Pokemon Sales Super Effective Against Zombies In Japan

After being kicked around by Bayonetta and a pair of soccer sims from Sega and Konami, Nintendo’s Pokemon double team of Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver return to the top of Japan’s video game charts.

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This week’s tally from sales tracker Media Create pushes the newest Pokemon games past the 3 million mark. Its Nintendo DS compatriot, Tomodachi Collection, continues to sell almost as well. It grabs the number two spot with another 49,000 copies sold. Don’t be surprised to see the Mii collecting game push 2 million by spring of next year.

A trio of games scored top ten debuts this week, including Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2, which sold just a little poorer than Namco Bandai’s newest Wii drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Dodoon to 2 Yome! but better than Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the Nintendo DS.

For the rest of Japan’s bestselling games in handy list format, read on.

01. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (DS) – 55,000 / 3,036,000

02. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 49,000 / 1,689,000

03. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 43,000 / 946,000

04. Inazuma Eleven 2: Fire/Blizzard (DS) – 29,000 / 635,000

05. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Dodoon to 2 Yome! (Wii) – 28,000 / NEW

06. Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360) – 28,000 / NEW

07. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS3) – 24,000 / 291,000

08. J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J (PSP) – 24,000 / 109,000

09. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (DS) – 23,000 / NEW

10. Dragon Ball Raging Blast (PS3) – 17,000 / 75,000

11. Dorabase 2: Nettou Urutorasu Tajiamu (DS)