Japan Weekly Software Ranking (Oct 27 - Nov 2)

PS3 had a good week in Japan with two titles (three if you follow Enterbrain) in the charts and Grand Theft Auto IV debuts at the top spot with around 133,000 copies. LittleBigPlanet, which together with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III, have PS3 bundles to go with their launches, sold 52,000.

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G’s budget re-release debuts with around 26,000 copies, the best selling PSP games for the week, more than 7 months after the game was out. Another PSP title worth mentioning is Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida or 2, which has now sold more than 100,000 in three weeks, the first game took 6 months to sell 133,000 copies.

Nintendo DSi, which I will probably get one this weekend in Hong Kong, was launched last Saturday and 170,779 units were sold according to Enterbrain. PSP, despite the lack of softwares, still managed to sell a respectable 50,000 units based on early Enterbrain figures to end up at second spot in the hardware chart.

Media Create

1 Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 Capcom
2 Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono NDS Square Enix
3 LittleBigPlanet PS3 SCEJ
4 (3) Pokemon Platinum NDS Nintendo
5 (1) Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode DS Nintendo
6 (4) Rhythm Tengoku Gold NDS Nintendo
7 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III PS3 SCEJ
8 Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox 360 Capcom
9 Aruite Wakaru: Seikatsu Rhythm DS NDS Nintendo
10 Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyuu + NDS Square Enix

Updated every Thursday, full chart viewable here.

MediaWorks

1 Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 Capcom
2 Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono NDS Square Enix
3 LittleBigPlanet PS3 SCEJ
4 (3) Pokemon Platinum NDS Nintendo
5 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III PS3 SCEJ
6 (1) Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode DS Nintendo
7 Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox 360 Capcom
8 (4) Rhythm Tengoku Gold NDS Nintendo
9 Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyuu + NDS Square Enix
10 (5) Wii Music Wii Nintendo

Updated every Friday, full chart viewable here.

Enterbrain

1 Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 Capcom
2 Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono NDS Square Enix
3 LittleBigPlanet PS3 SCEJ
4 Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox 360 Capcom
5 (1) Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode DS Nintendo
6 (3) Pokemon Platinum DS Nintendo
7 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III PS3 SCEJ
8 (5) Rhythm Tengoku Gold DS Nintendo
9 Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyuu + NDS Square Enix
10 (4) Wii Music Wii Nintendo

Updated every Wednesday, chart in Japanese viewable here.

Amazon Japan

1 Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe DS Nintendo
2 Layton Kyouju to Saigo no Jikan Ryokou DS Level-5
3 Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 [Special Edition] PSP Namco
4 Animal Crossing: City Folk (with Wii Speak) Wii Nintendo
5 Animal Crossing: City Folk Wii Nintendo
6 The Last Remnant Xbox 360 Square Enix
7 Death Smiles [First Print Limited Edition] Xbox 360 Cave
8 Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode DS Nintendo
9 Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam PSP Bandai
10 Shirokishi Monogatari: Inishie no Kodou PS3 SCEJ

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

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Buy games (Play-Asia.com)

Dissidia Final Fantasy (JP) $64.90
Dissidia Final Fantasy (Asia) $54.90
Dissidia Final Fantasy [20th Anniversary Limited Pack] (JP) $349.90
Dissidia: Final Fantasy Post Card Book (JP) $15.90
Dissidia Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack (JP) $31.90
Dissidia Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack [Limited Edition] (JP) $38.90
Yggdra Union $34.90
LocoRoco 2 $24.90
DJ Max Portable Emotional Sense - Clazziquai Edition (Korea) $49.90
DJ Max Portable Emotional Sense - Clazziquai Edition [Special Package] (Korea) $59.90
DJ Max Portable Emotional Sense - Black Square (Korea) $49.90
DJ Max Fever $44.90
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (Asia) $26.90
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII $34.90

Buy games (YESASIA)

Dissidia Final Fantasy (JP) $61.99
Hakuna Matata (aka Afrika) (English/Chinese Edition) (Asia) (PS3) $54.99

Guides

Tokyo Game Show 2008

Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida or 2 (Rough) Guide

Kill the very heroes that you always play as in RPG games. Here's a really basic guide on how to do it. Go

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd Rookie Guide

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd

Getting ready for the most dangerous game on the PSP. A small guide to the fascinating world of Monster Hunter. Go

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G Info Page

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G

Go for G-Rank! Information and a little guide about Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, the best selling PSP game in Japan. Go

Monster Hunter 3 (tri) Guide

Monster Hunter 3 (tri)

Excited for MH3? A little information about the game based on those Famitsu reports here. No, I don't have a Wii... yet :) Go

PSP Games Release Schedule