Mario 3D Land Tops Japanese Charts; 3DS Sales Surge

Mario's first 3DS outing sold an impressive 343,492 units in Japan in its first week, putting it on top of Media Crate's software charts. This figure was amazingly almost triple the total amount of 3DS software sold in the whole of October. The system itself was outselling its games by a two to one ratio.

Super Mario 3D Land pipped two new Western PS3 titles to the top spot. Sony pushed Uncharted 3 with a strong marketing campaign which saw it enter at number two, whilst EA's Battlefield 3 came in at third - both titles selling over 120,000 each. Square Enix's Final Fantasy Type-0 dropped down to number four, with Kirby's Adventure Wii completing the top five. However, another new 3DS entry came in the form of Square Enix's Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 3, which arrived at seven.

Since the 3DS price drop, the system has been selling consistently well, but it looks like Mario's latest has given a huge boost to its sales. Hardware figures for the 3DS were more than doubled from the previous week.

The top 20 software chart for October 31st to November 6th is below. Publisher, release date and total life sales in brackets.

01. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/03): 343,492
02. [PS3] Uncharted 3 (Sony, 11/02): 124,989
03. [PS3] Battlefield 3 (EA, 11/02): 123,379
04. [PSP] Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix, 10/27): 122,286 (594,540)
05. [WII] Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 55,779 (192,589)
06. [PSP] Winning Eleven 2012 (Konami, 11/03): 45,437
07. [3DS] Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 3 (Square Enix, 11/03): 38,859
08. [360] Battlefield 3 (EA, 11/02): 27,723
09. [WII] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 25,665 (189,116)
10. [WII] Go Vacation (Namco Bandai, 10/20): 16,995 (89,463)
11. [WII] Winning Eleven Play Maker 2012 (Konami, 11/03): 14,117
12. [WII] Wii Sports Resort Wiiplus Pack (Nintendo, 11/11): 12,570 (638,091)
13. [PS3] Idolmaster 2 (Namco Bandai, 10/27): 10,721 (76,233)
14. [PS3] Winning Eleven 2012 (Konami, 10/06): 10,636 (381,156)
15. [PS2] Winning Eleven 2012 (Konami, 11/03): 9,786
16. [PSP] AKB1/48 If I Loved an Idol in Guam (Namco Bandai, 10/06): 8,883 (310,625)
17. [WII] Minna no Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo, 07/21): 8,581 (535,523)
18. [PS3] Macross F Sayonara no Tsubasa Hybrid Pack (Namco Bandai, 10/20): 8,352 (167,700)
19. [PSP] Naruto Narutimate Impact (Namco Bandai, 10/20): 7,144 (72,374)
20. [3DS] Model Fashion Audition 2 (Alchemist, 11/03): 6,643

Hardware chart from the same week. Previous week's sales in brackets.

1. 3DS: 145,271 (65,041)
2. PSP: 27,952 (30,605)
3. PS3: 26,966 (25,217)
4. Wii: 11,725 (11,784)
5. DSi LL: 2,041 (2,009)
6. X360: 1,699 (1,704)
7. PS2: 1,457 (1,228)
8. DSi: 1,057 (1,061)
9. DS Lite: 33 (55)