Period: The week of April 9th – April 15th (2012)
Top-seller: The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z: Regeneration Chapter – 34,403
Nintendo 3DS sales: 63,796 | Total sales: 5,658,499
PlayStation Vita sales: 8,250 | Total sales: 659,671
Last week was a slow one in Japan, with no real high-profile releases to speak of. There were only two new games from Idea Factory in the top-20—Atelier Elkrone at #11 and Armen Noir Portable at #20, both for the PSP.
The rest of the top-20 consisted primarily of popular titles that have been showing an impressive ability to stand their ground as the go-to videogame products that more and more casual buyers continue to purchase week after week. For instance, Konami’s Pro Baseball Spirits titles on PSP and PS3 are still in the top-10, while Monster Hunter Portable 3rd continues to sell to PSP owners.
On the Nintendo 3DS front, Super Mario 3D Land, Monster Hunter Tri G and Mario Kart 7 continue to perform admirably, while newer releases such as Kid Icarus: Uprising, Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin and Hatsune Miku and Future Stars still remain on the charts. Expect to see some of these receive a boost from Golden Week holiday, which is coming up soon in Japan, as well.
The top-20 software sales chart for the week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| 01. | 01. | The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z: Regeneration Chapter | 34,403 | 299,842 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 02. | 02. | Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance | 20,907 | 276,788 | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 06. | 03. | Super Mario 3D Land | 18,119 | 1,504,812 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 03. | 04. | Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 | 17,037 | 104,086 | PSP | Konami |
| 05. | 05. | Kid Icarus: Uprising | 15,228 | 220,643 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 08. | 06. | Monster Hunter Tri G | 15,047 | 1,390,226 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 04. | 07. | Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 | 14,485 | 131,804 | PS3 | Konami |
| 09. | 08. | Mario Kart 7 | 12,212 | 1,649,867 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 07. | 09. | Pokémon Conquest | 10,377 | 295,974 | DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 10. | 10. | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games | 8,254 | 131,222 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 11. | Atelier Elkrone: Dear for Otomate | 8,012 | New | PSP | Idea Factory |
| 11. | 12. | Black Panther 2: Yakuza Asura Chapter | 5,882 | 147,829 | PSP | Sega |
| 14. | 13. | Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin | 4,574 | 165,182 | 3DS | Marvelous AQL |
| 16. | 14. | Wii Sports Resort | 4,243 | 914,691 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 19. | 15. | Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best) | 3,658 | 236,467 | PSP | Capcom |
| 13. | 16. | Devil May Cry HD Collection | 3,641 | 65,245 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 18. | 17. | Mario Kart Wii | 3,505 | 3,546,938 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 22. | 18. | Wii Party | 3,446 | 2,328,169 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 17. | 19. | Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai | 3,392 | 132,689 | 3DS | Sega |
| New | 20. | Armen Noir Portable | 3,254 | New | PSP | Idea Factory |
Published: Apr 18, 2012 02:30 pm