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Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment debut tops Media Create, 3DS LL best-selling hardware

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News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson Former News Editor
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Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment's debut in Japan landed in the top slot on Media Create's software chart for the week, and Nintendo fans will be pleased to know 3DS LL was back on top of the hardware charts after being bested by PlayStation Vita for the last few weeks.

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Bandai Namco’s Vita title moved 145,029 copies followed by Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call's debut in second place - which likely helped boost 3DS sales.

Other debuts, Famicom Remix 1+2 for Wii U and BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma came in fifth and sixth, respectively.

Monster Hunter Frontier GG Premium Package, Maple Story: Maiden of Fate, If You Thought It Was Harem Paradise It Was Yandere Hell and Muv-Luv: Photonflowers debuts landed in the bottom 10.

Here’s the full software chart for April 21-27. Life-to-date sales are in parentheses:

  1. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (Bandai Namco, 04/24/14) – 145,029 (New)
  2. [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (Square Enix, 04/24/14) – 80,523 (New)
  3. [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) – 43,136 (798,046)
  4. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo, 03/20/14) – 15,654 (320,489)
  5. [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku Hen (Bandai Namco, 04/10/14) – 12,240 (186,396)
  6. [Wii U] Famicom Remix 1+2 (04/24/14) – 11,079 (New)
  7. [PSV] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (04/24/14) – 10,709 (New)
  8. [PSV] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku Hen (Bandai Namco, 04/10/14) – 8,678 (154,669)
  9. [3DS] Ace Attorney 123: Wright Selection (04/17/14, Capcom) – 6,473 (33,398)
  10. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami, 03/20/14) – 6,444 (204,498)
  11. [3DS] Kirby: Triple Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/14) – 6,326 (559,903)
  12. [3DS] Pokemon X and Y (Pokemon, 10/12/13) – 6,001 (4,040,630)
  13. [3DS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen! Tokimeki Up! (Nintendo, 04/17/14) – 5,926 (18,241)
  14. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 (Tecmo Koei, 03/20/14) – 5,392 (218,011)
  15. [PS4] Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (Square Enix, 04/14/14) – 4,858 (36,185)
  16. [PS3] Monster Hunter Frontier GG Premium Package (Capcom, 04/23/14) – 4,689 (New)
  17. [3DS] Maple Story: Maiden of Fate (Nexon, 04/24/14) – 4,203 (New)
  18. [PS3] If You Thought It Was Harem Paradise It Was Yandere Hell (NIS, 04/24/14) – 4,101 (New)
  19. [PS3] Muv-Luv: Photonflowers (5pb., 04/24/14) – 4,090 (New)
  20. [Wii U] Just Dance Wii U (Nintendo, 04/03/14) – 4,000 (33,394)

Hardware sales were up across the majority of systems, save for PlayStation 4 – 12,712 (14,396) and PSP – 1,957 (2,094).

3DS LL was up considerable over the week prior with 27,914 (14,023) units moved. The previous reining hardware offering, PS Vita, still showed growth despite coming in second place with 22,394 (17,905) units sold.

As Gematsu points out, it's Golden Week in Japan at the moment, so next week's sales chart will prove interesting.

Here’s the full hardware chart for Week 17. Last week’s sales are in parenthesis:

  • 3DS LL – 27,914 (14,023)
  • PSV – 22,394 (17,905)
  • PS4 – 12,712 (14,396)
  • PS3 – 6,726 (6,468)
  • 3DS – 6,073 (5,920)
  • Wii U – 5,710 (5,204)
  • PSP – 1,957 (2,094)
  • PSVTV – 1,548 (1,133)
  • 360 – 242 (240)

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