New Super Mario Bros. Beats Out Valkyria Chronicles 2 In Japan [Sales Get]

After giving up the first place spot to Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep for a couple weeks, Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii returns to the top of the weekly Media Create sales charts. It was still a pretty good week for PSP software, however, with Sega’s Valkyria Chronicles debuting in second place with 94,000 copies sold, followed by Namco Bandai’s Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s Portable: The Battle of Aces. Kingdom Hearts and Monster Hunter helped the PlayStation Portable snag four of the top ten spots, the rest occupied by Wii and DS software. Valkyria Chronicles 2 debut, by the way, was better than that of its PlayStation 3 predecessor. While the Japanese install base for each PlayStation platform was markedly different for each game’s release, I wouldn’t be surprised to see future Valkyria games sticking to a handheld platform. Here are the top thirty games in Japan, according to Media Create, for the week of January 18 to 24. 01. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) – 111,000 / 3,117,000 02. Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP) – 94,000 / NEW 03. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s Portable: The Battle of Aces (PSP) – 76,000 / NEW 04. Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (PSP) – 60,000 / 683,000 05. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 45,000 / 2,696,000 06. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 34,000 / 1,550,000 07. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Wii) – 23,000 / 96,000 08. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) – 16,000 / 102,000 09. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 16,000 / 1,707,000 10. Inazuma Eleven 2: Fire / Blizzard (DS) – 14,000 / 1,047,000 11. Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver (DS) 12. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS) 13. Tekken 6 (PSP) 14. Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires (PSP) 15. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 16. Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku (DS) 17. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 18. Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP) 19. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) 20. PokePark Wii: Pikachu no Daibouken (Wii) 21. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PSP) 22. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Dodoon to 2 Yome! (Wii) 23. Momotarou Dentetsu 2010 Senkoku Ishin no Hero Daisyuugou ! No Ken (Wii) 24. Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue (DS) 25. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) 26. Wii Sports (Wii) 27. Kentoushi: Gladiator Begins (PSP) 28. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS3) 29. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (PS3) 30. Samurai Warriors 3 (Wii)

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Kingdom Hearts Beats Back Mario On Japan’s Game Chart [Sales Get]

Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep managed to maintain its bestselling status in Japan this week, fending off the triple platinum seller New Super Mario Bros. Wii in it second week. The newest Kingdom Hearts for the PSP didn’t have much in the way of competition, with the exception of top ten debuts Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles for the Wii, Tekken 6 for the PSP and Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku for the Nintendo DS. A handful of games already released in the West managed to secure top thirty spots on Media Create ’s weekly sales chart. The Japanese debut of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising can be spotted on this week’s chart. For the bestselling games in Japan for the week of January 11 to 17, look down. 01. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (PSP) – 177,000 / 623,000 02. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) – 139,000 / 3,006,000 03. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Wii) – 73,000 / NEW 04. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 55,000 / 2,651,000 05. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 42,000 / 1,516,000 06. Tekken 6 (PSP) – 25,000 / NEW 07. Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku (DS) – 25,000 / NEW 08. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS) – 22,000 / 489,000 09. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 22,000 / 1,691,000 10. Inazuma Eleven 2: Fire / Blizzard (DS) – 22,000 / 1,033,000 11. Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver (DS) 12. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) 13. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP) 14. Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP) 15. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 16. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 17. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) 18. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Dodoon to 2 Yome! (Wii) 19. Kentoushi: Gladiator Begins (PSP) 20. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (PS3) 21. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PSP) 22. PokePark Wii: Pikachu no Daibouken (Wii) 23. Momotarou Dentetsu 2010 Senkoku Ishin no Hero Daisyuugou ! No Ken (Wii) 24. Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue (DS) 25. Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3) 26. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (Xbox 360) 27. Sengoku Musou 3 (Wii) 28. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus (PSP) 29. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS3) 30. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (DS)

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Kingdom Hearts Beats Back Mario On Japan’s Game Chart [Sales Get]

Kingdom Hearts Puts Mario To Sleep In Japanese Game Chart [Sales Get]

