Period: The week of April 8th – April 14th (2013)
Top-seller: Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – 56,562
Nintendo 3DS sales: 18,584 | Total sales: 8,203,793
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 28,139 | Total sales: 2,938,069
PlayStation Vita sales: 14,112 | Total sales: 1,500,324
Wii U sales: 9,984 | Total sales: 879,014
<< Last week’s software sales chart
Last week was another slow week for new releases in Japan, with hardware sales dropping across the board. A strong line-up managed to keep Nintendo 3DS sales healthy at close to 47,000 units, but everything else dropped below the 15k mark.
Meanwhile, the top-20 software chart was comprised primarily of a mix of popular sellers and recent releases. The only new game in the top-20 was FuRyu’s Cardfight!! Vanguard: Ride to Victory, which sold 44,538 copies in its first week.
Next week’s sales chart should be a little more exciting. We’ll see first-week sales for Nintendo’s Tomodachi Collection: New Life, Capcom’s Monster Hunter Frontier G, Sega’s 7th Dragon 2020-II and Namco Bandai’s Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3.
The top-20 chart for the week was as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| 01. | 01. | Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon | 56,562 | 515,975 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 02. | Cardfight!! Vanguard: Ride to Victory | 44,538 | New | 3DS | FuRyu |
| 02. | 03. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 36,709 | 3,062,077 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 03. | 04. | One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 | 12,799 | 370,758 | PS3 | Namco Bandai |
| 05. | 05. | Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 | 8,059 | 149,725 | PS3 | Konami |
| 07. | 06. | Taiko no Tatsujin: Super Splendid Edition | 6,983 | 449,305 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 08. | 07. | Muramasa Rebirth | 6,492 | 63,287 | PSV | Marvelous AQL |
| 05. | 08. | Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 | 6,487 | 124,326 | PSP | Konami |
| 14. | 09. | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 6,473 | 1,996,530 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 11. | 10. | Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment | 6,435 | 186,444 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 13. | 11. | Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix | 5,993 | 189,169 | PS3 | Square Enix |
| 18. | 12. | Soul Sacrifice | 5,049 | 160,663 | PSV | Sony |
| 12. | 13. | Dragon Quest X | 4,969 | 48,171 | WiiU | Square Enix |
| 09. | 14. | Fate/Extra CCC | 4,878 | 88,889 | PSP | Marvelous AQL |
| 19. | 15. | Mario Kart 7 | 4,775 | 2,025,127 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 21. | 16. | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) | 4,768 | 284,824 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 10. | 17. | Game & Wario | 4,719 | 38,274 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 16. | 18. | One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 | 4,620 | 90,199 | PSV | Namco Bandai |
| 20. | 19. | Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy | 4,356 | 203,602 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| 22. | 20. | Taiko: Drum Master The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb | 4,110 | 466,189 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.
Published: Apr 17, 2013 01:00 pm