Japan Weekly Software Ranking (Aug 11 – Aug 17)
Rhythm Tengoku Gold swap places with Phantasy Star Portable to claim top spot in the latest Japanese charts as music games seem to be the most popular type of game this summer in Japan. Phantasy Star Portable, which will receive its second downloadable content this week, cross the 500,000 mark with another 74,000 copies sold last week according to Media Create. Four other PSP games are in the charts with Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G marching ever closer to 2.5 million.
On the hardware front, early Famitsu figures show that the DS is ahead of PSP again with 88,000 units sold. Although PSP’s number of 71,000 is pretty impressive as well.
Media Create
| 1 | (3) | Rhythm Tengoku Gold | NDS | Nintendo |
| 2 | (1) | Phantasy Star Portable | PSP | Sega |
| 3 | (5) | Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu No Hanayome | NDS | Square Enix |
| 4 | (8) | Wii Fit | Wii | Nintendo |
| 5 | (9) | Mario Kart Wii | Wii | Nintendo |
| 6 | (2) | Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken | NDS | Nintendo |
| 7 | (14) | Daigasso! Band Brothers DX | NDS | Nintendo |
| 8 | (22) | Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken | NDS | Namco |
| 9 | (11) | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 | PS2 | Konami |
| 10 | (15) | Wario Land Shake | Wii | Nintendo |
Updated every Thursday, full chart viewable here.
MediaWorks
| 1 | (2) | Rhythm Tengoku Gold | NDS | Nintendo |
| 2 | (3) | Phantasy Star Portable | PSP | Sega |
| 3 | (5) | Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu No Hanayome | NDS | Square Enix |
| 4 | (8) | Wii Fit | Wii | Nintendo |
| 5 | (1) | Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken | NDS | Nintendo |
| 6 | (10) | Mario Kart Wii | Wii | Nintendo |
| 7 | (15) | Daigasso! Band Brothers DX | NDS | Nintendo |
| 8 | (4) | Tales of Vesperia | Xbox 360 | Namco Bandai |
| 9 | (13) | Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G | PSP | Capcom |
| 10 | (9) | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 | PS2 | Konami |
Updated every Friday, full chart viewable here.
Enterbrain
| 1 | (2) | Rhythm Tengoku Gold | NDS | Nintendo |
| 2 | (3) | Phantasy Star Portable | PSP | Sega |
| 3 | (5) | Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu No Hanayome | NDS | Square Enix |
| 4 | (8) | Wii Fit | Wii | Nintendo |
| 5 | (1) | Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken | NDS | Nintendo |
| 6 | (11) | Mario Kart Wii | Wii | Nintendo |
| 7 | (14) | Daigasso! Band Brothers DX | NDS | Nintendo |
| 8 | (9) | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 | PS2 | Konami |
| 9 | (15) | Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken | NDS | Namco |
| 10 | (4) | Tales of Vesperia | Xbox 360 | Namco Bandai |
Updated every Wednesday, chart in Japanese viewable here.
Amazon Japan
| 1 | Rhythm Tengoku Gold | NDS | Nintendo |
| 2 | Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidou tai Abaddon Ou Plus | PS2 | Atlus |
| 3 | Super Robot Taisen Z [Special Edition] | PS2 | Banpresto |
| 4 | PlayStation Portable Slim & Lite – Piano Black (PSP-2000PB) | PSP | Sony |
| 5 | Infinite Undiscovery | Xbox 360 | Square Enix |
| 6 | KORG DS-10 Synthesizer | NDS | AQ Interactive |
| 7 | Sigma Harmonics | NDS | Square Enix |
| 8 | J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship | PS2 | Konami |
| 9 | Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Yumenoukihashi [Treasure Box] | NDS | Koei |
| 10 | Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu No Hanayome | NDS | Square Enix |
Amazon Japan chart is updated hourly, the latest chart can be viewed here.
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