Nintendo's 3D Picross Lands in Japan

The Media Create Top 50 and hardware chart has now been released for the Japanese market and the PS3 finds itself taking the top two spots on the software side, with Musou Orochi grabbing No.1 and Resident Evil 5 sliding to No.2, with Nintendo's fantastic 3D Picross entering at No.3 with nearly 40,000 units sold in its first week, whilst Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! is still going strong, now at No.4, with sales not too far off Picross.

Check out all the sales data below:

Media Create Top 50 - 9th-15th March, 2009
1.) Musou Orochi Z (PS3, Koei) - 112,283 | NEW
2.) Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Capcom) - 61,483 | 381,000
3.) 3D Rittai Picross (NDS, Nintendo) - 38,056 | NEW
4.) Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (NDS, Nintendo) - 37,907 | 389,000
5.) Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid (PSP, Koei) - 33,255 | 316,000
6.) New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (Wii, Nintendo) - 28,706 | NEW
7.) Yakuza 3 (PS3, SEGA) - 23,815 | 449,000
8.) 7th Dragon (NDS, SEGA) - 22,341 | 102,000
9.) Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (PSP, Capcom) - 16,209 | 484,000
10.) Resistance: Retribution (PSP, SCEI) - 15,651 | NEW
11.) Aibou DS (NDS, Tecmo)
12.) Resident Evil 5 (360, Capcom) - 13,000 | 93,000
13.) Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 1st Love Plus (NDS, Konami) - 13,000 | NEW
14.) Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) - 13,000 | 3,238,000
15.) Annie no Atelier: Sera Shima no Renkijutsushi (NDS, Gust) - 13,000 | NEW
16.) Rhythm Tengoku Gold (NDS, Nintendo) - 13,000 | 1,625,000
17.) Taiko Drum Master Wii (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 11,000 | 448,000
18.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 8,700 | 2,187,000
19.) World Soccer Winning Eleven 12: PES 2009 (PSP, Konami)
20.) Galaxy Angel II: Eternal Recurrence of the Moment (PS2, Broccoli) - 8,700 | NEW
21.) One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 2 (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 7,700 | 68,000
22.) World Soccer Winning Eleven 12: PES 2009 (PS2, Konami) - 7,600 | 200,000
23.) Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (NDS, Nintendo) - 7,600 | 777,000
24.) Sunday x Magazine Nettou! Dream Nine (NDS, Konami) - 6,700 | 41,000
25.) Pokemon Platinum (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 6,000 | 2,361,000
26.) Prince of Tennis: Prince of Doubles: Girls, Be Gracious! (NDS, Konami)
27.) Super Robot Taisen Z Special Disc (PS2, Namco Bandai)
28.) Yakuza 2 (BEST) (PS2, SEGA)
29.) The Idolm@ster: Twins (BEST) (360, Namco Bandai) - 5,900 | NEW
30.) Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii, SEGA) - 5,900 | NEW
31.) Demon's Souls (PS3, SCEI) - 5,900 | 88,000
32.) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (PSP, Namco Bandai)
33.) Inazuma Eleven (NDS, Level 5)
34.) Ever17: The Out of Infinity Premium Edition (PSP, CyberFront) - 5,900 | NEW
35.) New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis (Wii, Nintendo) - 5,900 | 156,000
36.) Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo)
37.) Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2 (NDS, Namco Bandai)
38.) Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (NDS, Konami)
39.) Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (NDS, Konami) - 5,900 | 319,000
40.) Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City (Wii, Nintendo)
41.) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (NDS, Square Enix)
42.) World Soccer Winning Eleven 12: PES 2009 (PS3, Konami)
43.) Detective Conan & Kindaichi Case Files (NDS, Namco Bandai)
44.) Kirby Super Star Ultra Deluxe (NDS, Nintendo)
45.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
46.) Chou-Gekijou-Ban Keroro Gunsou: Gekishin Dragon Warriors de Arimasu! (NDS, Namco Bandai)
47.) Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS, Nintendo) - 5,900 | 4,952,000
48.) Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (NDS, Namco Bandai)
49.) Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (360, Square Enix)
50.) Yakuza (BEST Reprint) (PS2, SEGA)
XX.) Phantom Brave Wii (Wii, Nippon Ichi Software) - 2,300 | NEW
XX.) Never7: The End of Infinity (PSP, CyberFront) - 2,000 | NEW
XX.) We Cheer (Wii, Bandai Namco) - 2,000 | NEW
XX.) Need for Speed ProStreet, EA Best Hits (PSP, Electronic Arts) - 1,000 | NEW
XX.) Simple DS Series Vol. 43: The Host Shiyouze! DX Knight King (NDS, D3 Publisher) - 650 | NEW
XX.) Need for Speed ProStreet (PS2, Electronic Arts) - 600 | NEW
XX.) Habu Yoshiharu Shougi de Kitaeru: Ketsudanryoku DS (NDS, Ides) - 590 | NEW
XX.) Survival Kids: Chiisana Shima no Ookina Himitsu!?, Konami the Best (NDS, Konami) - 530 | NEW

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2009 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) PlayStation Portable - 43,463 | 59,568 | 579,953 | 11,938,056
2.) Nintendo DS - 39,135 | 43,342 | 861,904 | 25,981,539
3.) PlayStation 3 - 28,014 | 39,835 | 299,850 | 2,922,318
4.) Wii - 17,941 | 16,560 | 354,367 | 7,833,344
5.) Xbox 360 - 8,378 | 14,994 | 134,239 | 963,676
6.) PlayStation 2 - 4,844 | 4,954 | 65,694 | 21,465,223
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 27,564 | 32,102 | 670,819 | 1,902,178
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 11,571 | 11,240 | 191,085 | 17,493,890