This weeks Media Create Japanese software charts show that Capcom’s Resident Evil Revelations managed to secure second place on its week of release. The software charts show that there were a grand total of twelve Nintendo related games in the top twenty overall. The Nintendo 3DS once against topped the Japanese hardware charts, easily outselling the competition selling 84,789.

• 01./00. [PS3] Armored Core V
• 02./00. [3DS] Resident Evil: Revelations
• 03./00. [PSV] Tales of Innocence R
• 04./01. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
• 05./03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G
• 06./00. [360] Armored Core V
• 07./04. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land
• 08./00. [PS3] The Idolmaster
• 09./02. [3DS] Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure
• 10./07. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark
• 11./00. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Mokuba no Kiseki
• 12./12. [WII] Just Dance Wii
• 13./10. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3
• 14./13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3)
• 15./11. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2
• 16./14. [WII] Wii Party
• 17./15. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus
• 18./19. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends
• 19./17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii
• 20./16. [WII] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land

1. Nintendo 3DS: 84,789
2. PlayStation 3: 22,924
3. PlayStation Vita: 18,942
4. PlayStation Portable: 16,008
5. Wii: 10,369
6. Nintendo DS: 1,918
7. Xbox 360: 1,235
8. PlayStation 2: 713

Popular UK games retailer GAME won’t be stocking new releases according to Now Gamer as the high street retailer has ”lost credit assurance with most of its publishers.” The company has told the publication that it will be stocking this weeks new releases, but it remains to be seen whether this will continue. GAME has struggled in recent times to compete against the supermarkets and online retailers.

This weeks Media Create Sales are in and once again the Nintendo 3DS is clearly out-performing all the competition selling an impressive 80,960 units. The Nintendo 3DS’ closest competitor is the PlayStation 3 which only managed to sell 21,155 units. Mario Kart continues to be the best-selling Nintendo 3DS game in Japan taking the number one position. Thirteen of the overall top twenty games in Japan are on Nintendo platforms.

1. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
2. [3DS] Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure
3. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G
4. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land
5. [360] Onechanbara Z: Kagura
6. [PSP] Heroes Phantasia
7. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark
8. [3DS] Beyond the Labyrinth
9. [PSP] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin II – Revelation of Evil God
10. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3
11. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2
12. [WII] Just Dance Wii
13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3
14. [WII] Wii Party
15. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus
16. [WII] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii
18. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Dubbed Edition
19. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends
20. [WII] Go Vacation (Bandai Namco Games) 

1. Nintendo 3DS: 80,960
2. PlayStation 3: 21,155
3. PlayStation Portable: 17,181
4. PlayStation Vita: 15,219
5. Wii: 10,173
6. Nintendo DS: 2,022
7. Xbox 360: 1,588
8. PlayStation 2: 903

Tip: Nintendaan

The readers of UK games publication GamesTM have voted for their favourite video games consoles of all-time. I’m not entirely sure how many people voted but the results could be considered surprising, especially the winning console. Here’s the top fifteen games consoles according to the readers of GamesTM:

1. Xbox 360
2. Super Nintendo
3. PlayStation 2
4. PlayStation
5. Nintendo 64
6. Mega Drive
7. Dreamcast
8. PlayStation 3
9. Amiga
10. PC
11. Gamecube
12. Commodore 64
13. ZX Spectrum
14. NES
15. Game Boy

Online gaming publication Kotaku has posted what they believe to be the 40 most powerful people in the video games industry. Surprisingly Kotaku has placed Apple CEO Tim Cook and also Xbox Chief Don Mattrick above industry stalwart Satoru Iwata. It’s certainly an interesting list that’s bound to cause plenty of controversy amongst its online readership. Here’s the top forty most powerful people in the games industry at the moment:

1. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
2. Don Mattrick, Microsoft’s Xbox Chief
3. Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo
4. Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard
5. Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard
6. Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook
7. Kaz Hirai, Sony Executive Vice President
8. Gabe Newell, Boss of Valve Software
9. John Riccitiello, CEO of EA
10. Eric Bright, Wal-Mart Game-Buyer
11. Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder
12. Paul Raines, Used GameStop CEO
13. Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take Two
14. Mark Rein, Epic Games Vice President
15. Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft Boss
16. Sam and Dan Houser, The Brothers Rockstar
17. Markus ‘Notch’ Persson, Who Invented Minecraft
18. Ken Levine, Leader of Irrational Games
19. Mark Pinkus, Zynga Czar
20. Shigeru Miyamoto, Lead Game Designer at Nintendo
21. Robert Altman, Head of Zenimax
22. Robert Khoo, Penny Arcade Maestro
23. Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia
24. Daniel Kim, CEO of Nexon
25. Jason Rohrer, Developer of Unusual Video Games
26. Ophir Lupu, Video Game Agent, UTA
27. Yoichi Wada, CEO of the Square-Enix-Eidos Empire
28. Michel Guillemot, CEO of Gameloft
29. Pony Ma, CEO of Tencent
30. Andrew Wilson, Head of EA Sports
31. Martin Tremblay, President of Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment
32. Meggan Scavio, Director of the Game Developers Conference
33. Brian J. Dunn, CEO of Best Buy
34. Yoshikazu Tanaka, Founder of Gree
35. Min-Liang Tan, Creative Director of Razer
36. Jane McGonigal, Optimistic Game Designer
37. Michael Gallagher, President of the Entertainment Software Association
38. Naotoshi Zin , CEO of From Software
39. Ryozo Tsujimoto, Capcom Hit-Maker
40. Peter Vesterbacka, Chief Angry Birds Marketing Officer

