Japanese charts: Skyward Sword debuts in top spot, Wii sales double

News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson News Editor

Published on Nov. 30, 2011

Media Create has released its weekly sales chart, and unsurprisingly, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword topped the software chart with 194,978 units moved. The game's debut also contributed to the doubling of Wii sales, but it still wasn't enough to pull the console out of the number four spot.

The software chart for the week ending November 27 was filled with an abundance of debuts, with eight of nine landing in the top 10.

Second place on the chart was given to Sega's 7th Dragon 2020, which moved 122,498 units on PSP, which was almost double that of Namco's Saint Seiya Senki for the same system.

The Metal Gear Solid HD Edition was another high-profile debut for the week, and it landed in fifth place on the chart with 61,192 units moved on PS3.

The full top 20 Media Create sales chart for the week ending November 20 is below. Last week’s figures can be found here, and life-to-date sales are in parentheses.

[WII] 01. Zelda Skyward Sword (Nintendo, 11/23): 194,978 - NEW
[PSP] 02. 7th Dragon 2020 (Sega, 11/23): 122,498 - NEW
[PSP] 03. Saint Seiya Senki (Namco Bandai, 11/23): 66,557 - NEW
[3DS] 04. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/23): 61,710 (560,960)
[PS3] 05. Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (Konami, 11/23): 61,192 - NEW
[PSP] 06. Little Battler eXperience Boost (Level-5, 11/23): 60,727 - NEW
[PSP] 07. Weiss Schwarz Portable (Namco Bandai, 11/23): 47,586- NEW
[PSP] 08. Uta no Prince Sama Music (Broccoli, 11/23): 38,918 - NEW
[WII] 09. Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version (Namco Bandai, 11/23): 32,098 - NEW
[PS3] 10. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Subtitled Version (Square Enix, 11/17): 29,726 (210,098)
[NDS] 11. One Piece Gigant Battle 2 (Namco Bandai, 11/17): 27,379 (143,441)
[PSP] 12. Pop'n Music Portable 2 (Konami, 11/23): 20,965 - NEW
[PS3] 13. Ni no Kuni (Level-5, 11/17): 20,185 (87,217)
[WII] 14. Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 19,527 (255,566)
[PSP] 15. Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix, 10/27): 16,655 (698,828)
[PSP] 16. Hatsune Miku Project Diva Extend (Sega, 11/10): 16,322 (231,037)
[WII] 17. Pokepark 2 Beyond the World (Pokemon, 11/12): 14,710 (69,740)
[WII] 18. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 14,013 (230,268)
[WII] 19. Wii Party (Nintendo, 07/08/10): 13,756 (2,036,622)
[PS3] 20. Sengoku Basara 3 Utage (Cacpom, 11/10): 13,233 (163,201)

3DS was still the top selling system in the hardware sector for the week. While both PS3 and PSP came in second and third, respectively, last week's sales surge over new colors didn't last: sales dropped for both by around 10,000 each.

Here's the full hardware chart for the week, with last week's sales in parentheses.