Wii U sees Japanese chart boost

New Nintendo game Wii Party U might only have entered the Japanese software chart at 6 with 37,371 sales, but its release had a big impact on console sales, pushing the Wii U up to second place in the hardware rankings.

1. 3DS XL - 58,627 (Last week - 69,001)
2. Wii U - 38,802 (2,598)
3. 3DS - 29,749 (40,507)
4. PlayStation Vita - 27,618 (24,513)
5. PlayStation 3 - 11,148 (11,460)
6. PSP - 3,680 (3,807)
7. Wii - 477 (742)
8. Xbox 360 - 328 (351)

Elsewhere on the software chart there was one new entry at 3 for Danball Senki Wars, but the combined sales of Pokemon titles Pokemon X and Y kept the franchise on top in Japan.

1. [3DS] Pokemon X and Y - 162,347 (Lifetime sales - 2,731,470)
2. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2013 - 52,826 (136,709)
3. [3DS] Danball Senki Wars - 50,217 (New entry)
4. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 - 46,729 (2,872,106)
5. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2013 - 38,179 (74,181)

Charts collated by Media Create and published by Gematsu.