Who said the Japanese don't like Western games? The Capcom published Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas made its Japanese debut last week, moving a healthy 227,261 copies, twice that of local hero Dragon Quest Monsters Joker numbers. Not bad.

Here are the top ten games solid in Japan for the week of January 15th to the 22nd, courtesy of Media Create.

01. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) - 227261 / new
02. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (DS) - 103706 / 1026700
03. Sangokushi Taisen DS (DS) - 77229 / new
04. Picross DS (DS) - 71794 / new
05. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS) - 59379 / new
06. Wii Sports (Wii) - 58886 / 910422
07. Wario: The Seven (DS) - 47350 / 138599
08. Wii Play (Wii) - 43612 / 808425
09. Pachinko Winter Sonata (PS2) - 41411 / 41411
10. More Brain Age (DS) - 34028 / 3902307

Next ten after the jump.

11. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
12. Common Knowledge Training (DS)
13. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS)
14. Prince of Tennis: Doki-Doki Survival (DS)
15. The Idolm@ster (Xbox 360)
16. Mario Kart DS (DS)
17. Pokemon Diamond (DS)
18. English Training (DS)
19. Brain Training (DS)
20. Shining Force EXA (PS2)

While one Xbox 360 game cracked the top twenty, last week's sales darling Gears of War is noticeably absent. It didn't even make the top thirty this week. The only PLAYSTATION 3 game to chart was the recent port of From Software's RPG Enchanted Arms.

Next gen, just call it quits already! DS is your master now. Michael McWhertor

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