reports tracking firm Media Create.
For the week ended April 25,
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional sold 74,000 units, followed by Image Epoch's PSP RPG
Final Promise Story, which debuted at number two with 60,000 units sold.
The PlayStation 3 version of Ignition's heavily-stylized action title
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron rounded out the top three, and sold 58,000 units in its first week.
Two other new titles, SCE's
Patapon 3 and Asgard's
Starry Sky: In Winter Portable, also made the top 10 this week, landing at numbers four and nine, respectively.
Last week's top selling title,
Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS dropped to number five and sold 33,000 units,
compared to 59,000 units last week.
Titles falling from the top 10 this week include Nintendo's
Pilotwings Resort, Namco Bandai's
Detective Conan: Aoki Houseki no Rinbukyoku, Spike's
GachiTora! Abarenbou Kyoushi in High School, and SCE's
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs 4.
Below is Media Create's top 20 sales chart for the week ended April 25, 2011.
| LW | TW | Title | Publisher | Platform | Weekly Sales |
|---|
| 2 | 1 | Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional | Square Enix | DS | 74,000 |
| NEW | 2 | Final Promise Story | Image Epoch | PSP | 60,000 |
| NEW | 3 | El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron | Ignition | PS3 | 58,000 |
| NEW | 4 | Patapon 3 | SCE | PSP | 49,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS | Pokemon Co. | DS | 33,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen | Namco Bandai | PSP | 27,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 | Konami | PSP | 22,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 | Konami | PS3 | 17,000 |
| NEW | 9 | Starry Sky: In Winter Portable | Asgard | PSP | 15,000 |
| 13 | 10 | Monster Hunter Freedom 3 | Capcom | PSP | 11,000 |
| 16 | 11 | Wii Party | Nintendo | Wii | - |
| 20 | 12 | Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends | Nintendo | 3DS | - |
| 9 | 13 | Pilotwings Resort | Nintendo | 3DS | - |
| NEW | 14 | El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron | Ignition | Xbox 360 | - |
| 6 | 15 | Detective Conan: Aoki Houseki no Rinbukyoku | Namco Bandai | DS | - |
| 17 | 16 | Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection | Square Enix | PSP | - |
| NEW | 17 | Otome wa Oanesama Boku ni Koi Shiteru Portable: 2-Jin no Elder | Alchemist | PSP | - |
| 7 | 18 | GachiTora! Abarenbou Kyoushi in High School | Spike | PSP | - |
| NEW | 19 | Hakuouki: Yuugi Roku DS | Idea Factory | DS | - |
| 23 | 20 | Pokemon Black / White | Pokemon Co. | DS | - |
