Final Fantasy XIII Burns Bright in Japan

Square Enix's flagship Final Fantasy series is back atop the Japanese chart, but Mario is close behind. Despite concerns that the limited PS3 userbase might stunt sales of Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix has reportedly shipped two million units to retailers, selling over 1.5 million of those it the game's first week on sale. However, Nintendo and its New Super Mario Bros. Wii title are not far behind. Sales of the new Mario platform title shot up in its third week of release to nearly 570,000 units sold, bringing its total to a stunning ~2 million. Many games received a seasonal boost this week, with Inazuma Eleven 2 and Professor Layton both jumping back into the Top 10, whilst the second Taiko no Tatsujin for Wii bounced back up to No.12 after a disappointingly slow start a few weeks back.

Check out all the data below, as well as the hardware list that shows the PS3 had a massive surge thanks to FFXIII that just about lifted it above the DS family and resurgent Wii:

Media Create Top 50 - 14th-20th December, 2009
1.) (NEW) Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix) - 1,501,964 | NEW
2.) (1) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 567,890 | 1,933,827
3.) (3) Friend Collection (NDS, Nintendo) - 165,575 | 2,089,946
4.) (6) Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 111,454 | 3,339,872
5.) (8) Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo) - 92,561 | 1,201,258
6.) (13) Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (NDS, Level 5) - 71,085 | 808,000
7.) (9) PokePark Wii: Picachu's Great Adventure (Wii, The Pokemon Company) - 70,750 | 191,920
8.) (11) Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (NDS, Level 5) - 54,128 | 496,000
9.) (7) Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP, Sega) - 50,466 | 411,565
10.) (NEW) Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 49,728 | NEW
11.) (17) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 49,041 | 1,456,794
12.) (18) Taiko Drum Master Wii: Dodon to 2 Yome! (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 48,365 | 131,892
13.) (NEW) Pen 1 Grand Prix: A Penguin's Trouble Special (NDS, Konami) - 40,554 | NEW
14.) (20) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (NDS, Nintendo) - 37,795 | 120,457
15.) (10) Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next Plus (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 30,434 | 313,726
16.) (21) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) - 30,143 | 5,626,553
17.) (5) Naruto: Shippuden Narutimate Accelerator 3 (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 30,064 | 93,905
18.) (14) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PSP, Konami) - 29,883 | 76,021
19.) (4) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3, Square Enix) - 28,220 | 145,611
20.) (16) Samurai Warriors 3 (Wii, Koei) - 26,918 | 181,432
21.) (2) Tales of Graces (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 26,400 | 164,709
22.) (22) Powerful Pro-Kun Pocket 12 (NDS, Konami) - 25,485 | 67,909
23.) (29) Stitch! DS Rhythm and Ohana Adventure (NDS, Disney Interactive) - 25,434 | 53,340
24.) (27) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 25,400 | 2,410,416
25.) (32) Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 25,370 | 80,934
26.) (NEW) Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Ore ga Boss! Saikyou Family Taisen (NDS, Takara Tomy) - 21,177 | NEW
27.) (24) Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Wii, Hudson)
28.) (31) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii, Nintendo) - 20,371 | 96,704
29.) (15) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS2, Konami)
30.) (28) Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakutan Cyber Pegasus (NDS, Hudson)
31.) (26) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS3, Konami)
32.) (38) Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (NDS, Square Enix) - 17,749 | 4,075,011
33.) (36) Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou: MM Town de Miracle Change (NDS, Konami)
34.) (33) Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes W (Wii, Namco Bandai)
35.) (43) Doraemon Baseball 2: Nettou Ultra Stadium (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 17,398 | 57,671
36.) (42) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
37.) (35) Kaiju Busters (NDS, Namco Bandai)
38.) (44) Cooking Mama 3 (NDS, Taito Corporation)
39.) (40) Karaoke Joysound Wii DX (Wii, Hudson)
40.) (NEW) Poupee Girl DS (NDS, Alvion)
41.) (25) Assassin's Creed II (PS3, Ubisoft)
42.) (NEW) Dear Girl: Stories Hibiki - Hibiki Tokkun Daisakusen! (NDS, ASCII Media Works)
43.) (37) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Wii, Konami)
44.) (39) Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best) (PSP, Capcom)
45.) (RE) Fresh PreCure! Asobi Collection (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 16,685 | 65,483
46.) (48) Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City (Wii, Nintendo)
47.) (RE) Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo)
48.) (30) Tokimeki Memorial 4 (PSP, Konami)
49.) (12) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360, Square Enix)
50.) (NEW) Minna ga Shuyaku no NHK Kouhaku Quiz Kassen (Wii, Nintendo) - 5,600 | NEW

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2009 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) PlayStation 3 - 237,086 | 75,086 | 1,654,012 | 4,276,480
2.) Wii - 191.915 | 135.898 | 1.747.238 | 9.226.215 |
3.) Nintendo DS (all models) - 183,347 | 137,566 | 3,765,844 | 28,885,479
4.) PlayStation Portable (all models) - 82,454 | 74,962 | 2,138,178 | 13,496,281
5.) Xbox 360 - 8,965 | 10,646 | 366,868 | 1,196,305
6.) PlayStation 2 - 2,982 | 2,463 | 202,878 | 21,602,407
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 95,227 | 68,184 | 2,901,142 | 4,132,501
XX.) Nintendo DSi LL - 75,241 | 58,006 | 354,837 | 354,837
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 11,879 | 11,376 | 509,868 | 17,812,673
XX.) PlayStation Portable - 79,194 | 71,885 | 2,070,518 | 13,428,621
XX.) PSP-Go - 3,260 | 3,077 | 67,660 | 67,660