Japan: Nintendo 3DS Sells 48K And Wii U Sells 11K

This week’s Japanese sales charts are now in courtesy of Media Create. As many had expected Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King jumped into the number one spot fending off the popular Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. There were a number of new releases this week including Until Dawn on the PlayStation 4 and Famicom Remix Best Choice on Nintendo 3DS to spice up the charts a bit. With regards to hardware the Nintendo 3DS was the best-selling system shifting 48K and was followed by the PlayStation 4. Here’s the best-selling games this week.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix, 08/27/15) – 584,716 (New)
2. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo, 07/30/15) – 48,978 (959,049)
3. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Nintendo, 07/11/15) – 48,868 (1,400,802)
4. [PS4] Dragon’s Dogma Online Limited Edition (Capcom, 08/27/15) – 29,316 (New)
5. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 23,403 (607,670)
6. [PS4] Until Dawn (SCE, 08/27/15) – 17,472 (New)
7. [PS3] TV Anime The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol. 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/27/15) – 15,496 (New)
8. [3DS] Famicom Remix: Best Choice (Nintendo, 08/27/15) – 14,079 (New)
9. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo, 06/11/15) – 13,716 (445,991)
10. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX (Bandai Namco, 08/20/15) – 13,423 (111,789)
11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 8,685 (308,686)
12. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma Online Limited Edition (Capcom, 08/27/15) – 8,202 (New)
13. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 6,849 (1,111,459)
14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 4,176 (4,035,029)
15. [PSV] Jyuzaengi Engetsu Sangokuden 1&2 (Idea Factory, 08/27/15) – 3,582 (New)
16. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 3,582 (2,690,106)
17. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest (Nintendo, 06/25/15) – 3,399 (412,588)
18. [PS4] Dishonored: Definitive Edition (Bethesda Softworks, 08/27/15) – 2,857 (New)
19. [Wii U] Yoshi’s Woolly World (Nintendo, 07/16/15) – 2,812 (66,741)
20. [PSV] Taiko Drum Master: V Version (Bandai Namco, 07/09/15) – 2,634 (90,547)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. New 3DS LL – 38,498 (19,960)
2. PlayStation 4 – 18,539 (14,495)
3. PlayStation Vita – 12,125 (11,605)
4. Wii U – 11,781 (11,302)
5. New 3DS – 7,089 (5,967)
6. PlayStation 3 – 2,571 (2,549)
7. 3DS – 2,216 (1,557)
8. 3DS LL – 1,116 (795)
9. PlayStation Vita TV – 567 (554)
10. Xbox One – 168 (160)

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