Mario Party 9 and 3DS top Japanese charts during Golden Week

News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson News Editor

Published on May 9, 2012

Media Create has released its weekly retail chart for Japan, and Golden Week was indeed golden for Nintendo with Mario Party 9 topping software with 144,585 units moved. It didn't end there, though: 15 out of 20 titles on the software chart were for Nintendo systems, with 3DS still tops in hardware and Wii outselling PS Vita by 5,206 units.

The top 20 software is below for the week of April 30 - May 6. Life-to-date sales and sales percentages for each are included.

[WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 144,585 / 297,468 (-5%)
[PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom) - 52,428 / 304,953 (-79%)
[3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) - 42,347 / 345,260 (-30%)
[3DS] Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo) - 28,528 / 1,563,527 (+82%)
[3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) - 22,881 / 1,695,305 (+96%)
[3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) - 18,788 / 261,883 (+63%)
[3DS] Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom) - 16,496 / 1,433,370 (+21%)
[3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 13,810 / 157,337
[PSP] Conception: Please Have My Children! (Spike) - 10,193 / 40,039 (-66%)
[WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote+) (Nintendo) - 10,058 / 935,555 (+61%)
[PSP] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012 (Konami) - 9,843 / 128,409 (+48%)
[3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (Square Enix) - 9,532 / 308,484 (+3%)
[NDS] Pokemon + Nobunaga no Yabou (Pokemon Co.) - 9,069 / 318,067
[3DS] Shin Sangoku Musou VS (Koei-Tecmo) - 8,614 / 24,192 (-45%)
[WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 8,503 / 2,345,476
[PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012 (Konami) - 6,853 / 152,934 (+8%)
[WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 6,783 / 3,561,199
[PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Saisei-hen (Namco Bandai) - 6,546 / 328,432 (-23%)
[3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin (Marvelous) - 6,408 / 179,148
WII] Go Vacation (Namco Bandai) - 6,002 / 271,087