The week of January 17th – 23rd saw the release of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix, finally ending the Birth by Sleep chapter of the series. (Then again…) Birth by Sleep Final Mix moved 77,000 copies, taking the place of Another Century’s Episode Portable at #1, above Monster Hunter Portable 3rd at #2.
Another Century’s Episode, in the mean time, saw itself bumped down all the way to #11 in the span of a single week. Two new Namco Bandai releases in the form of Kaiju Busters Powered and Venus & Braves, along with consistent top-ten regulars like Donkey Kong Country Returns and Pokémon Black/White dominated the first half of the week’s sales chart.
Also in the top-ten was Inazuma Eleven 3: Challenge the World – The Ogre, which shot up all the way from #28 to #7. A new shipment, perhaps? Also making its return from beyond the top-20 was Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Everyone’s Party Sandaime.
The top-20 chart for the week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix | 77,317 | New | PSP | Square Enix |
| 02. | 02. | Monster Hunter Portable 3rd | 43,196 | 4,094,939 | PSP | Capcom |
| 03. | 03. | Donkey Kong Country Returns | 20,411 | 754,679 | Wii | Nintendo |
| New | 04. | Kaiju Busters Powered | 17,989 | New | DS | Namco Bandai |
| 05. | 05. | AKB 1/48 Fall In Love With An Idol | 12,765 | 351,943 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 04. | 06. | Ni no Kuni: The Jet-Black Sorcerer | 12,608 | 451,152 | DS | Level 5 |
| 28. | 07. | Inazuma Eleven 3: Challenge the World – The Ogre | 12,386 | 377,913 | DS | Level 5 |
| 08. | 08. | Pokémon Black/White | 12,115 | 5,039,984 | DS | Nintendo |
| 07. | 09. | Wii Party | 10,625 | 1,756,646 | Wii | Nintendo |
| New | 10. | Venus & Braves | 10,563 | New | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 01. | 11. | Another Century’s Episode Portable | 9,071 | 79,288 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| New | 12. | Momotaro Electric Railway: The Great Gathering of Heroes – Sengoku ・ Meiji | 8,925 | New | Wii | Hudson |
| 12. | 13. | Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery | 7,495 | 314,612 | DS | Konami |
| 10. | 14. | Mario Sports Mix | 7,238 | 553,472 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 18. | 15. | Wii Sports Resort (w/ MotionPlus) | 6,987 | 261,814 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 19. | 16. | Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 | 6,904 | 145,751 | PSP | Konami |
| 23. | 17. | Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Everyone’s Party Sandaime | 6,484 | 169,299 | Wii | Namco Bandai |
| 16. | 18. | Mario Kart Wii | 6,273 | 3,145,579 | Wii | Nintendo |
| New | 19. | Loveable Zombie | 6,187 | New | DS | Chunsoft |
| New | 20. | Little Charo travels in English! | 6,076 | New | DS | Nintendo |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media-Create.
Published: Jan 26, 2011 04:32 pm