Nintendo 3DS Cleans-Up in Japan

Nintendo's 3DS console has arrived in Japan and blown the competition out of the water after just two days on sale. The hardware sold nearly 375,000 out of its initial stock supply of 400,000 and all eight of its launch titles landed in the Media Create Top 50 Software list. The top release, despite many believing it would be the trio of nintendogs + cats games, was actually the fifth entry into Level-5's multi-million selling Professor Layton puzzle adventure series, Professor Layton and the Mask of the Miracle, which landed at No.3 with sales of around the 120,000 mark, sitting behind two big-name PSP releases from SEGA (Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity) and Bandai Namco (SD Gundam G Generation), yet ahead of the No.4 game from Nippon Ichi, Disgaea 4 on PS3.

According to Dengeki, the Shiba & New Friends version of nintendogs + cats sold 31,153 units, the Toy Poodle edition did 25,800 and the French Bulldog was by far the weakest with around 7,000 sales. According to Media Create, the software attach rate for the 3DS hardware was 0.95, meaning that several systems were bought without an accompanying game and backs up the reports of people picking up the 3DS purely to re-sell it for a profit. This could also be a result of the 3DS coming with software pre-installed as well, though.

Check out the full Top 50 from Media Create below, plus the hardware numbers at the bottom:

Media Create Top 50 Software - 21st-27th February, 2011
1.) (NEW) Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity (PSP, Sega) - 206,654 | NEW
2.) (NEW) SD Gundam G Generation: World (PSP, Bandai Namco) - 192,981 | NEW
3.) (NEW) Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (3DS, Level-5) - 119,591 | NEW
4.) (NEW) Disgaea 4 (PS3, Nippon Ichi Software) - 79,425 | NEW
5.) (NEW) nintendogs + cats (French Bulldog, Shiba, Toy Poodle & New Friends) (3DS, Nintendo) - 64,213 | NEW
6.) (NEW) Samurai Warriors: Chronicles (3DS, Koei Tecmo) - 49,327 | NEW
7.) (NEW) Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (3DS, Capcom) - 44,649 | NEW
8.) (NEW) Ridge Racer 3D (3DS, Bandai Namco) - 38,226 | NEW
9.) (4) Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP, Capcom) - 36,323 | 4,325,672
10.) (NEW) The Idolmaster 2 (360, Bandai Namco) - 34,621 | NEW
11.) (NEW) Rune Factory: Oceans (PS3, Marvelous Entertainment) - 28,939 | NEW
12.) (NEW) SD Gundam G Generation: World (Wii, Bandai Namco) - 28,119 | NEW
13.) (NEW) Killzone 3 (PS3, SCE) - 26,717 | NEW
14.) (NEW) Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5 (PSP, Koei Tecmo) - 26,345 | NEW
15.) (NEW) Winning Eleven 3DSoccer (3DS, Konami) - 24,556 | NEW
16.) (3) Samurai Warriors 3 Z (PS3, Koei Tecmo) - 24,075 | 290,712
17.) (1) Catherine (PS3, Atlus Co.) - 21,183 | 163,008
18.) (NEW) Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus (NDS, Konami) - 21,002 | NEW
19.) (2) Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3, Capcom) - 14,821 | 82,008
20.) (NEW) Rune Factory: Oceans (Wii, Marvelous Entertainment) - 10,495 | NEW
21.) (13) Pokémon Black / White (NDS, The Pokémon Company)
22.) (11) Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii, Nintendo)
23.) (5) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (PSP, Bandai Namco)
24.) (10) Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2 (NDS, Capcom)
25.) (NEW) Bust-A-Move Universe (3DS, Square Enix)
26.) (18) Wii Party (Wii, Nintendo)
27.) (NEW) Vitamin X to Z (PSP, D3 Publisher)
28.) (NEW) Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D (3DS, Ubisoft)
29.) (6) Two Worlds II (PS3, Ubisoft)
30.) (12) Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (Wii, Koei Tecmo)
31.) (19) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PSP, Konami)
32.) (20) Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (NDS, Level-5)
33.) (22) Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo)
34.) (NEW) Daito Giken Official Pachislot Simulator: Hihouden (PSP, Paon Corporation)
35.) (23) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PS3, Konami)
36.) (24) Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre (NDS, Level-5)
37.) (28) Magician's Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (NDS, Konami)
38.) (NEW) Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink Sweets (360, Cave)
39.) (26) Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Wii, Nintendo)
40.) (NEW) Moujuutsukai to Oujisama: Snow Bride (PS2, Idea Factory)
41.) (29) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo)
42.) (16) Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood (PSP, Spike)
43.) (NEW) Love Once: Mermaid's Tears (PS3, Maid Meets Cat)
44.) (32) Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki [Everyone's Recommendation Selection] (Wii, Hudson)
45.) (17) Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (PS3, Take-Two Interactive)
46.) (39) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
47.) (37) Mario Sports Mix (Wii, Nintendo)
48.) (33) Macross: Triangle Frontier (PSP, Bandai Namco)
49.) (40) Friend Collection (NDS, Nintendo)
50.) (36) Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Wii, Bandai Namco)

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2011 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo 3DS - 374,764 | 0 | 374,764 | 374,764
2.) PlayStation Portable (all models) - 49,031 | 65,817 | 387,076 | 17,037,288
3.) PlayStation 3 - 23,654 | 25,242 | 241,251 | 6,328,741
4.) Nintendo DS (all models) - 17,558 | 19,032 | 247,007 | 32,397,706
5.) Wii - 12,159 | 12,221 | 166,213 | 11,445,848
6.) Xbox 360 - 3,366 | 2,183 | 22,295 | 1,442,792
7.) PlayStation 2 - 1,773 | 1,863 | 15,148 | 21,711,240
XX.) Nintendo DSi XL - 9,093 | 10,037 | 127,939 | 2,075,522
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 7,802 | 8,022 | 106,320 | 5,650,044
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 663 | 973 | 12,748 | 18,086,669
XX.) PlayStation Portable - 47,955 | 63,330 | 377,500 | 16,867,288
XX.) PSPgo - 1,076 | 2,487 | 9,576 | 170,000