Mario & Luigi Dream Team tops Japanese chart, boosts 3DS sales

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team sold over 100,000 copies to debut at No.1 on the Japanese software chart during the week ended July 21.
Along with the week's only other top ten new entry, Level 5 RPG Youkai Watch, Dream Team helped drive a notable increase in weekly 3DS sales, which rose from 43,000 to 57,000, according to Media Create data published on NeoGAF.
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Software sales

• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS, Nintendo) - 99.972 / New
• Youkai Watch (3DS, Level 5) - 29.102 / 82.756
• Pikmin 3 (Wii U, Nintendo) - 28.513 / 121.233
• Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom (3DS, Level 5) - 27.242 / New
• Friend Collection: New Life (3DS, Nintendo) - 26.799 / 1.286.646
• Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3, D3 Publisher) - 20.255 / 211.968
• Toukiden (Vita, Koei Tecmo) - 12.953 / 199.916
• New Super Luigi U (Wii U, Nintendo) - 12.132 / 37.014
• Toukiden (PSP, Koei Tecmo) - 11.008 / 129.412
• Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS, Nintendo) - 10.826 / 217.148

Hardware sales (previous week)

• 3DS - 57.025 (43.435)
• Vita - 14.392 (15.662)
• Wii U - 14.280 (22.199)
• PS3 - 11.413 (12.698 )
• PSP - 5.719 (5.830)
• Wii - 1.463 (1.434)
• Xbox 360 - 420 (396)
• Total - 104.712 (101.654)

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