Animal Crossing 3DS, Dynasty Warriors 7, Halo 4 debut strong at Japanese retail 

Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Leaf for 3DS debuted in first place on the Media Create charts, with 603,064 units sold.  Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires for PS3 , also new this week, placed second, while Halo 4 showed for third with 39,312 units sold. The 343 shooter boosted Xbox 360 sales by 1,569 units over last week. Get the full hardware and software charts below.

This month also marks a looming milestone for 3DS as the handheld has now moved 3,807,375 units in the country year-to-date, getting closer to the 4 million sold mark everyday. Life-to-date sales for both models combined is 8,089,518.

Life-to-date sales for 3DS LL are 1,018,636 while 3DS units sales are 7,070,882.

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

1. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 603,064 (New)
2. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires (Tecmo Koei, 11/08/12) – 70,102 (New)
3. [360] Halo 4 (Microsoft, 11/08/12) – 39,312 (New)
4. [PS3] Tales of Xillia 2 (Namco Bandai, 11/01/12) – 34,789 (399,228)
5. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo, 07/28/12) – 23,224 (1,343,554)
6. [3DS] Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (Square Enix, 10/11/12) 14,847 (249,260)
7. [PS3] Silent Hill: Downpour (Konami, 11/08/12) – 13,516 (New)
8. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 (Konami, 11/01/12) – 12,335 (50,722)
9. [PS3] Okami HD (Capcom, 11/01/12) – 11,013 (50,722)
10. [PS3] Yakuza 1&2 HD Edition (Sega, 11/01/12) – 10,073 (68,211)
11. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 (Konami, 10/04/12) – 9,508 (166,416)
12. [3DS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen (Nintendo, 09/27/12) – 8,599 (166,416)
13. [3DS] Run For Money: Flee From the Strongest Hunters in History (Namco Bandai, 07/05/12) – 8,199 (299,635)
14. [PS3] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom, 10/04/12) – 6,811 (814,850)
15. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon, 06/23/12) – 6,533 (2,828,949)
16. [PS3] Dark Souls with Artorias of the Abyss Edition (From Software, 10/25/12) – 5,754 (85,919)
17. [3DS] Mosnter Hunter 3 Ultimate (Capcom, 12/10/11) – 5,309 (1,564,401)
18. [3DS] Nicola Kenshuu: Model Oshare Audition Platium (Alchemist, 11/08/12) – 5,295 (New)
19. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (Namco Bandai, 07/12/12) – 5,253 (257,146)
20. [PSP] The Idolmaster Shiny Festa Honey Sound / Funky Note / Groovy Tune (Namco Bandai, 10/25/12) – 5,101 (138,669)

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

• 3DS LL – 134,652 (63,993)
• 3DS – 52,425 (29,996)
• PlayStation 3 – 18,043 (21,310)
• PSP – 12,076 (13,868)
• PlayStation Vita – 4,021 (4,842)
• Wii – 2,921 (3,806)
• Xbox 360 – 2,908 (1,339)
• PS2 – 1,187 (1,351)
• DSi LL – 244 (341)
• DSi – 180 (227)

Thanks, Gematsu.