Japanese gaming publication Famitsu has published its readers most wanted video games of 2012. Heading up the list is Dragon Quest X which is due for release on both Wii and Wii U sometime later this year. Overall there’s an impressive eight games featured in the overall chart on Nintendo platforms. What do you think to the choices?

1. Dragon Quest X (Wii)
2. Dragon’s Dogma (PS3)
3. Monster Hunter 4 (3DS)
4. One Piece: Kaizoku Musou (PS3)
5. Persona 4: The Golden (Vita)
6. Fotokano: Picture Girlfriend (PSP)
7. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3)
8. Animal Crossing (3DS)
9. Asura’s Wrath (PS3)
10. Tales of Innocence-R (Vita)
11. New Love Plus (3DS)
12. Resident Evil Revelations (3DS)
13. Shining Blade (PSP)
14. Kingdom Hearts 3D (3DS)
15. God Eater 2 (PSP)
16. The Last Guardian (PS3)
17. Binary Domain (PS3)
18. Armored Core V (PS3)
19. Metal Gear Rising Revengeance (PS3)
20. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3)
21. Super Robot Wars OG 2 (PS3)
22. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (3DS)
23. Fantasy Life (3DS)
24. Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave (PSP)
25. Yakuza: Black Panther 2 (PSP)

Japanese gaming publication Famitsu has published the top one hundred best-selling games in Japan throughout last year. Nintendo fans will be pleased to note that six of the top ten games are Nintendo related titles with Mario Kart 7 taking the number one spot and Super Mario 3D Land taking second place. Here’s the top ten:

1. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011-12-01} – 1.082.391 
2. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo) {2011-11-03} – 1.042.511 
3. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010-12-01} – 1.021.457 / 4.502.446
4. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G (Capcom) {2011-12-10} – 809.322 
5. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix) {2011-12-15} – 697.146 
6. [PSP] Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix) {2011-10-27} – 696.428 
7. [WII] Rhythm Heaven Fever (Nintendo) {2011-07-21} – 633.429 
8. [PS3] Tales of Xillia (Bandai Namco) {2011-09-08} – 632.151 
9. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) {2009-06-25} – 612.807 / 2.732.655
10. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010-07-08} – 584.545 / 2.123.773

Nintendo France has announced that the Nintendo 3DS was the best-selling console of 2011 selling an impressive 761,000 units. The Wii and the Nintendo DS also performed well in France although Nintendo would only give a combined figure for both platforms.

• Nintendo 3DS: 761K
• PlayStation 3: 656K
• Xbox 360: 409K
• Wii + DS: >1250K

SCEE president and CEO Jim Ryan has told MCV that the company has been watching Nintendo 3DS sales closely and are encouraged by the systems performance in recent times, though he refuses to acknowledge that the 3DS poses a danger to Vita. Sony’s PlayStation Vita is currently struggling to win over Japanese consumers.

“One of the encouraging things about 3DS’ sales performance at Christmas is that it is confounding the naysayers who say that there is no room in the market for a dedicated handheld gaming device,” he told MCV in an exclusive interview.

“And to that extent we were encouraged by how 3DS did over the last month.

But doesn’t the appetite for 3DS pose a danger to Vita? Apparently not.

“There are two distinct markets,” Ryan added.

“The quality, the immersiveness, the richness of the experience that we believe we are going to offer on Vita, way exceeds anything that we believe to be available on any smartphone.”

Nanea Reeves, chief product officer for Gaikai cloud gaming service believes that one major console manufacturer won’t be creating a next generation device. Industry Gamers seem to believe that Reeves has inside knowledge and that perhaps the console manufacturer will instead create a major cloud gaming partnership with Gaikai instead of creating brand new hardware. Any guesses as to which console manufacturer it will be?

“Not all of the current console makers will have one more generation. That will be the big news at E3.”