Namco Bandai's
Another Century's Episode Portable usurped long-time sales leader
Monster Hunter Portable 3 on the Japanese weekly sales charts, reports tracking firm Media Create.
For the week ended January 16, Namco's PSP mech action title led the charts with 70,217 units sold in its first week, while Capcom's monster-hunting title sold 68,274 units,
down roughly 50 percent from last week.
Nintendo's
Donkey Kong Country Returns rounded out the top three, and Level 5's
Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard jumped from number six to number four.
Namco Bandai's PSP dating sim
AKB1/48: If I loved an Idol returned to the top 10 at number five, followed by Arc System Works' 2D fighter
Arcana Heart 3 at number six.
Nintendo titles
Wii Party and
Pokemon Black/White slipped down the charts and fell to numbers seven and eight, respectively.
The PS3 version of Bioware and Microsoft Game Studios'
Mass Effect 2 made its debut this week, and landed at number 15 with 8,864 units sold.
Titles falling from the top 10 this week include Square Enix's
The 3rd Birthday and
SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha - Shadow or Light, and Nintendo's
New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Below is Media Create's top 20 sales chart for the week ended January 16, 2011.
| LW | TW | Title | Publisher | Platform | Weekly Sales |
|---|
| NEW | 1 | Another Century's Episode Portable | Namco Bandai | PSP | 70,217 |
| 1 | 2 | Monster Hunter Freedom 3 | Capcom | PSP | 68,274 |
| 2 | 3 | Donkey Kong Country Returns | Nintendo | Wii | 29,412 |
| 6 | 4 | Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard | Level 5 | DS | 19,020 |
| 14 | 5 | AKB1/48: If I loved an Idol | Namco Bandai | PSP | 18,616 |
| NEW | 6 | Arcana Heart 3 | Arc System Works | PS3 | 17,219 |
| 3 | 7 | Wii Party | Nintendo | Wii | 15,986 |
| 4 | 8 | Pokemon Black / White | Pokemon Co. | DS | 15,542 |
| 7 | 9 | Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 | Namco Bandai | PS3 | 12,804 |
| 5 | 10 | Mario Sports Mix | Nintendo | Wii | 12,173 |
| 9 | 11 | The 3rd Birthday | Square Enix | PSP | 10,572 |
| 16 | 12 | Magician's Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery | Konami | DS | 10,211 |
| 8 | 13 | SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha - Shadow or Light | Square Enix | DS | 9,772 |
| 17 | 14 | Wii Fit Plus | Nintendo | Wii | 9,275 |
| NEW | 15 | Mass Effect 2 | Microsoft Game Studios | Xbox 360 | 8,864 |
| 12 | 16 | Mario Kart Wii | Nintendo | Wii | 8,511 |
| 10 | 17 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Nintendo | Wii | 8,114 |
| 11 | 18 | Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) | Nintendo | Wii | 8,053 |
| 27 | 19 | World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 | Konami | PSP | 7,764 |
| 29 | 20 | Call of Duty: Black Ops (Dubbed Edition) | Square Enix | PS3 | 7,586 |
