Japanese charts – Kid Icarus Uprising tops, provides 3DS with sales boost

News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson News Editor

Published on March 28, 2012

Media Create has released its weekly retail chart and Kid Icarus Uprising bested another high profile Japanese debut, SEGA's Yakuza Black Panther 2, by 27,589 units while also providing 3DS with a week-over-week sales boost of 30,000 units.

Here’s the full software chart for the week ending March 25 with life to date sales in parentheses. Last week’s chart can be found here.

[3DS] 01. Kid Icarus Uprisin (Nintendo, 03.22.2012): 132,526 (NEW)
[PSP] 02. Yakuza Black Panther 2 (Sega, 03.22.2012): 104,937 (NEW)
[NDS] 03. Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition (Pokemon, 03.17.2012): 65,046 (237,073)
[PS3] 04. Devil May Cry HD Collection (Capcom, 03.22.2012): 43,791 (NEW)
[PS3] 05. Ninja Gaiden 3 (Tecmo Koei, 03.22.2012): 29,797 (NEW)
[PS3] 06. Mugen Souls (Compile Heart, 03.22.2012): 23,004 (NEW)
[3DS] 07. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 12.10.2011): 22,402 (1,337,122)
[3DS] 08. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 11.03.2011): 20,890 (1,601,979)
[3DS] 09. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11.03.2011): 20,305 (1,439,760)
[PSP] 10. Shining Blade (Sega, 03.15.2012): 19,032 (141,289)
[PSP] 11. Hakuouki Bakumatsu Musouroku (Idea Factory, 03.22.2012): 17,817 (NEW)
[3DS] 12. Mario & Sonic AT London Olympics (Nintendo, 03.01.2012): 16,731 (99,656)
[PS3] 13. One Piece Pirate Musou (Namco Bandai, 03.01.2012): 16,243 (796,751)
[PSP] 14. Fairy Tail Zelef Kakusei (Konami, 03.22.2012): 15,377 (NEW)
[3DS] 15. Hatsune Miku and Future Stars Project Mirai (Sega, 03.08.2012): 11,334 (116,351)
[3DS] 16. Harvest Moon Hajimari no Daichi (Marvelous AQL, 02.23.2012): 9,889 (147,106)
[PSV] 17. Little Busters! Converted Edition (Prototype, 03.22.2012): 8,372 (NEW)
[PSP] 18. Madoka Magika Portable (Namco Bandai, 03.15.2012): 8,138 (70,546)
[PSP] 19. Hanaoni Yume no Tsuzuki (Idea Factory, 03.22.2012): 8,023 (NEW)
[PS3] 20. Do Love Me Tuly! R (Minato Station, 03.22.2012): 6,834 (NEW)

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

1. 3DS: 94,011 (64,017)
2. PS3: 25,750 (27,900)
3. PSP: 19,875 (18,633)
4. PSV: 10,302 (10,021)
5. Wii: 9,270 (8,127)
6. PS2: 1,333 (1,165)
7. X360: 1,084 (1,145)
8. DSi LL: 1,058 (853)
9. DSi: 778 (617)

Thanks, Andriasang.