4th Professor Layton DS Rebounds in Japan

Following what appeared to be a slower than expected start, the fourth Layton game has rebounded. After selling 140,000 units on its first day, according to Famitsu, which when compared to its highly successful predecessors did not seem quite as high as expected, Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue has more than doubled that initial figure to top 300,000 units and claim No.1 in Japan this week. Hudson's second Monopoly-esque game for Wii is the only other new entry into the Top 10, performing far better than the first title and landing at No.5 with around 44,000 sales, whilst Wii Sports Resort jumps back into the Top 10 and New Super Mario Bros. continues its impressive rise back up the chart (up to No.17 now) in the wake of the Wii version's impending release.

Check out all the data below, with last week's positions in brackets and sales figures where available:

Media Create Top 50 - 23rd-29th November, 2009
1.) (NEW) Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (NDS, Level 5) - 306,473 | NEW
2.) (2) Friend Collection (NDS, Nintendo) - 58,821 | 1,747,000
3.) (1) Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 54,571 | 3,090,000
4.) (3) Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo) - 46,690 | 993,000
5.) (NEW) Momotaro Railway 2010 (Wii, Hudson) - 44,394 | NEW
6.) (4) Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (NDS, Level 5) - 28,038 | 663,000
7.) (7) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS3, Konami) - 20,366 | 312,000
8.) (9) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (NDS, Nintendo) - 18,513 | 42,000
9.) (13) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 17,255 | 1,396,000
10.) (5) Taiko Drum Master Wii: Dodon to 2 Yome! (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 16,342 | 45,000
11.) (NEW) Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 (360, Cave) - 15,000 | NEW
12.) (8) J-League Pro Soccer Club! 6: Pride of J (PSP, Sega) - 13,000 | 126,000
13.) (15) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii, Nintendo) - 11,000 | 58,000
14.) (NEW) Naruto: Shippuden Ryujinki (Wii, Takara Tomy) - 11,000 | NEW
15.) (10) Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (PS3, Namco Bandai) - 11,000 | 90,000
16.) (NEW) La Pucelle: Ragnarok (PSP, Nippon Ichi Software) - 11,000 | NEW
17.) (26) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) - 8,700 | 5,575,000
18.) (19) 4 Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden (NDS, Square Enix) - 8,700 | 179,000
19.) (NEW) Higurashi Daybreak Portable: Mega Edition (PSP, Alchemist) - 8,700 | NEW
20.) (20) Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (NDS, Namco Bandai)
21.) (11) Doraemon Baseball 2: Nettou Ultra Stadium (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 8,700 | 28,000
22.) (22) Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (NDS, Square Enix) - 8,400 | 4,039,000
23.) (17) Persona 3 Portable (PSP, Atlus Co.)
24.) (23) Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best) (PSP, Capcom) - 7,800 | 1,088,000
25.) (27) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 7,800 | 2,370,000
26.) (12) Armoured Core: Silent Line Portable (PSP, From Software) - 7,800 | 24,000
27.) (6) Left 4 Dead 2 (360, Electronic Arts Victor) - 7,800 | 33,000
28.) (NEW) Strike Witches: Aoi no Dengekisen - Shin Taichou Funtousuru! (NDS, Russel) - 7,800 | NEW
29.) (24) Mega Man Battle Network: Operation Shooting Star (NDS, Capcom) - 5,400 | 44,000
30.) (14) Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (PS3, SCE) - 5,400 | 20,000
31.) (NEW) Puyo Puyo 7 (PSP, SEGA) - 4,800 | NEW
32.) (25) Tekken 6 (PS3, Namco Bandai)
33.) (28) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (BEST) (PS3, Square Enix)
34.) (NEW) Karaoke Joysound Wii DX (Wii, Hudson) - 4,800 | NEW
35.) (16) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers (Wii, Square Enix)
36.) (21) Bayonetta (PS3, SEGA)
37.) (NEW) Cooking Mama 3 (NDS, Taito) - 3,900 | NEW
38.) (RE) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
39.) (35) Love Plus (NDS, Konami)
40.) (32) Rune Factory 3 (NDS, Marvelous)
41.) (33) Gran Turismo (PSP, SCEI)
42.) (18) Metal Fight Beyblade: Gachinko Stadium (Wii, Hudson)
43.) (NEW) Puyo Puyo 7 (Wii, SEGA) - 3,200 | NEW
44.) (31) Dissidia Final Fantasy: Universal Tuning (PSP, Square Enix)
45.) (RE) Layton Kyouju to Saigo no Jikan Ryokou (NDS, Level-5)
46.) (34) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (PSP, Konami)
47.) (37) Fresh PreCure! Asobi Collection (NDS, Namco Bandai)
48.) (NEW) Gakuen Heaven: Boy's Love Scramble! (PSP, Prototype) - 3,200 | NEW
49.) (29) INFAMOUS (PS3, SCEI)
50.) (NEW) Fallout 3 (BEST) (PS3, Bethesda Softworks) - 3,200 | NEW
XX.) L no Kisetsu: Double Pocket (PSP, 5pb.) - 3,200 | NEW
XX.) Itsuka Kono Te ga Kegareru Toki ni: Spectral Force Legacy (PSP, Idea Factory) - 2,300 | NEW
XX.) Tea Dog's Room DS 4: Ochaken Land de Hotto Shiyo? (NDS, MTO) - 1,800 | NEW
XX.) Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenka Sousei with Power-Up Kit (Koei Teiban Series) (PS2, Koei) - 1,500 | NEW
XX.) Kenka Bancho 3: Conquer the Entire Nation (PSP the Best) (PSP, Spike) - 1,300 | NEW

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2009 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo DS (all models) - 111,532 | 137,674 | 3,331,138 | 28,450,773
2.) Wii - 46,673 | 32,844 | 1,312,870 | 8,791,847
3.) PlayStation 3 - 46,558 | 34,752 | 1,284,059 | 3,906,527
4.) PlayStation Portable (all models) - 42,648 | 37,326 | 1,909,470 | 13,267,573
5.) Xbox 360 - 3,685 | 4,085 | 341,943 | 1,171,380
6.) PlayStation 2 - 2,057 | 2,024 | 195,156 | 21,594,685
XX.) Nintendo DSi LL - 67,243 | 100,553 | 167,796 | 167,796
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 37,021 | 32,070 | 2,686,096 | 3,917,455
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 7,268 | 5,051 | 477,246 | 17,780,051
XX.) PlayStation Portable - 38,839 | 32,752 | 1,851,559 | 13,209,662
XX.) PlayStation Portable Go - 3,809 | 4,574 | 57,911 | 57,911