Xbox 360 Beats Nintendo's Wii in Japan

The latest Media Create chart update has arrived, showing Star Ocean 4 has toppled Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! to claim the top spot in Japan. Square Enix and tri-Ace's Xbox 360 exclusive RPG has reportedly sold out completely, with copies of AlphaDream's Mario & Luigi title also being hard to find. The other big new releases this week were Idolmaster on PSP, which came in three different flavours, Sacred Blaze on PS2 and Flight-Plan/SEGA's Shining Force Feather, which lands at No.6 with around 30,000 sales.

Check out the numbers below:

Media Create Top 50 - 16th-22nd February, 2009
1.) Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (360, Square Enix) - 162,000 | NEW
2.) Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (NDS, Nintendo) - 62,000 | 255,000
3.) Idolmaster SP: Perfect Sun (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 46,000 | NEW
4.) Idolmaster SP: Missing Moon (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 39,000 | NEW
5.) Idolmaster SP: Wandering Star (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 35,000 | NEW
6.) Shining Force Feather (NDS, SEGA) - 30,000 | NEW
7.) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (PSP, Capcom) - 18,000 | 435,000
8.) Sacred Blaze (PS2, Flight Plan) - 17,000 / NEW
9.) Street Fighter IV (PS3, Capcom) - 17,000 | 103,000
10.) Demon's Souls (PS3, SCE) - 15,000 | 78,000
11.) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PSP, Konami) - 15,000 | 177,000
12.) Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) - 15,000 | 3,179,000
13.) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS2, Konami) - 13,000 | 177,000
14.) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 13,000 | 289,000
15.) Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Axis no Kyoui V (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 13,000 | 52,000
16.) Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 13,000 | 407,000
17.) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (NDS, Square Enix) - 13,000 | 171,000
18.) Rhythm Tengoku Gold (NDS, Nintendo) - 13,000 | 1,584,000
19.) DoDonPachi Daioujou Black Label Extra (360, Genterprise) - 11,000 | NEW
20.) Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Axis no Kyoui V (PS2, Namco Bandai) - 9,200 | 40,000
21.) Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop (Wii, Capcom) - 9,200 | NEW
22.) Chou Gekijouban Keroro Gunsou: Gekishin Dragon Warriors de Arimasu! (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 8,900 | NEW
23.) New Play Control! Mario Tennis (Wii, Nintendo) - 8,900 | 137,000
24.) Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (NDS, Nintendo) - 8,900 | 752,000
25.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 8,900 | 2,163,000
26.) New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Wii, Nintendo) - 8,900 | NEW
27.) Pokemon Platinum (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 8,900 | 2,342,000
28.) Tenchu 4 PSP (PSP, From Software) - 8,900 | 29,000
29.) Inazuma Eleven (NDS, Level 5)
30.) Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (NDS, Konami) - 7,300 | 223,000
31.) Animal Crossing: Let's Go to City (Wii, Nintendo) - 6,500 | 1,077,000
32.) Yakuza 2 (Playstation 2 The Best) (PS2, SEGA)
33.) Street Fighter IV (360, Capcom)
34.) Kirby Super Star Ultra (NDS, Nintendo) - 6,200 | 1,032,000
35.) Tongariboushi and the 365 Days of Magic (NDS, Konami)
36.) Detective Conan & Kindachi (NDS, Namco Bandai)
37.) Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo)
38.) Momotaro Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (NDS, Hudson)
39.) Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS, Nintendo)
40.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
41.) Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (NDS, Namco Bandai)
42.) Maruko DS (Namco Bandai)
43.) Sonic World Adventure (PS3, SEGA) - 3,300 | NEW
44.) Clear: Atarashii Kaze no Fuku Oka de (PS2, Sweets) - 3,300 | NEW
45.) Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel (NDS, Level 5)
46.) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (includes PS3 Bundles) (PS3, Konami)
47.) Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (PS3, SCE)
48.) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
49.) Karaoke Joysound Wii (Wii, Hudson)
50.) Dissidia Final Fantasy (includes PSP Bundles) (PSP, Square Enix)
XX.) Shooting Love 200X (360, Triangle Service) - 3,200 | NEW
XX.) Shinjuku no Ookami (PS2, Spike) - 2,400 | NEW
XX.) The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Uta Dekichatte Kei (NDS, AQ Interactive) - 2,000 | NEW
XX.) Sonic Unleashed (360, Sega) - 1,700 | NEW
XX.) Machi no Pet-Ya-San DS 2: Wannyan 333-Hiki Daishuugou! (NDS, E-Frontier) - 1,000 | NEW
XX.) SimAnimals (NDS, Electronic Arts) - 960 | NEW
XX.) Saru Saru DS (NDS, D3 Publisher) - 760 | NEW
XX.) Lock's Quest (NDS, THQ Japan) - 610 | NEW
XX.) Simple DS Series Vol. 46: The Hikyou Tankentai: Choutoko Special (NDS, D3 Publisher) - 500 | NEW

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | Yearly Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo DS - 51,814 | 68,293 | 731,816 | 25,851,459
2.) PlayStation Portable - 29,552 | 34,256 | 441,334 | 11,805,353
3.) Xbox 360 - 25,334 | 9,833 | 99,072 | 929,612
4.) Wii - 16,973 | 21,016 | 301,990 | 7,780,891
5.) PlayStation 3 - 16,149 | 18,656 | 195,488 | 2,817,916
6.) PlayStation 2 - 5,029 | 5,332 | 50,797 | 21,450,321
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 41,839 | 53,483 | 575,326 | 1,806,693
XX.) Nintendo DS - 9,975 | 14,810 | 156,490 | 17,482,724

Stick around for further updates on the Japanese sales front...