Japan Weekly Software Ranking (May 12 – May 18)
Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 made a great start in Japan last week with around 40,000 copies sold and seems to be well on its way to beat the series’ previous sales record (Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 sold 120,000 copies so far). Unfortunately, the other PSP debutant, Irem’s Ikuze! Gen-San: Yuuyake Daiku Monogatari, did poorly with only less than 2,000 copies sold, thanks to Weekly Famitsu rather average review of 6,5,6,6 (the one hit death and long loading time are the major complaints).
It’s rather pleasing to see two PSP games in the Top 10 with the rest being Nintendo’s games as well. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G’s close fight with Mario Kart Wii continues with a top spot for each on Media Create and Enterbrain respectively.
Media Create
| 1 | (2) | Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G | PSP | Capcom |
| 2 | (1) | Mario Kart Wii | Wii | Nintendo |
| 3 | ★ | Luminous Arc 2: Will | NDS | Marvelous Entertainment |
| 4 | ★ | Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 | PSP | SCEJ |
| 5 | (3) | Wii Fit | Wii | Nintendo |
| 6 | ★ | Totsugeki Famicom Wars VS | Wii | Nintendo |
| 7 | (13) | DS Bimoji Training | NDS | Nintendo |
| 8 | (4) | Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training | Wii | Nintendo |
| 9 | (5) | Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken | NDS | Namco |
| 10 | (10) | Dairantou Smash Bros. X | Wii | Nintendo |
Updated every Thursday, full chart viewable here.
MediaWorks
| 1 | (1) | Mario Kart Wii | Wii | Nintendo |
| 2 | (2) | Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G | PSP | Capcom |
| 3 | ★ | Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 | PSP | SCEJ |
| 4 | ★ | Luminous Arc 2: Will | NDS | Marvelous Entertainment |
| 5 | (3) | Wii Fit | Wii | Nintendo |
| 6 | ★ | Totsugeki Famicom Wars VS | Wii | Nintendo |
| 7 | (4) | Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training | Wii | Nintendo |
| 8 | (5) | Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken | NDS | Namco |
| 9 | (14) | Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin | PS2 | Koei |
| 10 | (6) | Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage | NDS | Nintendo |
Updated every Friday, full chart viewable here.
Enterbrain
| 1 | (1) | Mario Kart Wii | Wii | Nintendo |
| 2 | (2) | Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G | PSP | Capcom |
| 3 | ★ | Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 | PSP | SCEJ |
| 4 | (3) | Wii Fit | Wii | Nintendo |
| 5 | ★ | Luminous Arc 2: Will | NDS | Marvelous Entertainment |
| 6 | ★ | Totsugeki Famicom Wars VS | Wii | Nintendo |
| 7 | (4) | Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training | Wii | Nintendo |
| 8 | (5) | Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken | NDS | Namco |
| 9 | (7) | Mario Kart DS | NDS | Nintendo |
| 10 | (12) | DS Bimoji Training | NDS | Nintendo |
Updated every Wednesday, chart in Japanese viewable here.
Amazon Japan
| 1 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots [Special Edition] | PS3 | Konami |
| 2 | Mario Kart Wii | Wii | Nintendo |
| 3 | Dragon Quest V | NDS | Square Enix |
| 4 | Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk (Special Edition) | Wii | Namco Bandai |
| 5 | Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G | PSP | Capcom |
| 6 | Hercules no Eikou: Tamashii no Shoumei | NDS | Nintendo |
| 7 | The Orange Box | 360 | Electronic Arts |
| 8 | Clannad [Special Edition] | PSP | Prototype |
| 9 | Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! | NDS | Sega |
| 10 | Persona 4 | PS2 | Atlus |
Amazon Japan chart is updated hourly, the latest chart can be viewed here.
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