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Party time for Square Enix: Dragon Quest IX is the best selling game of 2009 in Japan, according to Famitsu, with the game selling over 4.1 million units.

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Dragon Quest IX was the bestselling videogame across Japan, the US and UK in the third quarter, according to joint data from NPD, GfK Chart-Track and Enterbrain.

And yes: it was only released in Japan. Here’s the top five:

• Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix) – 3,925,000
• Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 3,014,000
• Madden NFL 10 (EA) – 2,612,000
• Pokémon HeartGold And SoulSilver (Nintendo) – 2,068,000
• Halo 3: ODST – 1,847,000

The stats-tracker added that combined software sales in the three regions dropped 6 percent in the quarter.

Japan was up 15 percent, compared to a 20 percent drop in the same in 2008. That said, year-to-date sales in Japan are down 9 percent.

Thanks, Edge.