Period: The week of March 19th – March 25th (2012)
Top-seller: Kid Icarus: Uprising – 132,526
Nintendo 3DS sales: 94,011 | Total sales: 5,400,667
PlayStation Vita sales: 10,302 | Total sales: 630,385
Kid Icarus: Uprising’s release last week marked the rebirth of Kid Icarus worldwide, and that includes Japan as well. In its first week, the game sold over 132,00 copies, coming it at the #1 spot. While those are decent first-week sales, they aren’t extraordinary. The next few weeks will tell the real story, as we observe whether or not Uprising can stand its ground in the top-20.
Right behind Uprising at #2 was Black Panther: Yakuza Asura Chapter for the PSP with 105,000 copies. At #4 was Capcom’s Devil May Cry HD Collection, followed by Ninja Gaiden 3 at #5. Compile Heart managed to squeeze into the top-10 as well, with Mugen Souls for the PS3.
Last week also saw the release of the Cobalt Blue Nintendo 3DS, and this bumped up sales of Monster Hunter Tri G, Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land, all of which saw an increase of 20-30% over the prior week. On that note, next week’s chart is going to be one to look out for, as we’ll find out sales for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.
The full top-20 list for the week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Kid Icarus: Uprising | 132,526 | New | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 02. | Black Panther 2: Yakuza Asura Chapter | 104,937 | New | PSP | Sega |
| 01. | 03. | Pokémon + Nobunaga’s Ambition | 65,046 | 237,073 | DS | Pokémon Co. |
| New | 04. | Devil May Cry HD Collection | 43,791 | New | PS3 | Capcom |
| New | 05. | Ninja Gaiden 3 | 29,797 | New | PS3 | Tecmo Koei |
| New | 06. | Mugen Souls | 23,004 | New | PS3 | Compile Heart |
| 09. | 07. | Monster Hunter Tri G | 22,402 | 1,337,122 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 08. | 08. | Mario Kart 7 | 20,890 | 1,601,979 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 11. | 09. | Super Mario 3D Land | 20,305 | 1,439,760 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 11. | 10. | Shining Blade | 19,302 | 141,289 | PSP | Sega |
| New | 11. | Hakuoki: Bakumatsu Musou Roku | 17,817 | New | PSP | Idea Factory |
| 10. | 12. | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games | 16,731 | 99,656 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 04. | 13. | One Piece: Pirate Warriors | 16,243 | 796,751 | PS3 | Namco Bandai |
| New | 14. | Fairy Tail: Zeref Awakens | 15,377 | New | PSP | Konami |
| 06. | 15. | Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai | 11,334 | 116,351 | 3DS | Sega |
| 12. | 16. | Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin | 9,889 | 147,106 | 3DS | Marvelous AQL |
| New | 17. | Little Busters! Converted Edition | 8,372 | New | PSV | Prototype |
| 03. | 18. | Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable | 8,138 | 70,546 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| New | 19. | Hanaoni: Yume no Tsudzuki | 8,023 | New | PSP | Idea Factory |
| New | 20. | Shinken de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! R | 6,834 | New | PS3 | Minato Station |
Published: Mar 28, 2012 01:50 pm