Special edition Wii triples sales in Japan

Special edition Wii triples sales in Japan
The PSP remains top of the Japanese hardware chart, despite a very strong week for the Wii after the release of the red 25th Mario Anniversary machine.

The Wii sold 39,308 units last week in Japan, up from 11,521 in the week previously, but was still pipped at the post by the 40,328 PSP sales – helped by the release of number one software title Tactics Ogre, which sold 176,153 copies.

Dragon Ball Raging Blast 2 was another new entry at number two on PS3, but the Xbox 360 Sku didn't make the top 20. Pokemon Black & White is still selling strongly, adding another 42,279 units to its Japanese sales total of 4,410,996.

Full charts follow:

Software (lifetime sales in brackets)

1. Tactics Ogre (Square Enix, PSP): 176,153
2. Dragon Ball Raging Blast 2 (Namco Bandai, PS3): 47,610
3. Super Mario Collection Special Pack (Nintendo, Wii): 43,621 (527,710)
4. Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon, DS): 42,279 (4,410,996)
5. Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Omise (Konami, DS): 40,208
6. God Eater Burst (Namco Bandai, PSP): 31,372 (356,356)
7. Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami, PS3): 30,353 (301,420)
8. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 17,471 (1,191,223)
9. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, Wii): 14,438
10. Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo, Wii): 13,896 (187,778)
11. Tamagotchi no Narikiri Challenge (Namco Bandai, DS): 10,517
12. Radiant History (Atlus, DS): 10,018 (42,825)
13. God of War: Ghost of Sparta (SCE, PSP): 9,406
14. Fallout New Vegas (Bethesda, PS3): 7,133 (44,382)
15. Love Banchou Love is Power (Idea Factory, PSP): 6,397
16. Forza Motorsport 3 Ultimate Edition (Microsoft, X360): 5,684
17. Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded (Square Enix, DS): 5,391 (162,864)
18. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii): 5,244 (2,111,749)
19. Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2 (Namco Bandai, PS3): 5,050 (96,382)
20. Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition PS3 the Best (Capcom, PS3): 5,035
Hardware (last week's sales in brackets)

1. PSP: 40,328 (34,538)
2. Wii: 39,308 (11,521)
3. PS3: 21,114 (23,524)
4. DSi LL: 18,711 (22,858)
5. DSi: 13,994 (16,038)
6. PSP go: 2,727 (2,918)
7. X360: 2,686 (2,686)
8. DS Lite: 1,752 (2,766)
9. PS2: 1,233 (1,460)