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    Wii Sports Resort Jet Skis Past The Competition In Japan

    You may already know that Nintendo's sequel to the best-selling game of all time, Wii Sports, is already on its way to being a blockbuster in Japan. It sold 360,000 copies week one, five times more than the competition.

    Fortunately for Nintendo, the competition is itself. Last week's software champ, Tomodachi Collection for the Nintendo DS gets bumped to second place. The rest of the top ten is filled with brand new games, including Rorona no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi and BlazBlue for the PlayStation 3. A handful of Xbox 360 games also chart, including BlazBlue (again), G Rev's newest cute 'em up Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta and Time Leap.

    Bionic Commando also charted. Barely.

    For the rest of the top thirty bestselling games in Japan, courtesy of Media Create, read on.

    01. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 360,000 / NEW
    02. Tomodachi Collection (DS) - 72,000 / 174,000
    03. Rorona no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi (PS3) - 43,000 / NEW
    04. Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono 2 (PSP) - 39,000 / NEW
    05. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (PS3) - 34,000 / NEW
    06. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (X360) - 25,000 / NEW
    07. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS) - 22,000 / 479,000
    08. Agarest Senki Zero (PS3) - 15,000 / NEW
    09. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (The Best) (PSP) - 13,000 / 762,000
    10. Sloane to MacHale: Nazo no Monogatari (DS) - 13,000 / 156,000

    11. Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance (PSP)
    12. Wii Fit (Wii)
    13. Gyakuten Kenji (DS)
    14. Pokémon Platinum (DS)
    15. Really? Really! (DS)
    16. Tago Akira no Atama no Taisou Dai-1-Shuu: Nazotoki Sekai Isshuu Ryokou (DS)
    17. Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable (PSP)
    18. Noko Aozora ni Yakusoku: Tenohira no Rakuen (PSP)
    19. Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta (Xbox 360)
    20. Wand of Fortune (PS2)
    21. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Empires (PS3)
    22. Time Leap (Xbox 360)
    23. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
    24. Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankenta (DS)
    25. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Wii)
    26. Bionic Commando (PS3)
    27. Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! (DS)
    28. Infinite Space (DS)
    29. Evangelion: Jo (PSP)
    30. Wanted: Weapons of Fate (PS3)


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