New Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3DS XL take Japanese charts by storm

Media Create has released its weekly retail chart for Japan, and New Super Mario Bros. 2 debuted strong with 407,000 units sold and Persona 4 Arena for PS3 came in second with 128,485 units moved. 3DS XL (LL in Japan) debuted with 187,480 units sold, claiming the top spot on the hardware charts.

Here’s the full software chart for the period. Life-to-date sales are in parentheses:

1. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo, 07/28/12) – 407,503 (New)
2. [PS3] Persona 4 Arena (Atlus, 07/26/12) – 128,485 (New)
3. [PSP] Nayuta no Kiseki (Falcom, 07/26/12) – 74,860 (New)
4. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (NIntendo, 06/23/12) – 73,420
5. [PSP] Super Danganronpa 2 (Spike Chunsoft, 07/26/12) – 69,000 (New)
6. [Wii] Just Dance Wii 2 (NIntendo, 07/26/12) – 60,121 (New)
7. [3DS] Demon Training (Nintendo, 07/28/12) – 40,272 (New)
8. [PSP] Digimon World Re: Digitize (Namco Banai, 07/19/12) – 31,037 (116,854)
9. [Wii] Kirby’s Dream Collection Special Edition (Nintendo, 07/19/12) – 29,367 (129,653)
10. [PS3] Macross Do You Remember Love Hybrid Pack (Namco Bandai, 07/26/12) – 25,753 (New)
11. [3DS] Rune Factory 4 (Marvelous AQL, 07/19/12) – 21,017 (106,972)
12. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2012 (Konami, 07/19/12) – 20,948 (83,688)
13. [3DS] Kobito Zukan Kobito Kansatsu Set (Columbia, 07/26/12) – 20,626 (New)
14. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (Namco Bandai, 07/12/12) – 20,270 (117,472)
15. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2012 (Konami, 07/19/12) – 12,666 (40,808)
16. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D (Square Enix, 05/31/12) – 12,396 (837,669)
17. [PSP] Sangokurensenki: Otome no Heihou (Prototype, 07/26/12) – 10,887 (New)
18. [360] Persona 4 Arena (Atlus, 07/26/12) – 9,801 (New)
19. [3DS] Little Battler eXperience: Baku Boost (Level-5, 07/05/12) – 9,642 (92,392)
20. [Wii] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, 04/26/12) – 9,537 (501,920)

Here’s the hardware chart for the same period. Last week’s sales are in parentheses:

• 3DS LL - 187,480 (N/A)
• 3DS – 42,155 (44,399)
• PS3 - 15,916 (15,214)
• PSP - 12,989 (13,058)
• PSV - 10,846 (11,932)
• Wii - 10,170 (9,002)
• PS2 - 994 (1,093)
• 360 - 948 (865)
• DSi – 635 (706)
• DSi LL – 543 (637)

Thanks, Gematsu.