Fire Emblem Fates is new Japanese #1

Japan's big franchises battled it out on the software charts this week and it was Fire Emblem Fates: White Kingdom / Dark Knight Kingdom that was the victor, entering at number one.

Persona 4: Dancing All Night took second place, almost 170,000 units behind Fire Emblem Fates.

1. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: White Kingdom / Dark Knight Kingdom - 260,675 (New entry)
2. [PSV] Persona 4: Dancing All Night - 94,036 (New entry)
3. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition - 42,991 (New entry)
4. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ - 42,718 (Lifetime sales - 266,726)
5. [PS4] Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward - 38,758 (New entry)

In hardware the PlayStation Vita benefitted from Persona 4: Dancing All Night's appearance in the software top five, seeing sales more than double compared to last week.

1. PlayStation Vita - 23,134 (Last week - 11,748)
2. New 3DS XL - 21,818 (17,642)
3. PlayStation 4 - 14,482 (13,850)
4. Wii U - 13,166 (14,616)
5. New 3DS - 8,294 (4,506)
6. PlayStation 3 - 2,761 (2,819)
7. 3DS - 1,396 (1,126)
8. 3DS XL - 847 (790)
9. PlayStation Vita TV - 820 (540)
10. Xbox One - 243 (201)