Japan: Nintendo 3DS Sells 22K And Wii U Sells 4K

It’s Wednesday so that means it is time to find out which was the best-selling hardware and video game software in Japan. There were a number of new releases this week including Zero Time Dilemma which entered at number twenty and also Shovel Knight on the Nintendo 3DS which arrived at number thirteen. With regards to hardware it was the PlayStation 4 which narrowly beat the Nintendo 3DS to become the best-selling hardware.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS4] Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers (Bandai Namco, 06/30/16) – 70,392 (New)
2. [PS3] Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers (Bandai Namco, 06/30/16) – 38,715 (New)
3. [3DS] Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (Marvelous, 06/23/16) – 30,926 (131,245)
4. [Wii U] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 06/23/16) – 10,679 (28,956)
5. [Wii U] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Mojang, 06/23/16) – 10,478 (33,068)
6. [PSV] Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain (NIS, 06/23/16) – 9,522 (27,096)
7. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Doko Don! Mystery Adventure (Bandai Namco, 06/16/16) – 7,736 (51,800)
8. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo, 04/29/16) – 7,707 (338,053)
9. [PS4] Dragon’s Dogma Online Season 2 Limited Edition (Capcom, 06/30/16) – 7,590 (New)
10. [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice (Capcom, 06/09/16) – 7,543 (241,465)
11. [PSV] Caligula (FuRyu, 06/23/16) – 7,289 (38,532)
12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 6,621 (811,691)
13. [3DS] Shovel Knight Amiibo Set (Nintendo, 06/30/16) – 6,518 (New)
14. [PS4] Overwatch (Square Enix, 05/26/16) – 6,390 (110,768)
15. [PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and the Prophecy’s End (Square Enix, 05/27/16) – 6,072 (208,009)
16. [PSV] Zero Time Dilemma (Spike Chunsoft, 06/30/16) – 5,375 (New)
17. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 5,265 (1,398,665)
18. [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 4,803 (905,422)
19. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 4,502 (182,976)
20. [3DS] Zero Time Dilemma (Spike Chunsoft, 06/30/16) – 3,916 (New)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. PlayStation 4 – 23,679 (22,715)
2. New 3DS LL – 17,648 (18,836)
3. PlayStation Vita – 11,461 (11,986)
4. Wii U – 4,444 (4,358)
5. New 3DS – 4,122 (3,208)
6. PlayStation 3 – 1,265 (1,141)
7. 3DS – 718 (707)
8. 3DS LL – 82 (146)
9. Xbox One – 73 (70)

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