Nintendo’s mascot has leapt to the top of the charts once again in Japan, with another high selling entry in the
Mario Party series, this time a portable version for the DS. Indeed, the game came close to outperforming last week’s
Super Mario Galaxy on Wii, at 235,000 units to 251,000.
The Wii’s flagship new title slipped two places to number three this week, with 74,000 additional sales, beaten also by the PlayStation 3 version of
Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (aka
Dynasty Warriors 6).
One of Japan’s highest selling franchises during the PlayStation 2 era, the first game on the PlayStation 3 debuted with an impressive 188,000 units sold. The Xbox 360 version performed less well, with a debut at number five and 22,000 units sold.
With the launch of the 40GB PlayStation 3 in Japan this week, hardware sales (details of which will be released tomorrow) are expected to show Sony’s console become the best selling home console for the week.
Apart from
Shin Sangoku Musou 5 though the effect on software sales has been limited, with
Ratchet & Clank Future, usually one of the best performing Western franchises in Japan, suffering a disappointing start at number ten with 12,000 units sold.
The only other PlayStation 3 title in the top thirty is new release
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 at number nineteen.
The remaining new release in the top ten, at number six, is what will be known in the West as
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles on PSP, with 19,000 units sold.
| TW | LW | Title | Publisher | Format | Weekly Sales |
| 1 | NE | Mario Party DS | Nintendo | Wii | 235,000 |
| 2 | NE | Shin Sangoku Musou 5 | Koei | PS3 | 188,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Super Mario Galaxy | Nintendo | Wii | 74,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Fuuketsu no Grimoire | Square Enix | DS | 23,000 |
| 5 | NE | Shin Sangoku Musou 5 | Koei | 360 | 22,000 |
| 6 | NE | Akumajou Dracula X Chronicle | Konami | PSP | 19,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Wii Sports | Nintendo | Wii | 15,000 |
| 8 | 6 | DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series: Kyoto Atami Zekkai no Kotou - Satsui no Wana | Tecmo | DS | 13,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Miru Chikara o Jissen de Kitaeru: DS Ganryoku Training | Nintendo | DS | 13,000 |
| 10 | NE | Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction | Sony | PS3 | 12,000 |
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