Software sales have begun to pick up again in Japan after a seasonal low over the last few weeks. Overall sales are still below average, but new Nintendo DS Touch! Generations title
DS Ganriki Training has made a creditable debut at number one with almost 95,000 unit sales.
The game, whose name roughly translates as
DS Observation Training, includes a number of observational puzzles, tasking players with activities such as following rapidly moving symbols and helping to improve eye to hand co-ordination. The title is one of three similar releases in the top ten this week, with
More Brain Training at number six and
More English Training at number nine.
The second highest new entry of the week is the Wii version of
BioHazard 4 (aka
Resident Evil 4) with almost 44,000 unit sales. Combining the superior graphics of the GameCube version with the extra content from the PlayStation 2 release, the performance is not likely to have disappointed Capcom, considering the relatively low cost of development.
At number three, import favorite
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 on the Nintendo DS has sprung back into the top ten, after low stock in its second week of release made it all but impossible to acquire in Japan, with third week sales of nearly 34,000 units.
The final new entry of the week, at number four, is Arc System Works’
Guilty Gear XX ^ Core for the PlayStation 2, with nearly 32,000 units sold – again proving that 2D beat ‘em-ups can still find a significant audience in Japan.
There are no PlayStation 3 titles or Xbox 360 titles in the top thirty, with three PlayStation 2 titles in total, two for the PSP, five for the Wii and twenty for the Nintendo DS.
(Hardware sales data for the week in Japan will be available from tomorrow morning.)
| TW | LW | Title | Publisher | Format | Weekly Sales |
| 1 | NE | Miru Chikara wo Jissen de Kitearu: DS Ganriki Training | Nintendo | DS | 94,834 |
| 2 | NE | BioHazard 4: Wii Edition | Capcom | Wii | 43,771 |
| 3 | 27 | Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 | Nintendo | DS | 33,738 |
| 4 | NE | Guilty Gear XX ^ Core | Arc System Works | PS2 | 31,773 |
| 5 | 4 | Wii Sports | Nintendo | Wii | 28,612 |
| 6 | 6 | Motto Nou o Kitaeru Otona DS Training | Nintendo | DS | 20,662 |
| 7 | 7 | New Super Mario Bros. | Nintendo | DS | 19,907 |
| 8 | 10 | Hajimete no Wii | Nintendo | Wii | 19,718 |
| 9 | 9 | Eigo ga Nigate na Otona no DS Training: Motto Eigo Duke | Nintendo | DS | 18,885 |
| 10 | 17 | Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan | Hudson | DS | 16,395 |
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