Dragon Quest DS Passes 3.5 Million in Japan

The Japanese sales figures for the period of 3rd-9th August show Dragon Quest IX's success has not died down yet. The game is on track to not only surpass the sales of Dragon Quest VIII on PlayStation 2, but the current best-selling game in the series, Dragon Quest VII on the original PlayStation. Whether or not the game can manage to hit the five million mark that Square Enix's president is hoping for is another matter, though. With weekly downloadable missions currently in play and the end of year sales period on the horizon, there is indeed a strong chance of it lingering around the charts for a fair while yet at least.

Check out the sales below, showing Wii dropping by nearly half from its big boost the week prior when Monster Hunter 3 had been released.

Media Create Top 50 - 3rd-9th August, 2009
1.) SD Gundam G Generation Wars (PS2, Namco Bandai) - 175,304 | NEW
2.) Monster Hunter 3 (Wii, Capcom) - 137,093 | 657,000
3.) Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (NDS, Square Enix) - 135,649 | 3,517,000
4.) Tales of Versus (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 133,076 | NEW
5.) Tomodachi Collection (NDS, Nintendo) - 91,502 | 602,000
6.) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 73,089 | 902,000
7.) Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (PS2, Namco Bandai) - 51,740 | NEW
8.) SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 35,084 | NEW
9.) Colour Changing Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love (NDS, Nintendo) - 33,498 | NEW
10.) J-League Winning Eleven 2009 Club Championship (PS2, Konami) - 33,378 | NEW
11.) Magna Carta 2 (360, Banpresto) - 33,000 | NEW
12.) Blood of Bahamut (NDS, Square Enix) - 32,000 | NEW
13.) Puyo Puyo 7 (NDS, Sega) - 26,000 | 77,000
14.) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP The Best (PSP, Capcom) - 24,000 | 894,000
15.) EA Sports Active (Wii, Electronic Arts) - 14,000 | NEW
16.) Welcome Home! Chibi-Robo! Happy Rich Big Cleaning! (NDS, Nintendo) - 14,000 | 80,000
17.) Penguin no Mondai X: Tenkuu no 7 Senshi (NDS, Konami) - 13,000 | 88,000
18.) Armoured Core 3 Portable (PSP, From Software)
19.) BLEACH DS 4th: Flame Bringer (NDS, Sega) - 10,000 | NEW
20.) Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 (PSP, SCEI) - 8,200 | 116,000
21.) Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 (PS2, Konami) - 8,200 | 89,000
22.) Hisshou Pachinko*Pachi-Slot Kouryoku Series Vol. 14 (PS2, D3 Publisher)
23.) Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) - 8,200 | 3,488,000
24.) Gears of War 2 (360, Microsoft) - 5,900 | 54,000
25.) Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 (PS3, Konami) - 5,900 | 111,000
26.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 5,900 | 2,300,000
27.) Pokemon Platinum (NDS, The Pokemon Company)
28.) Hayarigami 3: Police Station Mystery Incident (PSP, Nippon Ichi) - 5,900 | NEW
29.) Red Faction 3 Guerilla (PS3, THQ) - 5,900 | NEW
30.) Red Faction 3 Guerilla (360, THQ) - 4,600 | NEW
31.) Shugo Chara! Norinori! Chara na Rhythm (NDS, Konami) - 4,400 | NEW
32.) Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble X (NDS, Takara Tomy)
33.) Taiko Drum Master Wii (Wii, Namco Bandai)
34.) Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (PSP, Sega)
35.) Gokuhou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou: Girls Motekawa Box (NDS, Konami)
36.) Katamari Damacy Tribute (PS3, Namco Bandai)
37.) Hisshou Pachinko*Pachi-Slot Kouryaku Series DS Vol. 4 (NDS, D3 Publisher)
38.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
39.) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
40.) Rhythm Paradise (NDS, Nintendo) - 4,400 | 1,781,000
41.) Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (NDS, Nintendo)
42.) Metal Fight Beyblade DS (NDS, Hudson)
43.) Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (NDS, Square Enix)
44.) Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (NDS, The Pokemon Company)
45.) Taiko Drum Master DS: The 7 Island Adventure (NDS, Namco Bandai)
46.) Sloane & MacHale's Mysterious Story (NDS, Level 5)
47.) Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo (Wii, Namco Bandai)
48.) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Ultimate Hits) (PSP, Square Enix)
49.) Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS, Nintendo)
50.) The King of Fighters XII (PS3, SNK Playmore)
XX.) Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (NDS, Sega) - 2,100 | NEW
XX.) Akogare Girls Collection: Suteki ni Nurse Days (NDS, Creative Core) - 1,700 | NEW
XX.) Pop'n Music (Wii, Konami) - 1,500 | NEW
XX.) Strikers 1945 Plus Portable (PSP, Arc System Works) - 1,100 | NEW
XX.) Item Getter: Bokura no Kagaku to Mahou no Kankei (NDS, 5pb.) - 970 | NEW
XX.) Sekai Fushigi Hakken DS Densetsu no Hitoshi-kun (NDS, FuRyu) - 860 | NEW
XX.) Tsukibito (NDS, SNK Playmore) - 750 | NEW
XX.) Hottarake no Shima: Kanata to Nijiiro no Kagami (NDS, Bandai Namco) - 740 | NEW
XX.) Kororinpa 2: Anthony to Kiniro Himawari no Tane (Wii, Bandai Namco) - 640 | NEW

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2009 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo DS (all models) - 78,765 | 85,737 | 2,202,969 | 27,322,604
2.) Wii - 47,140 | 95,357 | 856,580 | 8,335,557
3.) PlayStation Portable - 33,893 | 33,049 | 1,342,699 | 12,700,802
4.) PlayStation 3 - 5,826 | 8,760 | 643,445 | 3,265,913
5.) Xbox 360 - 5,436 | 3,552 | 254,012 | 1,083,449
6.) PlayStation 2 - 4,601 | 3,617 | 154,576 | 21,554,105
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 70,066 | 73,710 | 1,849,810 | 3,081,169
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 8,699 | 12,027 | 353,159 | 17,655,964