Nintendo Dominates Japan Sales Top Ten with Wii U and 3DS

In the last week Nintendo blitzed the sales charts in Japan, taking all of the top ten slots.

It was a superb week for the Nintendo 3DS, which grabbed hold of nine out of the top ten software sales, together with a continually strong hardware performance. Disney Magic Castle retained its crown, together with Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and Tomodachi Collection: New Life.

Lifetime sales are in brackets.

Software - Week ending 18 August

• 1. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life (Namco Bandai, 08/01/13) - 41,679 (206,627)
• 2. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (Nintendo, 07/18/13) - 39,809 (244,638)
• 3. [3DS] Tomodachi Collection: New Life (Nintendo, 04/18/13) - 28,361 (1,379,177)
• 4. [3DS] One Piece: Romance Dawn (Namco Bandai, 08/08/13) - 15,711 (40,498)
• 5. [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies (Capcom, 07/25/13) - 13,447 (322,764)
• 6. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) - 13,222 (3,377,938)
• 7. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo, 03/20/13) - 12,501 (870,745)
• 8. [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) - 11,133 (136,711)
• 9. [Wii U] Pikmin 3 (Nintendo, 07/11/13) - 10,956 (165,660)
• 10. [3DS] Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (Nintendo, 06/13/13) - 10,322 (253,454)
  

Hardware - Week ending 18 August

• 1. 3DS XL - 47,005 (38,822)
• 2. 3DS - 23,992 (18,949)
• 3. PlayStation Vita - 19,363 (17,639)
• 4. PlayStation 3 - 14,331 (12,228)
• 5. Wii U - 12,047 (9,950)
• 6. PSP - 7,616 (6,303)
• 7. Wii - 1,772 (1,373)
• 8. Xbox 360 - 322 (275)