Mario Kart 7 topped the Japanese weekly software sales charts last week, with over 109,000 sales bringing the game's total Japanese sales to over 1.1 million, according to data from tracking firm Media Create, and
as translated by NeoGAF.
For the week ended January 1, 2012, and in a week of no new releases in the top 20, Capcom's
Monster Hunter 3G for Nintendo 3DS came in a close second with 100,000 sales, while the previous week's number two
Warriors Orochi 2 dropped to number three with 73,000 sales.
Other big hitters, such as
Super Mario 3D Land and
Final Fantasy XIII-2, hung around the top of the charts as per usual. Nintendo had seven titles in the top 20, while Bandai Namco had four and Konami had three.
A couple of titles,
The Idolmaster 2 and
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012, re-entered the top 20 charts having dropped out of the top 50 in previous weeks.
Level 5's
Inazuma Eleven franchise had a good week, with
Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine/Dark for Nintendo 3DS at number six, and
Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Xtreme for Wii at number 15.
The complete top 20 chart, as supplied by Media Create, is shown below.
| LW | TW | Title | Publisher | Platform | Weekly Sales |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mario Kart 7 | Nintendo | 3DS | 109,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Monster Hunter 3G | Capcom | 3DS | 100,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Warriors Orochi 2 | Koei Tecmo | PS3 | 73,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Super Mario 3D Land | Nintendo | 3DS | 68,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Final Fantasy XIII-2 | Square Enix | PS3 | 61,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine/Dark | Level 5 | 3DS | |
| 7 | 7 | Just Dance Wii | Nintendo | Wii | |
| 6 | 8 | Kirby's Return to Dream Land | Nintendo | Wii | |
| 11 | 9 | Wii Party | Nintendo | Wii | |
| 8 | 10 | SD Gundam G Generation 3D | Bandai Namco | 3DS | |
| 19 | 11 | Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus | Nintendo | Wii | |
| 20 | 12 | Mario Kart Wii | Nintendo | Wii | |
| 28 | 13 | Go Vacation | Bandai Namco | Wii | |
| >50 | 14 | The Idolmaster 2 | Bandai Namco | PS3 | |
| 10 | 15 | Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Xtreme | Level 5 | Wii | |
| 14 | 16 | Taiko Drum Master Wii: Definitive Edition | Bandai Namco | Wii |
| >50 | 17 | World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012 | Konami | PSP |
| 16 | 18 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Dubbed Edition | Square Enix | PS3 |
| 22 | 19 | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 | Konami | PSP |
| 26 | 20 | Frontier Gate | Konami | PSP |
