Who can dethrone Pokemons Heart Gold and Soul Silver in Japan? Only Tomodachi Collection, the Mii collecting game for the Nintendo DS that shipped in June, a title that led a slow week of releases that included Halo 3: ODST.
Bungie’s latest Halo outing managed to squeak into the Media Create top ten, moving 30,000 copies in Japan in its debut week. That’s about half of what Halo 3 did when the game launched over there nearly two years ago.
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Given the slow week, there’s not much activity on the Media Create software sales charts, but at least the top ten is a nice blend of multiplatform releases.
Below are Japan’s bestselling games for the week of September 21 to 27.
01. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 97,000 / 1,220,000
02. Pokemon Heart Gold (DS) – 68,000 / 1,009,000
03. Pokemon Soul Silver (DS) – 64,000 / 1,010,000
04. Tales of Vesperia (PS3) – 49,000 / 265,000
05. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (PSP) – 42,000 / 146,000
06. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 36,000 / 1,226,000
07. SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu – Goddess of Destiny (DS) – 32,000 / 124,000
08. Dragon Quest IX (DS) – 30,000 / 3,944,000
09. Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360) – 30,000 / NEW
10. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 4 (PSP) – 14,000 / 65,000
11. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP)
12. Monster Hunter 3 (Wii)
13. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Bargain Edition) (PS3)
14. Sloane to MacHale no Nazo no Story 2 (DS)
15. Ys 7 (PSP)
16. Forever Blue 2: Beautiful Ocean (Wii)
17. Mobile Suit Gundam Senki Record U.C. 0081 (PS3)
18. Penguin no Mondai X: Tenkuu no 7 Senshi (DS)
19. Puyo Puyo 7 (DS)
20. Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Kanshu Shiranai Mama dewa Son wo Suru: Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS (DS)
21. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
22. Love Plus (DS)
23. Pokemon Platinum (DS)
24. Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! Battle Arena 2 – Spirits Burst (PSP)
25. Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Oosouji (DS)
26. Idolm@ster: Dearly Stars (DS)
27. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Bargain Edition) (Xbox 360)
28. Way of the Samurai 2 Portable (PSP)
29. Mario Kart DS (DS)
30. 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (PSP)
