This Week In Sales: The Legend of Heroes Makes Sales In The Sky

Period: The week of Sep 26th – October 2nd (2011)

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Top-seller: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Blue – 127,938

Nintendo 3DS sales: 58,504 | Total sales: 1,964,105

 

The biggest release last week was Nihon Falcom’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Blue for the PSP. The latest Legend of Heroes game sold close to 128,000 copies in its first week.

 

Following it at #2 was Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends, an updated expansion to Dynasty Warriors 7. It includes new actions in battle and new weapons, among other features, and is compatible with save data from the original game. At #3 was Dark Souls, dropping significantly in sales from last week, followed by rhythm game, Rebuild of Evangelion: 3nd Impact, at #4.

 

3DS hardware have settled back at the 58,000 mark, following the sudden boost provided by Senran Kagura upon its release. The one new 3DS game that was released last week was The 3D Illustrated Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna, an interesting title published by Nintendo. We’ll have a feature up on the game this weekend.

 

The top-20 software sales chart for last week is as follows:

 

Lw Tw Title Weekly Sales Total Sales Sys. Publisher
New 01. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Blue 127,938 New PSP Falcom
New 02. Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends
82,901 New PS3 Tecmo Koei
01. 03. Dark Souls 34,718 314,286 PS3 From Software
New 04. Rebuild of Evangelion: 3nd Impact 16,477 New PSP Namco Bandai
05. 05. Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection 16,298 334,472 Wii Square Enix
03. 06. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 6 12,452 76,801 PSP Konami
11. 07. Rhythm Heaven 11,468 481,382 Wii Nintendo
12. 08. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best) 10,917 25,841 PSP Capcom
13. 09. Wii Sports Resort 10,625 577,618 Wii Nintendo
02. 10. Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection Limited Box
10,306 102,207 PS3 Sony
06. 11. Senran Kagura: Portrait of Girls 9,914 62,121 3DS Marvelous AQL
16. 12. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 8,830 400,564 3DS Nintendo
New 13. Wand of Fortune 2: Jikuu ni Shizumu Mokushiroku 8,800 New PSP Idea Factory
09. 14. Tales of Xillia 8,618 604,003 PS3 Namco Bandai
15. 15. Kirby: Mass Attack 8,219 240,034 DS Nintendo
07. 16. Busou Shinki: Battle Masters Mk. 2 7,714 40,032 PSP Konami
New 17. Monster Hunter Frontier Online Forward.2 Premium Package 6,816 New 360 Capcom
19. 18. Pokémon Rumble Blast 6,370 176,737 3DS Pokémon Co.
??? 19. Fishing Resort 6,218 50,622 Wii Namco Bandai
New 20. The 3D Illustrated Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna 6,034 New 3DS Nintendo

 

Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media-Create and Geimin.net.

Ishaan Sahdev
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Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.

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