Three brand new titles win, place and show in the latest Japanese sales chart. Media Create puts Sega's Shining Wind in the number one spot, with fan favorites Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 and Odin Sphere not far behind. Nice Ouendan 2 buyin' there, Japan. I'd like to see this game have some legs, so don't get cheap on us.

The rest of the list features the usual suspects, with Final Fantasys and mini-game collections heaviliy populating the top ten. For the week of May 14th to the 20th, we have:

01. Shining Wind (PS2) - 78,030 / NEW
02. Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (DS) - 70,821 / NEW
03. Odin Sphere (PS2) - 59,248 / NEW
04. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War (PSP) - 39,480 / 194,371
05. Wii Sports (Wii) - 27,788 / 1,601,564
06. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (DS) - 23,904 / 445,237
07. More Brain Age (DS) - 18,790 / 4,284,904
08. Wii Play (Wii) - 18,179 / 1,317,807
09. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) - 17,862 / 4,458,786
10. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii) - 15,816 / 133,304

One more newbie after the jump. Who can find it?

11. Super Paper Mario (Wii)
12. Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
13. Momotarou Dentetsu DS Tokyo & Japan (DS)
14. More English Training (DS)
15. Gyakuten Saiban (DS)
16. Mario Kart DS (DS)
17. Custom Beat Battle: Draglade (DS)
18. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
19. Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS)
20. Brain Age (DS)
21. Panel de Pon DS (DS)
22. Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (DS)
23. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP)
24. English Training (DS)
25. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (DS)
26. Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan DS (DS)
27. Zaidan Houjin Nippon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kounin: KanKen DS (DS)
28. Common Sense Training (DS)
29. Pokémon Diamond (DS)
30. One Piece Unlimited Adventure (Wii)

Next week, we might see some new releases like Bleach Heat the Soul 4 for the PSP and Kekkaishi: Karasumori Ayakashi Kidan for the Nintendo DS make sales chart appearances. Who knows?!

Now, I'm hoping that everyone keeps the Ouendan sequel in their thoughts and prayers. Fingers crossed for continued successful sales! Michael McWhertor

Media Create Sales