Nintendo DS Back Above Wii in Japan

An early list from Famitsu has revealed the Top 10 for the final week of 2009 in Japan, and rather unsurprisingly it is New Super Mario Bros. Wii sitting at the top of the pile. No sales figures have been released just yet, but there have been anecdotal reports of major shortages for the game, and yet it still has managed to keep ahead of the remaining challengers. The Top 10 itself is not too dissimilar to that of last week's Media Create list. Since this is Famitsu data, though, obviously the line-up may be subtly different when Media Create comes out with its definitive update. However, the massive jump for both Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G and Mario Kart Wii is impressive no matter how you look at it.

Check out the rankings below:

Famitsu Top 10 - 28th December, 2009-3rd January, 2010
1.) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo)
2.) Friend Collection (NDS, Nintendo)
3.) The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (NDS, Nintendo)
4.) Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo)
5.) Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
6.) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo)
7.) Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (NDS, The Pokemon Company)
8.) Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (NDS, Level 5)
9.) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (BEST) (PSP, Capcom)
10.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo)

Update: Media Create has now updated with the Top 50 software list for the same period, as well as the hardware list, which is being classed as Week 01 of 2010:

Media Create Top 50 - 28th December, 2009-3rd January, 2010
1.) (1) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 268,212 | 2,708,000
2.) (3) Friend Collection (NDS, Nintendo) - 185,502 | 2,502,000
3.) (2) The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (NDS, Nintendo) - 126,303 | 418,000
4.) (4) Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix) - 111,705 | 1,802,000
5.) (6) Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo) - 105,427 | 1,421,000
6.) (5) Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 74,658 | 3,539,000
7.) (7) Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire/Blizzard (NDS, Level 5) - 68,769 | 976,000
8.) (8) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 67,867 | 1,636,000
9.) (12) Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP, SEGA) - 44,334 | 506,000
10.) (10) Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute (NDS, Level 5) - 43,254 | 602,000
11.) (9) Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 43,245 | 252,368
12.) (18) Momotarou Dentetsu 2010: Sengo Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Wii, Hudson) - 43,242 | 165,076
13.) (17) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 43,054 | 2,495,816
14.) (14) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) - 32,018 | 5,681,604
15.) (16) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PSP, Konami) - 31,422 | 145,744
16.) (11) PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Big Adventure (Wii, The Pokemon Company) - 25,356 | 268,431
17.) (27) Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST Reprint) (PSP, Capcom) - 25,133 | 86,278
18.) (20) Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT PLUS (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 25,100 | 362,933
19.) (13) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (NDS, Nintendo) - 25,100 | 194,737
20.) (24) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3, Square Enix) - 24,933 | 184,552
21.) (19) Samurai Warriors 3 (Wii, Koei) - 24,784 | 227,154
22.) (15) Pen 1 Grand Prix: Penguin no Mondai Special (NDS, Konami) - 23,974 | 108,118
23.) (50) Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo)
24.) (22) Power Pro Kun Pocket 12 (NDS, Konami) - 21,706 | 113,061
25.) (23) Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 21,662 | 125,249
26.) (21) Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 3 (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 21,588 | 137,151
27.) (28) Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (NDS, Square Enix) - 21,424 | 4,122,392
28.) (47) Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City (Wii, Nintendo)
29.) (32) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
30.) (40) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS2, Konami)
31.) (26) Dorabase 2: Nettou Ultra Stadium (NDS, Namco Bandai)
32.) (35) Karaoke Joysound Wii DX (Wii, Hudson)
33.) (39) Tales of Graces (Wii, Namco Bandai)
34.) (30) Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakutan Cyber Pegasus (NDS, Hudson)
35.) (25) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii, Nintendo)
36.) (48) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo)
37.) (40) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PS2, Konami)
38.) (31) Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos (PSP, Namco Bandai)
39.) (RE) Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (NDS, The Pokemon Company)
40.) (34) Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (PSP, Ubisoft)
41.) (44) Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo)
42.) (RE) Monster Hunter 3 (Wii, Capcom)
43.) (41) Stitch! DS Rhythm and Ohana Adventure (NDS, Disney Interactive Studios)
44.) (33) Gokuhou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou: MM Miracle Change in Town! (NDS, Konami)
45.) (RE) Rhythm Paradise (NDS, Nintendo)
46.) (RE) Assassin's Creed II (PS3, Ubisoft)
47.) (43) Fresh PreCure! Asobi Collection (NDS, Namco Bandai)
48.) (RE) Gran Turismo Portable (PSP, SCEI)
49.) (RE) Yakuza 3 (BEST) (PS3, SEGA)
50.) (45) Winning Eleven Playmaker 2010 (Wii, Konami)

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2010 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo DS (all models) - 180,492 | 213,109 | 180,492 | 29,279,080
2.) Wii - 163,855 | 215,129 | 163,855 | 9,605,199
3.) PlayStation Portable - 136,814 | 109,993 | 136,814 | 13,743,088
4.) PlayStation 3 - 114,368 | 110,519 | 114,368 | 4,501,368
5.) Xbox 360 - 6,878 | 6,489 | 6,878 | 1,209,672
6.) PlayStation 2 - 4,023 | 3,747 | 4,023 | 21,610,177
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 92,461 | 113,984 | 92,461 | 4,338,946
XX.) Nintendo DSi LL - 70,643 | 81,430 | 70,643 | 506,907
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 17,388 | 17,695 | 17,388 | 17,847,756
XX.) PlayStation Portable - 132,911 | 105,801 | 132,911 | 13,667,333
XX.) PSP-Go - 3,903 | 4,192 | 3,903 | 75,755

Apparently New Super Mario Bros. is officially sold out in many stores across Japan, along with Wii Remotes (hence the sudden jump in Wii Play sales) and even Wii hardware is running low. With any luck Nintendo will be able to bump the stock levels back up soon to satisfy the high demand.