Nintendo Takes Whole Top 5 in Japan

The latest Media Create sales data shows that Dragon Quest IX still reigns supreme in Japan, with Nintendo an overall winner. Square Enix's ninth mainline entry into the immensely popular Dragon Quest RPG series remains firmly atop the Media Create Top 50, whilst Nintendo's Friend Collection and Wii Sports Resort both increase in sales to stay ahead of strong new entries for Konami's second DS penguin title and the second Chibi-robo! DS game that harks back to its GameCube roots. Sadly, Punch-Out!! on Wii has started off terribly slow, barely scraping into the Top 20 and emulating its poor European sales. The game has so far only been a success in the US.

Check out the full chart below, as well as the hardware listings, showing off somewhat of a slow comeback for Wii in the run-up to Monster Hunter 3's release:

Media Create Top 50 - 20th-26th July, 2009
1.) Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (NDS, Square Enix) - 270,305 | 3,202,000
2.) Friend Collection (NDS, Nintendo) - 73,716 | 428,000
3.) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 73,570 | 763,000
4.) Penguin no Mondai: Tenkuu no Senshi (NDS, Konami) - 43,211 | NEW
5.) Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Oosouji (NDS, Nintendo) - 34,745 | NEW
6.) Katamari Damacy Tribute (PS3, Namco Bandai) - 28,485 | NEW
7.) Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble X - Mirai Chou-Bakuhatsu!! (NDS, Takara Tomy) - 27,536 | NEW
8.) Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (PS2, Konami) - 21,781 | 72,000
9.) Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (PS3, Konami) - 20,938 | 95,000
10.) Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (PSP, Capcom) - 18,008 | 818,000
11.) Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 (PSP, SCE) - 11,000 | 102,000
12.) Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (PSP, Sega) - 11,000 | 136,000
13.) Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Picollo (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 11,000 | NEW
14.) Moyashimon DS (NDS, Takara Tomy) - 9,100 | NEW
15.) Pokemon Platinum (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 9,100 | 2,456,000
16.) Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) - 9,100 | 3,471,000
17.) Punch-Out!! (Wii, Nintendo) - 5,600 | NEW
18.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 5,000 | 2,289,000
19.) Toro to Morimori (PS3, SCE) - 5,000 | NEW
20.) Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (NDS, Square Enix) - 5,000 | 496,000
21.) Paul Sloane and Des MacHale's Mysterious Story (NDS, Level 5) - 4,900 | 165,000
22.) Taiko Drum Master Wii (Wii, Namco Bandai)
23.) Rosario to Vampire Capu 2: Koi to Yume no Rhapsodia (PS2, Compile Heart) - 4,900 | NEW
24.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 4,400 | 3,473,000
25.) Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (NDS, Nintendo) - 4,000 | 663,000
26.) Ys I & II: Chronicles (PSP, Falcom)
27.) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
28.) Narisokonai Eiyuutan: Taiyou to Tsuki no Monogatari (PSP, Irem)
29.) Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (NDS, The Pokemon Company)
30.) Blazing Souls (PSP, Idea Factory) - 4,000 | NEW
31.) Metal Fight Beyblade DS (NDS, Hudson)
32.) Rhythm Paradise (NDS, Nintendo) - 4,000 | 1,770,000
33.) Koukou Yakyuu Dou DS (NDS, Spike) - 4,000 | NEW
34.) Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (NDS, Capcom)
35.) 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (PS3, Bethesda Softworks) - 4,000 | NEW
36.) Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. 2 (PSP, Acquire)
37.) Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (NDS, Namco Bandai)
38.) Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS, Nintendo) - 4,000 | 5,038,000
39.) Inazuma Eleven (NDS, Level 5)
40.) Call of Huarez: Bound in Blood (PS3, Ubisoft) - 3,500 | NEW
41.) Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo)
42.) New Play Control! Chibi-robo! (Wii, Nintendo)
43.) Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo)
44.) PW: Project Witch (PSP, GungHo Works) - 3,500 | NEW
45.) Atelier Rorona: Alchemist of Arland (PS3, Gust)
46.) Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City (Wii, Nintendo)
47.) New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (Wii, Nintendo)
48.) Qupu!! Mame Goma! (NDS, TDK Core)
49.) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo)
50.) Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance (PSP, Marvelous Entertainment)
XX.) Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel (NDS, Level 5) - 3,500 | 788,000
XX.) Narisokonai Eiyuutan: Taiyou to Tsuki no Monogatari (PSP, Irem) - 3,500 | NEW
XX.) Ranshima Monogatari Rare Land Story: Shoujo no Yakujou (PSP, Arc System Works) - 1,600 | NEW
XX.) Call of Huarez: Bound in Blood (360, Ubisoft) - 1,400 | NEW
XX.) 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (360, Bethesda Softworks) - 1,300 | NEW
XX.) Cute Kitten DS 2 (NDS, MTO) - 1,000 | NEW
XX.) Pokemon Diamond / Pearl (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 4,000 | 5,694,000 (sales combined via Famitsu)

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2009 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo DS (all models) - 92,747 | 106,918 | 2,038,467 | 27,158,102
2.) PlayStation Portable (all models) - 30,523 | 24,053 | 1,275,757 | 12,633,860
3.) Wii - 23,995 | 20,807 | 714,083 | 8,193,060
4.) PlayStation 3 - 8,997 | 8,865 | 628,859 | 3,251,327
5.) PlayStation 2 - 3,305 | 3,352 | 146,358 | 21,545,887
6.) Xbox 360 - 3,080 | 2,899 | 245,024 | 1,074,461
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 80,362 | 96,986 | 1,706,034 | 2,937,393
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 12,385 | 9,932 | 332,433 | 17,635,238