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Crisis Core hits Japan number 1

Final Fantasy VII prequel sells nearly half a million units in first week

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII was released in Japan last week and sold 487,000 copies in the seven-day period.

It was a bumper week for software sales in the territory, with two new Pokemon titles taking second and third spots yielding a top three sales figure of over 1 million units sold.

Elsewhere Mario Party 8 was the sole Wii entrant in seventh, with Wii Sports and Wii Play both dropping out of the top ten last week.

The full sales top ten is as follows:

1. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)

2. Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Toki no Tankentai (DS)

3. Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Yami no Tankentai (DS)

4. Fate/Tiger Colosseum (PSP)

5. Another Century's Episode 3: The Final (PS2)

6. Taiko no Tatsujin DS (DS)

7. Mario Party 8 (Wii)

8. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Ring of Fates (DS)

9. Sengoku Musou 2 Mushouden (PS2)

10. My Housekeeping Diary (DS)

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