In a plentiful week for new releases, the Nintendo-published
The Last Story debuted on top of the Japanese retail game charts, reports tracking firm Media Create.
Created by Nintendo and
Blue Dragon developer Mistwalker,
The Last Story is an action role-playing game from Hironobu Sakaguchi, perhaps best known as the creator of the
Final Fantasy series.
For the week ended January 30, Sega's
Valkyria Chronicles 3 and Namco Bandai's visual novel
My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute Portable rounded out the top three.
Spike's PSP brawler
Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood debuted at number four, followed by ASCII Media Work's fighting game
Magical Index Term at number five.
For the first time since its launch, Capcom's popular
Monster Hunter Freedom 3 fell from the top three amidst the slew of new releases, and landed at number seven.
Last week's top-selling title,
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - Final Mix slipped down the charts to number nine.
Other new titles this week include the Spike-published
Dragon Age: Origins and D3 Publisher's
Dream Club Zero.
Below is Media Create's top 20 sales chart for the week ended January 30, 2011.
| LW | TW | Title | Publisher | Platform | Weekly Sales |
|---|
| NEW | 1 | The Last Story | Nintendo | Wii | 114,722 |
| NEW | 2 | Valkyria Chronicles 3 | Sega | PSP | 102,779 |
| NEW | 3 | My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute Portable | Namco Bandai | PSP | 88,493 |
| NEW | 4 | Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood | Spike | PSP | 58,977 |
| NEW | 5 | Magical Index Term | ASCII Media Works | PSP | 56,017 |
| NEW | 6 | Dragon Age: Origins | Spike | PS3 | 42,854 |
| 2 | 7 | Monster Hunter Freedom 3 | Capcom | PSP | 33,338 |
| NEW | 8 | Dream Club Zero | D3 Publisher | Xbox 360 | 21,854 |
| 1 | 9 | Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - Final Mix | Square Enix | PSP | 20,528 |
| 3 | 10 | Donkey Kong Country Returns | Nintendo | Wii | 19,214 |
| NEW | 11 | Dragon Age: Origins | Spike | Xbox 360 | 14,000 |
| NEW | 12 | Tsuku Monogatari | FuRyu | PSP | 13,329 |
| NEW | 13 | Gal Gun | Alchemist | Xbox 360 | 12,419 |
| 9 | 14 | Wii Party | Nintendo | Wii | 10,778 |
| NEW | 15 | Chaos; Head - Love Chu Chu! | 5pb. | PSP | 10,753 |
| 8 | 16 | Pokemon Black / White | Pokemon Co. | DS | 10,654 |
| 7 | 17 | Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre | Level 5 | DS | 10,437 |
| 6 | 18 | Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard | Level 5 | DS | 8,814 |
| NEW | 19 | Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Season 10 Premium Package) | Capcom | Xbox 360 | 8,055 |
| 5 | 20 | AKB1/48: If I loved an Idol | Namco Bandai | PSP | 7,916 |
