The latest in Bandai Namco's long-running
Super Robot Wars series made a strong debut in Japan last week, selling over 300,000 units in its first four days on the market according to numbers released by tracking firm Media Create (as translated on the
NeoGAF forums).
Another, even older series -- Konami's
Pro Baseball Spirits -- also made a strong debut, selling a combined 109,744 units across its PlayStation 3, PSP and 3DS SKUs.
Square Enix's
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 manages to stay in the top three this week, and even sold more copies than it did last week, thanks in part to a new shipment lining store shelves.
Nintendo's big 3DS release for the week was
Pilotwings Resort, which debuted in Japan over two weeks after its initial Western release. The game sold 26,554 units.
Nintendo's most popular 3DS game overall,
Nintendogs + Cats, drops from 8th place to 15th this week with only 7,421 units sold. This brings the game's lifetime sales to 189,939.
Interesting, THQ's blockbuster
Homefront -- a Western-focused shooter brought over to Japan by publisher Spike -- had a respectable debut, selling just under 30,000 units across both its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions.
Media Create's complete top 20 sales chart, covering boxed console games sold in Japan from April 11 through April 17, follows.
| LW | TW | Title | Publisher | Platform | Weekly Sales |
|---|
| NEW | 1 | Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen | Bandai Namco | PSP | 307,019 |
| NEW | 2 | Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 | Konami | PS3 | 86,486 |
| 2 | 3 | Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional | Square Enix | NDS | 86,364 |
| NEW | 4 | Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 | Konami | PSP | 71,264 |
| NEW | 5 | Persona 2: Innocent Sin | Atlus Co. | PSP | 62,721 |
| NEW | 6 | Pilotwings Resort | Nintendo | 3DS | 26,554 |
| NEW | 7 | Homefront | Spike | PS3 | 22,111 |
| 1 | 8 | Earth Defense Force 2 Portable | D3 Publisher | PSP | 16,898 |
| NEW | 9 | Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 | Konami | 3DS | 11,644 |
| 5 | 10 | Dynasty Warriors 7 | Koei Tecmo | PS3 | 10,369 |
| 3 | 11 | Amagami (EBKore+) | Kadokawa Shoten | PSP | 9,378 |
| 4 | 12 | Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection | Square Enix | PSP | 8,996 |
| 6 | 13 | Monster Hunter Freedom 3 | Capcom | PSP | 8,371 |
| NEW | 14 | Homefront | Spike | 360 | 7,752 |
| 8 | 15 | Nintendogs + Cats | Nintendo | 3DS | 7,421 |
| 11 | 16 | Wii Party | Nintendo | Wii | 6,950 |
| 13 | 17 | Pokemon Black & White | Pokemon Co. | NDS | 5,881 |
| 9 | 18 | Dissidia: 012 (Duodecim) Final Fantasy | Square Enix | PSP | 5,706 |
| 10 | 19 | Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity | Sega | PSP | 5,524 |
| 12 | 20 | Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle | Level-5 | 3DS | 4,921 |
