Last week, Bandai's latest Gundam game for the PlayStation 3 took the top spot on Japan's list of bestselling games. Typically, that territory is saved for Nintendo DS and Wii games. Well, things are back to normal.
As you may already know, Pokemon Soul Silver and Pokemon Heart Gold sold a lot. Close to 1.5 million copies in a week between the two. Not bad. Also selling well (once again) was Nintendo's Tomodachi Collection, the latest Nintendo DS game to cross the million mark. Also holding strong? Dragon Quest IX.
Square Enix's RPG hit is soon to surpass 4 million units sold in Japan, getting ever closer to the 5 million the company eventually expects to sell. Perhaps those expectations were set a little too low?
Not much in the way of new debuts for the week, with GPS-powered travel software Maplus: Portable Navi 3 cracking the top ten and budget versions of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the PS3 and Xbox 360 just missing a top ten showing. Here's the full list...
01. Pokemon Soul Silver (DS) - 723,000 / NEW
02. Pokemon Heart Gold (DS) - 720,000 / NEW
03. Tomodachi Collection (DS) - 74,000 / 1,051,000
04. Dragon Quest IX (DS) - 37,000 / 3,881,000
05. Mobile Suit Gundam Senki Record U.C. 0081 (PS3) - 33,000 / 211,000
06. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 32,000 / 1,160,000
07. Love Plus (DS) - 22,000 / 68,000
08. Monster Hunter 3 (Wii) - 16,000 / 873,000
09. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) - 13,000 / 953,000
10. Maplus: Portable Navi 3 (PSP) - 13,000 / NEW
11. Sloane to MacHale no Nazo no Story 2 (DS)
12. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Bargain Edition) (PS3)
13. Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Kanshu Shiranai Mama dewa Son wo Suru: Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS (DS)
14. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Bargain Edition) (Xbox 360)
15. Puyo Puyo 7 (DS)
16. Way of the Samurai 2 Portable (PSP)
17. Penguin no Mondai x Tenkuu no 7 Senshi (DS)
18. SD Gundam G Generation Wars (PS2)
19. Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Oosouji (DS)
20. 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (PS3)
21. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
22. Wii Fit (Wii)
23. Soulcalibur Broken Destiny (PSP)
24. Arabians Lost (DS)
25. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (the Best) (PS3)
26. Pokemon Platinum (DS)
27. Tales of Vs. (PSP)
28. Sloane to MacHale no Nazo no Story (DS)
29. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
30. Simple 2500 Series Portable!! Vol. 12: The Hohei 2: Senyuu yo, Sakini Ike (PSP)