Seven new entries in Japanese chart but Pokemon stays on top

Pokemon Black and White remains on top of the Japanese software chart, despite seven new entries charting this week. The game has now sold over 3,760,000 units in Japan after shifting another 375,000 last week.

Spots two through six are occupied by new releases, with handheld sales dominating again by holding the top four places in the chart. Fifth and sixth are taken by Capcom's Dead Rising 2 on PS3 and 360 respectively whilst three more PSP titles and Wii Party make up the final four.

In the hardware charts, the PSP returns to the top of the single SKU tree, selling 37,088 units in a week that saw its newer stable mate the PSPgo shrink to only 754 units sold. Combined, the DSi, DSi LL and DSi Lite sold nearly 55,000 units.

Full charts and sales figures are below, sales to date follow in brackets where appropriate.

01 Pokemon Black / White (DS) - 375,000 / 3,760,000
02 K-On! Houkago Live!! (PSP) - 171,000 / New entry
03 Okamiden (DS) - 84,000 / New entry
04 Eiyuu Densetsu: Zero no Kiseki (PSP) - 84,000 / New entry
05 Dead Rising 2 (PS3) - 80,000 / New entry
06 Dead Rising 2 (Xbox 360) - 44,000 / New entry
07 Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou (PSP) - 43,000 / 217,000
08 Wii Party (Wii) - 33,000 / 1,073,000
09 Starry * Sky: In Summer (PSP) - 19,000 / New entry
10 Dragon Ball Tag VS (PSP) - 19,000 / New entry
PSP – 37,088
DSi – 24,937
DSi LL – 24,246
PS3 – 20,363
Wii – 13,360
DS Lite – 5,707
Xbox 360 – 2,769
PS2 – 1,247
PSP go - 754

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