The world was turned upside down as Level 5's RPG Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village rose to the top of the Japanese sales charts. Amazing sales of a DS game? In Japan? What's next, bread sold in pre-cut slices?

While I fantasize about delicious toast, here are the top ten games sold in Japan for the week of February 12 to 18.

01. Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS) - 136,736 / new
02. Tales of Destiny 2 (PSP) - 73,022 / new
03. Bleach DS 2nd: Kokui Hirameku Requiem (DS) - 45,486 / new
04. Death Note (DS) - 44,600 / new
05. Soul Cradle: Sekai wo Kurau Mono (PS2) - 43,253 / new
06. Picross DS (DS) - 41,105 / 156,664
07. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (DS) - 39,598 / 1,134,069
08. Wii Sports (Wii) - 39,128 / 1,043,683
09. Wii Play (Wii) - 29,342 / 908,774
10. More Brain Age (DS) - 28,254 / 3,991,966

Pretty amazing that the mediocre Wii Play will soon be a million seller.

Keep on keepin' on to see where previous chart toppers Virtua Fighter 5 for the PLAYSTATION 3 and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 checked in.

11. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
12. Wario: Master of Disguise (DS)
13. Harvest Moon: The Island I Grew Up On (DS)
14. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
15. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)
16. Common Knowledge Training (DS)
17. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
18. Mario Kart DS (DS)
19. Brain Age (DS)
20. Pok mon Diamond (DS)
21. English Training (DS)
22. Kanji Brain Test 2M (DS)
23. Pok mon Pearl (DS)
24. J-League Pro Soccer 5 (PS2)
25. Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3)
26. Monster Hunter Portable (PSP)
27. Heisei Board of Education DS (DS)
28. Puyo-Puyo! (DS)
29. Zero no Tsukaima (PS2)
30. Kanji Test (DS)

Look at those non-DS games hang on for dear life. It's so thrilling!

Speaking of thrilling, I need some sexy title help, Kotaku readers. We've got recurring themes inHot Flashes, Kotaku Magu, Rumor Smash and a handful of others, but I really need something that screams "these are Japanese sales charts, please look at them." I'd do it myself and come up with some brilliant, natch, but I have a wicked bad hangover. Michael McWhertor

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