Japan Weekly Software Ranking (Dec 17 – Dec 23)

Another Final Fantasy remake and another chart topping performance as Final Fantasy IV for the DS sold around 300,000 copies last week. The latest Japanese charts also see the rise and rise of Wii’s softwares like Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Super Mario Galaxy and Hajimete no Wii, all charting at higher position than last week. On the PSP side of things, Sony’s Patapon had a (probably lower than expected) sales of 15,000 copies last week. However, the PSP sold an incredible 160,000 units last week, thanks to the limited edition “Deep Red“. Next week, we’ll see Star Ocean First Departure and Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku’s performances, the latter was almost sold out according to some reports.

Media Create

1 (1) Mario Party DS NDS Nintendo
2 Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix
3 (2) Wii Fit Wii Nintendo
4 (5) Super Mario Galaxy Wii Nintendo
5 Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accel 2 PS2 Namco Bandai
6 (7) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Wii Nintendo
7 (6) Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi NDS Square Enix
8 Dorabase: Doraemon Chou Yakyuu Gaiden NDS Namco Bandai
9 (8) Wii Sports Wii Nintendo
10 (4) Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako NDS Level-5

Updated every Thursday, full chart viewable here.

MediaWorks

1 (1) Mario Party DS NDS Nintendo
2 Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix
3 (2) Wii Fit Wii Nintendo
4 (5) Super Mario Galaxy Wii Nintendo
5 (6) Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi NDS Square Enix
6 (7) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Wii Nintendo
7 Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accel 2 PS2 Namco Bandai
8 (8) Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii (w/ Remote) Wii Nintendo
9 Dorabase: Doraemon Chou Yakyuu Gaiden NDS Namco Bandai
10 (9) Wii Sports Wii Nintendo

Updated every Friday, full chart viewable here.

Enterbrain

1 Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix
2 (1) Mario Party DS NDS Nintendo
3 (2) Wii Fit Wii Nintendo
4 (6) Super Mario Galaxy Wii Nintendo
5 (7) Wii Sports Wii Nintendo
6 (4) Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi NDS Square Enix
7 (8) Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii (w/ Remote) Wii Nintendo
8 (9) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Wii Nintendo
9 Dorabase: Doraemon Chou Yakyuu Gaiden NDS Namco Bandai
10 Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accel 2 PS2 Namco Bandai

Updated every Wednesday, chart in Japanese viewable here.

Media Max

1 Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix
2 (2) Mario Party DS NDS Nintendo
3 (3) Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi NDS Square Enix
4 Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accel 2 PS2 Namco Bandai
5 (1) Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako NDS Level-5
6 (4) World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2008 PS2 Konami
7 Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero NDS Nintendo
8 Dorabase: Doraemon Chou Yakyuu Gaiden NDS Namco Bandai
9 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 14 Chou Ketteiban PS2 Konami
10 The Prince of Tennis: Driving Smash! Side Genius NDS Konami

Updated every Tuesday, chart in Japanese viewable here.

Amazon Japan

1 Wii Fit (with Wii Board) Wii Nintendo
2 Nintendo Wii (with Wii Jacket) Wii Nintendo
3 Super Robot Taisen OG: Original Generations Gaiden (Limited Edition) PS2 Banpresto
4 Call of Duty 4 360 Activision
5 Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix
6 Star Ocean First Departure PSP Square Enix
7 Tales of Destiny Director’s Cut [Premium Box] PS2 Namco Bandai
8 Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi [Limited Edition] PS2 Namco Bandai
9 Wii Sports Wii Nintendo
10 Call of Duty 4 PS3 Activision

Amazon Japan chart is updated hourly, the latest chart can be viewed here.

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Buy games (Play-Asia.com)

Final Fantasy XIII (JP) $99.90
Final Fantasy XIII $64.90
God Eater (JP) $54.90
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker $44.90
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (JP) $54.90
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (Premium Pack) (JP) TBA
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (JP) $59.90
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Asia) $54.90
Valkyria Chronicles 2 (JP) $59.90
BlazBlue Portable (JP) $48.90
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus (JP) $64.90
Fate/Extra (JP) $64.90
.Hack//Link (JP) $64.90
Fate/Extra [Limited Edition] (JP) $129.90
Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accel 3 (JP) $54.90

*Discounted items in bold.

Buy games (YESASIA)

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (JP) $57.99
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Premium Package (Game + Console) (JP) $429.99
Final Fantasy XIII (JP) $92.99
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (JP) $67.99
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (JP, PSP-3000 Bundle) $399.99
Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accel 3 (JP) $57.99
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus (JP) $65.99

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