Nintendo 3DS Leads the Way in Japan

In its second week of release over in Japan, Nintendo's new 3DS handheld has again topped the Media Create charts. Whilst the system dropped from its launch weekend sales of ~400,000 to nearly 210,000 units this week, reports from Japan are that at the time of Media Create's report, Nintendo had shipped around 600,000 units in total to Japanese stores and the 'sold out' status is still running rampant across the country.

On the software side of things, Square Enix's Dissidia sequel starts off considerably slower than its predecessor (which is at the 950,000 mark, according to Dengeki), yet still claims the No.1 spot. Elsewhere, some Nintendo 3DS software may look to be struggling, with Super Monkey Ball 3D showing an average performance. 6,500 sales in its first week may not seem too bad for a franchise that fails to perform well in Japan anyway, but given the launch hype of 3DS, it should be doing better. Shanghai 3D Cube from Sunsoft on 3DS does even worse, landing at No.45 in its first week.

As for last week's 3DS software, Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle continues to ride highest, with sales now reaching the 180,000 mark and the trio of nintendogs + cats titles trundling towards 110,000 sales. Samurai Warriors: Chronicles is the only other 3DS game to cling onto a Top 10 position, selling nearly 80,000 units in total. Interesting to note is how even though Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition has dropped four to No.11, its lifetime sales of 61,624 place it higher than the Xbox 360 version of the game.

Check out the full Top 50 software below, as well as the hardware at the bottom:

Media Create Top 50 - 28th February - 6th March, 2011
1.) (NEW) Dissidia: 012 (Duodecim) Final Fantasy (PSP, Square Enix) - 286,117 | NEW
2.) (NEW) Way of the Samurai 4 (PS3, Spike) - 70,380 | NEW
3.) (3) Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (3DS, Level-5) - 59,138 | 178,728
4.) (2) SD Gundam G Generation: World (PSP, Bandai Namco) - 45,989 | 238,969
5.) (5) nintendogs + cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (3DS, Nintendo) - 44,699 | 108,912
6.) (1) Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity (PSP, Sega) - 42,302 | 248,955
7.) (NEW) Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars - Blue / Red (NDS, Bandai Namco) - 35,752 | NEW
8.) (6) Samurai Warriors: Chronicles (3DS, Koei Tecmo) - 30,112 | 79,438
9.) (9) Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP, Capcom) - 26,210 | 4,351,882
10. (NEW) Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto (PSP, Bandai Namco) - 21,353 | NEW
11.) (7) Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (3DS, Capcom) - 16,974 | 61,624
12.) (8) Ridge Racer 3D (3DS, Bandai Namco) - 15,810 | 54,036
13.) (15) Winning Eleven 3DSoccer (3DS, Konami) - 15,301 | 39,857
14.) (4) Disgaea 4 (PS3, Nippon Ichi Software) - 12,461 | 91,886
15.) (16) Samurai Warriors 3 Z (PS3, Koei Tecmo) - 12,251 | 302,963
16.) (21) Pokémon Black / White (NDS, The Pokémon Company) - 9,639 | 5,101,102
17.) (22) Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii, Nintendo) - 8,836 | 835,930
18.) (13) Killzone 3 (PS3, SCE) - 7,507 | 34,224
19.) (17) Catherine (PS3, Atlus Co.) - 7,131 | 170,139
20.) (24) Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2 (NDS, Capcom) - 6,527 | 192,440
21.) (26) Wii Party (Wii, Nintendo)
22.) (NEW) Super Monkey Ball 3D (3DS, Sega) - 6,400 | NEW
23.) (18) Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus (NDS, Konami)
24.) (19) Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3, Capcom)
25.) (11) Rune Factory: Oceans (PS3, Marvelous Entertainment)
26.) (31) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PSP, Konami)
27.) (33) Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo)
28.) (23) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (PSP, Bandai Namco)
29.) (35) World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PS3, Konami)
30.) (36) Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre (NDS, Level-5)
31.) (37) Magician's Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (NDS, Konami)
32.) (30) Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (Wii, Koei Tecmo)
33.) (25) Bust-A-Move Universe (3DS, Square Enix)
34.) (12) SD Gundam G Generation: World (Wii, Bandai Namco)
35.) (32) Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (NDS, Level 5)
36.) (NEW) Fly Mr. Science (NDS, Bandai Namco)
37.) (NEW) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo)
38.) (39) Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Wii, Nintendo)
39.) (41) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo)
40.) (28) Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D (3DS, Ubisoft)
41.) (44) Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki [Everyone's Recommendation Selection] (Wii, Hudson)
42.) (14) Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5 (PSP, Koei Tecmo)
43.) (10) The Idolmaster 2 (360, Bandai Namco)
44.) (46) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
45.) (NEW) Shanghai 3D Cube (3DS, Sunsoft)
46.) (29) Two Worlds II (PS3, Ubisoft)
47.) (42) Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood (PSP, Spike)
48.) (50) Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Wii, Bandai Namco)
49.) (49) Friend Collection (NDS, Nintendo)
50.) (48) Macross: Triangle Frontier (PSP, Bandai Namco)

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2011 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo 3DS - 209,623 | 374,764 | 584,387 | 584,387
2.) PlayStation Portable (all models) - 77,326 | 49,031 | 464,402 | 17,114,614
3.) PlayStation 3 - 25,918 | 23,654 | 267,169 | 6,354,659
4.) Nintendo DS (all models) 17,096 | 17,558 | 264,103 | 32,414,802
5.) Wii - 11,654 | 12,159 | 177,867 | 11,457,502
6.) Xbox 360 - 2,353 | 3,366 | 24,648 | 1,445,145
7.) PlayStation 2 - 1,750 | 1,773 | 16,898 | 21,712,990
XX.) Nintendo DSi XL - 8,951 | 9,093 | 136,890 | 2,084,473
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 7,388 | 7,802 | 113,708 | 5,657,432
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 757 | 663 | 13,505 | 18,087,426
XX.) PlayStation Portable - 76,246 | 47,955 | 453,746 | 16,943,534
XX.) PSPgo - 1,080 | 1,076 | 10,656 | 171,080