Super Mario All-Stars ousts Pokemon from top of Japanese chart

The 25th anniversary edition of Super Mario All-Stars for the Wii has topped the Japanese chart this week, finally ending the five-week reign of Pokemon Black & White, by selling 307,755 units in its opening week.

There are several new entries in a revived competition for top spot, as Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 for the PSP steals third and the PS3 SKU of Vanquish takes fourth. Pokemon only slips to second, adding another 81,915 sales to its 4,243,312 total.

It's also PlayStation Move launch week in Japan, but Beat Sketcher is the only Move game to make it into the top ten at eighth. Beat Sketcher is being sold as a bundled title with the Move starter kit, but is also available separately.

Elsewhere in the chart, Move enable Sports Champions came in at 18th, Time Crisis: Razing Storm was 12th and Resident Evil Gold Edition made 16th on the strength of bundled copies alone.

EA has two new entries to the top ten, with Medal of Honor PS3 hitting sixth and FIFA 11 taking the ninth spot.

Positions in the Japanese hardware chart remain unchanged, with the PSP retaining pole position.

This Week Last Week Title Sales this week Sales overall
New Entry 1 Super Mario All-Stars (Wii) 307,755 307,755
1 2 Pokemon Black/Pokemon White (DS) 81,915 4,243,312
New Entry 3 Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (PS3) 63,675 63,675
New Entry 4 Vanquish (PS3) 48,318 48,318
3 5 Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii) 35,633 127,913
New Entry 6 Medal of Honor (PS3) 25,365 25,365
3 7 Lord of Arcana (PSP) 24,939 94,872
New Entry 8 Beat Sketcher (PS3) 22,165 22,165
New Entry 9 FIFA 11(PS3) 18,995 18,995
6 10 Wii Party (Wii) 15,895 1,138,627
4 11 Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded (PSP) 14,995 141,748
New Entry 12 Time Crisis: Razing Storm (PS3) 12,653 12,653
New Entry 13 No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Wii) 11,373 11,373
New Entry 14 Vanquish (360) 11,204 11,204
17 15 Red Dead Redemption(PS3) 10,454 107,347
New Entry 15 Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (PS3) 63,675 63,675
New Entry 16 Resident Evil Gold: Move Edition(PS3) 9,399 9,399
New Entry 17 Medal of Honor (360) 6,958 6,958
15 18 Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G Best Edition (PSP) 6,371 456,266
New Entry 19 Sports Champions(PS3) 6,349 6,349
7 20 Macross F (PS3) 6,123 176,892
Japanese hardware chart.

01 PSP 32,591
02 PS3 20,128
03 DSi LL 15,819
04 DSi 14,703
05 Wii 11,971
06 DS Lite 3,887
07 Xbox 360 2,162
08 PS2 1,222
09 PSPgo 924

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