Japanese Software Sales for 2/19 – 2/25

This weeks Japanese software sales look a bit off from what we’re used to. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd for the PSP debuted at an astounding 705k units sold. But, what’s this? Four Wii titles managed to break into the top 10? Unheard of! Fire Emblem: Goddess of the Dawn leading the pack with 75k units sold, with Wii Sports, Naruto, and Wii Play (creeping up on that 1 million sales mark) trailing behind. Professor Layton for the Nintendo DS is still fairing pretty well after topping out last weeks chart. Interesting sales numbers; expect a resurgence of at least one PS3 game next week with that new Gundam title coming out.
01. (PSP, Capcom) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd – 705,281 / NEW
02. (PS2, Alchemist) Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – 80,002 / NEW
03. (WII, Nintendo) Fire Emblem: Goddess of the Dawn – 75,359 / NEW
04. (NDS, EA) SimCity DS – 50,826 / NEW
05. (NDS, Level 5) Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village – 49,979 / 186,716
06. (WII, Nintendo) Wii Sports – 47,053 / 1,090,736
07. (WII, Takara-Tomy) Naruto: Shippuuden Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX – 45,792 / NEW
08. (NDS, Square-Enix) Dragon Quest Monsters Joker – 40,507 / 1,174,576
09. (WII, Nintendo) Wii Play – 35,811 / 944,586
10. (NDS, Nintendo) Picross DS – 26,693 / 183,357
Source: NeoGAF