Pokemon DS Keeps Nintendo on Top in Japan

Update - After checking out the first day sales (original story below), the full Media Create Top 50 and hardware chart has been released, showing that despite the strong first week for Tales of Vesperia on PlayStation 3, it does not manage to topple the unstoppable Pokemon duo of HeartGold and SoulSilver, which have currently sold through a massive 95% of their stock, with shortages being reported around the country.

Check out the full list below:

Media Create Top 50: 14th-20th September, 2009
1.) Pokemon Soul Silver (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 225,579 | 948,000
2.) Pokemon Heart Gold (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 220,554 | 941,000
3.) Tales of Vesperia (PS3, Namco Bandai) - 216,593 | NEW
4.) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Portable 4 (PSP, Konami) - 104,377 | NEW
5.) SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu - Goddess of Destiny (NDS, Square Enix) - 91,547 | NEW
6.) Friend Collection (NDS, Nintendo) - 72,629 | 1,124,000
7.) Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (PSP, Konami) - 50,697 | NEW
8.) Ys Seven (PSP, Nihon Falcom) - 33,349 | NEW
9.) Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (NDS, Square Enix) - 32,603 | 3,914,000
10.) Idolm@ster: Dearly Stars (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 30,786 | NEW
11.) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 29,000 | 1,160,000
12.) Forever Blue 2: Umi no Yobigoe (Wii, Nintendo) - 18,000 | NEW
13.) Hitman Reborn! Battle Arena 2 (PSP, Marvelous Entertainment) - 16,000 | NEW
14.) Tears to Tiara Gaiden: Avalon no Nazo (PS3, Aqua Plus) - 16,000 | NEW
15.) Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki: Lost War Chronicles (PS3, Namco Bandai) - 16,000 | 203,000
16.) 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (PSP, Spike) - 16,000 | NEW
17.) Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (PSP, Capcom) - 14,000 | 997,000
18.) Love Plus (NDS, Konami) - 14,000 | 75,000
19.) Monster Hunter 3 (Wii, Capcom) - 14,000 | 900,000
20.) Bae Yong-Joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS (NDS, D3 Publisher) - 14,000 | NEW
21.) Sloane and MacHale's Mysterious Story 2 (NDS, Level 5) - 13,500 | 44,000
22.) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (BEST) (PS3, Square Enix) - 13,500 | 30,000
23.) KORG DS-10 Plus (NDS, AQ Interactive) - 9,000 | NEW
24.) Ookami to Koushinryou: Umi wo Wataru Kaze (NDS, ASCII Media Works) - 8,300 | NEW
25.) Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (NDS, Creative Core) - 7,000 | NEW
26.) You'll Incur Losses if You Remain Ignorant (NDS, Nintendo) - 7,000 | 42,000
27.) Penguin no Mondai X: Tenkuu no 7 Senshi (NDS, Konami)
28.) Taikou Risshiden V (PSP, Koei) - 7,000 | NEW
29.) Puyo Puyo 7 (NDS, SEGA) - 5,700 | 163,000
30.) The House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii, SEGA) - 4,900 | NEW
31.) Wet (PS3, Bethesda Softworks) - 4,900 | NEW
32.) Way of the Samurai 2 Portable (PSP, Spike) - 4,900 | 23,000
33.) Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Hai to Diamond (PSP, Arc System Works) - 4,800 | NEW
34.) Pokemon Platinum (The Pokemon Company)
35.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo)
36.) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (BEST) (360, Square Enix)
37.) Canvas 3: Tanshoku no Pastel (PS2, GN Software)
38.) Makai Senki Disgaea 3 Append Disc (PS3, Nippon Ichi Software) - 4,600 | NEW
39.) Welcome Home! Chibi-Robo! Happy Rich Big Cleaning! (NDS, Nintendo)
40.) SD Gundam G Generation Wars (PS2, Namco Bandai)
41.) Terminator Salvation (PS3, Taito) - 3,700 | NEW
42.) Left 4 Dead (Platinum) (360, Electronic Arts) - 3,700 | NEW
43.) Sloane and MacHale's Mysterious Story (NDS, Level 5)
44.) Tales of Vs. (PSP, Namco Bandai)
45.) Grand Theft Auto IV (BEST) (PS3, Capcom)
46.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
47.) Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) - 3,700 | 3,530,000
48.) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (BEST) (PS3, Konami)
49.) 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (PS3, Spike)
50.) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (BEST) (PS3, SCEI)
XX.) Velvet Assassin (360, Ubisoft) - 2,600 | NEW
XX.) Fuel (PS3, Codemasters) - 1,400 | NEW
XX.) Terminator Salvation (360, Taito) - 1,100 | NEW
XX.) Fuel (360, Codemasters) - 790 | NEW

