Japan: 7 new games make the chart top 10, Mario rules

August 1st, 2012, 23:31 Posted By: wraggster

Last week was a busy period for new releases in Japan, with seven games debuting in the software chart top ten and 3DS XL hitting the market.
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On the hardware front, PS3 and PSP sales were up slightly week-over-week, while Vita sales slipped back below the 10,000 unit mark, Andriasang reports.
Weekly software sales (life to date)

1. New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS, Nintendo) 430,185 (New)
2. Persona 4 Arena (PS3, Atlus) 117,318 (New)
3. Nayuta no Kiseki (PSP, Falcom) 83,836 (New)
4. Just Dance Wii 2 (Wii, Nintendo) 61,382 (New)
5. Pokemon Black & White 2 (DS, Pokemon) 61,116 (2,474,123)
6. Super Danganronpa 2 (PSP, Spike Chunsoft) 59,112 (New)
7. Demon Training (3DS, Nintendo) 46,528 (New)
8. Kirby 20th Anniversary Special Collection (Wii, Nintendo) 31,324 (131,720)
9. Digimon World Redigitize (PSP, Namco Bandai) 29,877 (103,345)
10. Kobito Zukan Kobito Kansatsu Set (3DS, Columbia) 26,146 (New)

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