Japan Weekly Software Ranking (May 5 – May 11)

Mario Kart Wii and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G remain strong in their 6th and 8th week respectively, with the latter reaching it’s 2 million sold milestone few days ago. The charts are dominated by Nintendo’s titles, with Wii Sports, Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii and Dairantou Smash Bros. X all return to take their usual positions. Also note the incredible run of Mario Kart DS, more than 2 years after its launch. On the hardware side, PSP sold 20,000 units less than the previous week but is still ahead of the rest of the pack at around 73,000 units.

Media Create

1 (1) Mario Kart Wii Wii Nintendo
2 (2) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP Capcom
3 (4) Wii Fit Wii Nintendo
4 (3) Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training Wii Nintendo
5 (5) Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken NDS Namco
6 (6) Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage NDS Nintendo
7 (9) Deca Sporta Wii Hudson
8 (10) Wii Sports Wii Nintendo
9 (7) Boura wa Kaseki Holder NDS Nintendo
10 (15) 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 (4) Wii Fit Wii Nintendo
4 (3) Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training Wii Nintendo
5 (5) Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken NDS Namco
6 (6) Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage NDS Nintendo
7 (16) Wii Sports Wii Nintendo
8 (12) Deca Sporta Wii Hudson
9 (18) Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii Wii Nintendo
10 (14) Dairantou Smash Bros. X Wii 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 (4) Wii Fit Wii Nintendo
4 (3) Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training Wii Nintendo
5 (5) Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken NDS Namco
6 (6) Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage NDS Nintendo
7 (7) Mario Kart DS NDS Nintendo
8 (12) Wii Sports Wii Nintendo
9 (13) Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii Wii Nintendo
10 (8) Boura wa Kaseki Holder NDS Nintendo

Updated every Wednesday, chart in Japanese viewable here.

Amazon Japan

1 Nintendo Wii Wii Nintendo
2 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots [Special Edition] PS3 Konami
3 Mario Kart Wii Wii Nintendo
4 PlayStation Portable Slim & Lite – Piano Black (PSP-2000PB) PSP Sony
5 Luminous Arc 2: Will [Limited Arcs] NDS Marvelous Entertainment
6 Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP Capcom
7 Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk (Special Edition) Wii Namco Bandai
8 Mugen no Frontier: Super Robot Taisen OG Saga NDS Banpresto
9 PlayStation Portable Slim & Lite – Ice Silver (PSP-2000IS) PSP Sony
10 Persona 4 PS2 Atlus

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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