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2009 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo DS (all models) - 79,628 | 77,677 | 2,657,357 | 27,776,992
2.) PlayStation 3 (all models) - 51,055 | 55,344 | 910,663 | 3,533,131
3.) PlayStation Portable (all models) - 21,073 | 18,375 | 1,497,481 | 12,855,584
4.) Wii - 16,698 | 17,568 | 1,012,145 | 8,491,122
5.) Xbox 360 - 4,965 | 7,568 | 298,767 | 1,128,204
6.) PlayStation 2 - 2,723 | 2,612 | 174,293 | 21,573,822
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 66,073 | 66,498 | 2,250,195 | 3,481,554
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 13,555 | 11,179 | 407,162 | 17,709,967

Original Story - The first day sales figures for the latest releases in Japan have now been revealed. This week's biggest release appears to be the PlayStation 3 port of Tales of Vesperia from the Xbox 360. The game has sold more in its first day than any Tales RPG since back in the PS2 days, but can it sustain this pace and beat the 360 edition's total of ~200,000 units? The big Nintendo-related releases come in the form of SaGa 2, the 3D remake of Final Fantasy Adventure II from the Game Boy, Idolm@ster on DS, Forever Blue 2 for Wii and House of the Dead: Overkill on Wii.

Be sure to not only check the first day numbers, but the percentage sell-through of initial stock that can be seen in brackets:

First Day Figures (Initial Stock Sell-Through)

• Tales of Vesperia (PS3, Bandai Namco) - 147,000 (60% sell through)
• Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (PSP, Konami) - 70,000 (39%)
• SaGa 2: Goddess of Destiny (NDS, Square Enix) - Standard Edition: 62,000 (40%) / Anniversary Edition: 4,700 (34%)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (PSP, Konami) - 36,000 (42%)
• Idolm@ster: Dearly Stars (NDS, Bandai Namco) - 20,000 (36%)
• Ys Seven (PSP, Nihon Falcom) - Standard Edition: 16,000 (40%) / Limited Edition: 6,600 (56%)
• Forever Blue 2: Umi no Yobigoe (Wii, Nintendo) - 12,000 (46%)
• Katei Kyoushi Hitman Reborn! Battle Arena 2: Spirit Burst (PSP, Marvelous) - 11,000 (31%)
• 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (PSP, Spike) - 9,400 (31%)
• Tears to Tiara Gaiden (PS3, Aqua Plus) - Standard Edition: 5,700 (33%) / Limited Edition: 3,800 (44%)
• The House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii, Sega) - 3,600 (21%)
• Wet (PS3, Bethesda) - 3,300 (38%)
• Taikou Risshiden V (PSP, Koei) - 3,000 (35%)
• Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Hai to Diamond (PSP, Arc System Works) - 3,000 (29%)
• Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo: Akuma no Satsujin Koukai (NDS, Creative Core) - 2,800 (16%)
• Ookami to Koushinryou (NDS, ASCII) - Standard Edition: 2,500 (31%) / Limited Edition: 2,300 (41%)
• Makai Senki Disgaea 3 Append Disc (PS3, Nippon Ichi) - 2,400 (19%)
• Canvas 3: Tanshoku no Pastel (PS2, GN Software) - Standard Edition: 1,900 (45%) / Limited Edition: 1,800 (44%)
• Fuel (PS3, Codemasters) - 1,500 (21%)
• Terminator Salvation (PS3, Taito) - 1,500 (27%)

The full Media Create chart update will come later this week...