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Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Nintendo titles reign supreme on Japanese charts

Titles for Nintendo systems dominated the Media Create's latest sales chat, with Animal Crossing: New Lead stilling comfortable on top. There were no new releases for the period. 3DS LL and 3DS were still the number one and the number two best selling systems for the week as well, which helped push the handheld's unit sales past the 10 million sold mark in the region. Full sales figures below.

Here’s the full software chart for the period. Life-to-date sales are in parentheses:

  1. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 133,134 (2,103,089)
  2. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo, 07/28/12) – 90,264 (1,834,055)
  3. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Nintendo, 12/06/12) – 68,262 (470,394)
  4. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone Reimei / Neppuu (Level-5, 12/13/12) – 51,519 (365,536)
  5. [Wii U] New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo, 12/08/12) – 50,319 (419,710)
  6. [3DS] Fantasy Life (Level-5, 12/27/12) – 42,291 (159,361)
  7. [Wii U] Nintendo Land (Nintendo, 12/08/12) – 41,426 (250,473)
  8. [PSP] One Piece: Romance Dawn (Namco Bandai, 12/20/12) – 40,137 (264,739)
  9. [3DS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Machi (Konami, 12/20/12) – 38,986 (119,735)
  10. [3DS] Run For Money: Flee From the Strongest Hunters in History (Namco Bandai, 07/05/12) – 35,624 (373,096)
  11. [3DS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (Pokemon, 11/22/12) – 35,190 (408,889)
  12. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (Namco Bandai, 07/12/12) – 34,529 (375,062)
  13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) (Capcom, 11/15/12) – 32,007 (155,601)
  14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 30,291 (1,939,257)
  15. [3DS] Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney (Level-5, 11/29/12) – 30,235 (249,689)
  16. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12/20/12) – 29,180 (194,157)
  17. [Wii] Taiko Drum Master Wii Super Wonderful Edition (Namco Bandai, 11/29/12) – 28,001 (349,960)
  18. [PS3] Yakuza 5 (Sega, 12/06/12) – 26,631 (544,855)
  19. [3DS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen (Nintendo, 09/27/12) – 23,172 (282,642)
  20. [3DS] Kobito Zukan Kobito Kansatsu Set (Colombia, 07/26/12) – 21,110 (226,888)

Here’s the full hardware chart for the period. Year-to-date sales are in parentheses, and Media Create is no longer tracking PS2 sales.

  • 3DS LL – 156,184 (150,581)
  • 3DS – 123,075 (99,264)
  • Wii U – 67,083 (69,386)
  • PS3 - 64,352 (53,222)
  • PSP – 54,873 (41,914)
  • PSV – 33,309 (20,492)
  • Wii – 5,632 (6,741)
  • 360 – 1,893 (1,986)

Thanks, Gematsu.

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