Who can stop Monster Hunter Portable 3’s streak? Only another PSP game, one with similar Japanese flair, Another Century’s Episode Portable. The mech simulation has dethroned the latest and 4 million selling Monster Hunter in Japan.
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The latest A.C.E. from Armored Core developer From Software managed to secure the top spot in this week’s Japanese bestsellers list, with only one other game managing to score a top ten spot. That would be Arcana Heart 3, the all-female fighting game for the PlayStation 3.
Arcana Heart 3 sits behind a handful of other games still hot in Japan, including Studio Ghibli’s animated adventure Ni no Kuni and the J-pop idol group software AKB1/48: Idol to Koishitara… Oh, and Donkey Kong Country Returns, which looks like it’ll wind up being a million seller in Japan.
Here are the bestselling games in Japan for the week of January 10 to 16.
01. Another Century’s Episode Portable (PSP) – 70,217 / NEW
02. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP) – 68,274 / 4,051,743
03. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) – 29,412 / 734,268
04. Ni no Kuni (DS) – 19,020 / 438,544
05. AKB1/48: Idol to Koishitara… (PSP) – 18,616 / 339,178
06. Arcana Heart 3 (PS3) – 17,219 / NEW
07. Wii Party (Wii) – 15,986 / 1,746,021
08. Pokemon Black / White (DS) – 15,542 / 5,027,870
09. Gundam Musou 3 (PS3) – 12,804 / 331,682
10. Mario Sports Mix (Wii) – 12,173 / 546,234
11. The 3rd Birthday (PSP)
12. Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Otana (DS)
13. SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha – Shadow or Light (DS)
14. Wii Fit Plus (Wii)
15. Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)
16. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
17. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
18. Wii Sports Resort w/ Wii Remote Plus (Wii)
19. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PSP)
20. Call of Duty: Black Ops (dubbed) (PS3)
On the hardware side, strong PlayStation 3 and PSP sales give Sony the edge this week, with Wii and DS sales cooling off slightly.
PlayStation 3 – 33,190
PSP – 29,806
Wii – 21,291
Nintendo DSi LL – 17,452
Nintendo DSi – 13,416
Xbox 360 – 2,636
Nintendo DS Lite – 1,956
PS2 – 1,629
PSP go – 1,208
