Japanese charts – Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition boosts older DS sales

News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson News Editor

Published on March 21, 2012

Media Create has released its weekly retail chart and Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition scored the top spot topped it for DS with 172,027 units moved. On the hardware end, 3DS sales fell 4,934 units over last week but still maintained its number one position.

PSP continued to outsell its new sibling with 18,633 units moved compared to Vita's 10,021 units. The rest of the hardware chart showed a decline for all current gen, with DSi and DSi LL sales up an extra 155 units and 3 units over the week prior, respectively. This was due to the release of the new Pokemon title on older DS systems.

Other new titles for the week were SEGA's Shining Bladeon PSP which moved 122,257 units, and Namco's Madoka Magika Portable for PSP moving 62,408 units. Mass Effect 3 also debuted in Japan this week, moving 8,142 units on PS3.

Here’s the full software chart for the week ending March 18 with life to date sales in parentheses. Last week’s chart can be found here.

[NDS] 01. Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition (Pokemon Co., 12.03.17): 172,027 (NEW)
[PSP] 02. Shining Blade (Sega, 12.03.15): 122,257 (NEW)
[PSP] 03. Madoka Magika Portable (Namco Bandai, 12.03.15): 62,408 (NEW)
[PS3] 04. One Piece Pirate Musou (Namco Bandai, 12.03.01): 34,600 (780,508)
[PSP] 05. Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side Premium 3rd Story (Konami, 12.03.15): 27,717 (NEW)
[3DS] 06. Hatsune Miku and Future Stars Project Mirai (Sega, 12.03.01): 18,341 (105,017)
[3DS] 07. If I Were in a Sealed Room with a Girl I'd Probably XXX (D3, 12.03.15): 18,291 (NEW)
[3DS] 08. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 11.12.01): 17,064 (1,581,089)
[3DS] 09. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 11.12.10): 16,924 (1,314,720)
[NDS] 10. Mario & Sonic at London Olympics (Nintendo, 12.03.01): 16,183 (82,924)
[3DS] 11. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11.11.03): 15,801 (1,419,455)
[3DS] 12. Harvest Moon Hajimari no Daichi (Marvelous AQL, 12.02.23): 12,331 (137,217)
[PS3] 13. Street Fighter x Tekken (Capcom, 12.03.01): 11,611 (70,082)
[PS3] 14. Winning Post 7 2012 (Tecmo Koei, 12.03.15): 11,524 (NEW)
[PSP] 15. Amnesia Later (Idea Factory, 12.03.15): 10,936 (NEW)
[PS3] 16. Legasista (Nippon Ichi, 12.03.15): 9,820 (NEW)
[3DS] 17. Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D (Konami, 12.03.01): 9,027 (47,401)
[PS3] 18. Gundam UC (Namco Bandai, 12.03.01): 8,871 (60,540)
[PSP] 19. Winning Post 7 2012 (Tecmo Koei, 12.03.15): 8,455 (NEW)
[PS3] 20. Mass Effect 3 (Electronic Arts, 12.03.15): 8,142 (NEW)

Here’s the full hardware chart with last week’s sales in parentheses.

1. 3DS: 64,017 (68,951)
2. PS3: 27,900 (34,816)
3. PSP: 18,633 (16,176)
4. PSV: 10,021 (10,041)
5. Wii: 8,127 (8,322)
6. PS2: 1,165 (1,363)
7. X360: 1,145 (1,290)
8. DSi LL: 853 (850)
9. DSi: 617 (502)

Thanks, Andriasang.