Only the combined power of Disney and Square Enix can put Mario’s video game sales dominance in Japan on pause. For now, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is the country’s bestselling game. The latest Kingdom Hearts game—this one for the PSP—sold 446,000 more UMDs to Japanese gamers, the week’s only new release to make Media Create ’s top thirty software sales chart. New Super Mario Bros. Wii was well behind Square Enix’s newest crossover RPG, another 159,000 copies sold. The rest of the top ten should be familiar, with Tomodachi Collection, Wii Fit Plus and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks rounding out the first five spots. Square’s other game, Final Fantasy XIII moved another 42,000 during the slow week of January 4 to 10, pushing it ever closer to the 2 million mark. For the rest of the top 30, where nothing much has changed, read on. 01. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (PSP) – 446,000 / NEW 02. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) – 159,000 / 2,867,000 03. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 94,000 / 2,596,000 04. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 54,000 / 1,474,000 05. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS) – 49,000 / 466,000 06. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) – 42,000 / 1,844,000 07. Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver (DS) – 37,000 / 3,577,000 08. Inazuma Eleven 2: Fire / Blizzard (DS) – 37,000 / 1,013,000 09. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 33,000 / 1,669,000 10. Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP) – 27,000 / 533,000 11. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Dodoon to 2 Yome! (Wii) 12. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP) 13. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PSP) 14. Momotarou Dentetsu 2010 Senkoku Ishin no Hero Daisyuugou ! No Ken (Wii) 15. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 16. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) 17. Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue (DS) 18. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 19. PokePark Wii: Pikachu no Daibouken (Wii) 20. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus (PSP) 21. Pen 1 Grand Prix: Penguin no Mondai Special (DS) 22. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (DS) 23. Sangoku Musou (Wii) 24. Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (DS) 25. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS3) 26. Dragon Quest IX (DS) 27. Mario Kart DS (DS) 28. Power Pro Kun Pocket 12 (DS) 29. Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accel 3 (PSP) 30. Tales of Graces (Wii) Media Create Weekly Software Sales [Gpara]

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Konami Kicks Bayonetta Off Top Of Japan’s Game Charts [Sales Get]

Last week ’s queen of Japan’s video game sales charts Bayonetta didn’t have the legs to stay on top for very long. Konami’s latest soccer game, World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010, is this week’s new software champ. Sega’s Bayonetta was reduced to an eighth place showing, falling behind perennial bestsellers like Pokemon, Wii Fit Plus and Tomodachi Collection, Nintendo titles that continue to sell incredibly well week after week. Unfortunately, one Nintendo title that didn’t see to garner much interest from Japanese consumers was Treasure’s Sin & Punishment 2, which debuted last week at #21 and has fallen off the charts this week. Speaking of unimpressive debuts, two new PS3 games, 3D Dot Game Heroes and Infamous, failed to capture a wide audience in their first week on the chart. At least Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Tekken 6 appear to be hangin’ in there. For the rest of the top 30 games in Japan, according to Media Create , read on. 01. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS3) – 218,000 / NEW 02. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (DS) – 74,000 / 2,918,000 03. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 70,000 / 850,000 04. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 64,000 / 1,583,000 05. Persona 3 Portable (PSP) – 46,000 / 141,000 06. Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire / Blizzard (DS) – 42,000 / 570,000 07. Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (DS) – 35,000 / 150,000 08. Bayonetta (PS3) – 29,000 / 165,000 09. Summon Night X: Tears Crown (DS) – 24,000 / NEW 10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii) – 22,000 / NEW 11. Tekken 6 (PS3) 12. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) 13. Dissidia Final Fantasy Universal Tuning (PSP) 14. Infamous (PS3) 15. Bayonetta (Xbox 360) 16. 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3) 17. Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channeru (DS) 18. Dragon Quest IX (DS) 19. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP) 20. Flash Precure! Asobi Collection (DS) 21. Gran Turismo (PSP) 22. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Xbox 360) 23. Rune Factory 2 (DS) 24. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (PSP) 25. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (PSP) 26. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3) 27. Stein’s Gate (Xbox 360) 28. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (PSP) 29. Love Plus (DS) 30. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) Media Create Weekly Software Sales [Gpara]

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Konami Kicks Bayonetta Off Top Of Japan’s Game Charts [Sales Get]