Nintendo 3DS Tops Japan in January

Nintendo's killer trio of 3DS games topped the Japanese charts for the month of January, according to data compiled by popular publication Famitsu. Sitting pretty at the top of the list was Mario Kart 7, with nearly 400,000 copies sold over the four-week period, whilst following close behind were Capcom's Monster Hunter 3G with around 320,000 sales and Super Mario 3D Land in third with just shy of 300,000 copies sold.

Check out the full Top 10 for the month:

Famitsu Top 10, January 2012 (26th December, 2011 - 29th January, 2012
1.) Mario Kart 7 (3DS, Nintendo) - 388,760 | 1,471,151
2.) Monster Hunter 3G (3DS, Capcom) - 319,037 | 1,128,359
3.) Super Mario 3D Land (3DS, Nintendo) - 298,529 | 1,341,040
4.) Armored Core V (PS3, From Software) - 170,237 | NEW
5.) Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS, Capcom) - 160,575 | NEW
6.) Warriors Orochi 3 (PS3, Koei Tecmo) - 158,775 | 369,328
7.) Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark (3DS, Level 5) - 145,436 | 377,488
8.) Just Dance Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 97,848 | 525,722
9.) Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Square Enix) - 97,359 | 794,505
10.) Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin II - Revelation of Evil God (PSP, Bandai Namco Games) - 95,621 | NEW

Also of note is how well both Level-5's latest Inazuma Eleven games are holding up, as well as the Nintendo-published edition of Just Dance on Wii.