James Lee
10:05 (BST)
29/05/2008
Nintendo dominates Japanese software charts
Nintendo platforms have dominated the Japanese software chart for the week ended May 25, with titles for the Wii and DS taking up nine of the top ten places.
Let's make a Pro Baseball Team! for the DS has entered the software charts at number one, selling 59,000 units.
It was closely followed by Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G for the PSP at 51,000 units, dropping from first to second place and pushing Mario Kart Wii down a place to third.
DS titles Glory of Hercules: Proof of Spirit and Scarlet Fragment DS are the only other new entries into the top ten debuting at fifth and seventh places respectively.
The Japanese chart follows:
- 01. Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team! (DS)
- 02. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP)
- 03. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
- 04. Wii Fit (Wii)
- 05. Glory of Hercules: Proof of Spirit (DS)
- 06. DS Beautiful Letter Training (DS)
- 07. Scarlet Fragment DS (DS)
- 08. Battalion Wars 2 (Wii)
- 09. Taiko Drum Master DS: Seven Island Adventure (DS)
- 10. Link's Crossbow Training (Wii)
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