New 3DS titles have made a significant impact on the Japanese sales charts, but the number one selling game of the week is Sega's Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity for the PSP - a new iteration in the popular Monster Hunter-esque series that sold 206,654 on its debut.
The second highest new entry, at number two, is Namco Bandai's SD Gundam G Generation World on the PSP with 192,981 sales. The Wii version charted at number 12 with 28,119 units sold.
As a result the highest-selling 3DS title was Level-5's Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle at number three, with 119,591 units sales. An impressive figure considering the charts only take into account the first two days that it, and the 3DS itself, went on sale.
The second biggest seller was nintendogs + cats at number five with 64,213 sales, followed by Samurai Warriors: Chronicles at number six, (49,327) Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition at number seven (44,649), Ridge Racer 3D at number eight (38,226), and Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D at number 15 (26,345). Pilotwings Resort was not part of the Japanese launch line-up.
With the weekend total for the 3DS hardware put at 374,764 the total of all software sales for the format suggests an overall attach rate of almost exactly 1:1.
It has been a generally busy week by any standard, with Nippon Ichi's Disgea 4 also debuting at number four with 79,425 sales and THE iDOLM@STER 2 on Xbox 360 squeezing into the top 10 with a creditable 34,621 unit sales.
As a result there is only title from the previous week in the top 10 (Monster Hunter Freedom 3 at number nine, and only four overall in the top 20.
Last WeekThis WeekTitleFormat
New Entry1Phantasy Star Portable 2 InfinityPSP
New Entry2SD Gundam G Generation WorldPSP
New Entry3Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle3DS
New Entry4Disgaea 4PS3
New Entry5nintendogs + cats3DS
New Entry6Samurai Warriors: Chronicles3DS
New Entry7Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition3DS
New Entry8Ridge Racer 3D3DS
49Monster Hunter Freedom 3PSP
New Entry10THE iDOLM@STER 2360
New Entry11Rune Factory OceansPS3
New Entry12SD Gundam G Generation WorldWii
New Entry13Killzone 3PS3
New Entry14Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5PSP
New Entry15Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D3DS
316Samurai Warriors 3 ZPS3
117CatherinePS3
New Entry18Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the NexusDS
219Marvel Vs. Capcom 3PS3
New Entry20Rune Factory OceansWii


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