Classic Mario Tops Pokemon B/W in Japan

Pokemon is one of Nintendo's best selling franchises, and with Black/White out the pair were unstoppable in Japan. Until now!

The Super Mario Collection Special Pack, which includes a disc copy of the classic Super Mario All-Stars, a Mario booklet and soundtrack, was recently released over in Japan and has since knocked previous crown holder Pokemon Black and White off the top spot.

Up until 24th October the new monster-collecting duo had sold over four million copies in Japan alone. Yes, Japan alone - and in the last week adopted 81,915 new Japanese trainers.

With that in mind, this time round it still wasn't enough to keep first place. Super Mario Collection blitzed the charts, and retailers with over 307,000 units sold in just three days.

Super Mario All-Stars is out in Europe on December 3rd.

Japan Top 10 Software (18th Oct - 24th Oct)

1. Super Mario Collection Special Pack (Nintendo, Wii): 307,755
2. Pokemon Black & White (Nintendo, DS): 81,915 (4,243,312)
3. Naruto Ultimate Storm 2 (Namco Bandai, PS3): 63,675
4. Vanquish (Sega, PS3): 48,318
5. Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo, Wii): 35,633 (127,913)
6. Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts, PS3): 25,365
7. Lord of Arcana (Square Enix, PSP): 24,939 (94,872)
8. Beat Sketch! (Sony, PS3): 22,165
9. FIFA 11 World Class Soccer (Electronic Arts, PS3): 18,995
10. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 15,895 (1,138,627)

Japan Top 10 Hardware (18th Oct - 24th Oct)

1. PSP: 32,591 (37,127)
2. PS3: 20,128 (22,201)
3. DSi LL: 15,819 (21,084)
4. DSi: 14,703 (20,749)
5. Wii: 11,971 (12,810)
6. DS Lite: 3,887 (5,268)
7. X360: 2,162 (2,342)
8. PS2: 1,222 (1,715)
9. PSP go: 924 (1,590)