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Pokémon Black and White 2 still bossing Japanese charts

But Level-5 adventure Time Travellers fails to clock up the numbers.

Pokémon sequels Black 2 and White 2 remain top of the Japanese software chart, selling another 122,242 copies combined between July 9th and 15th.

The duo have now sold 2.3 million after three weeks on sale. That's a healthy figure, but it's worth remembering that the original Black and White sold 2.6 million copies in just two days.

There was less good news for Professor Layton developer Level-5, whose Tokyo-set adventure Time Travellers sold around than 9000 copies each on 3DS and PlayStation Vita.

The developer had high hopes for the game, previously stating it wanted the suspense-filled thriller to become a "500,000 to one million" seller.

Mediocre Vita shooter Resistance: Burning Skies fared worse still, shifting just 5138 copies in its opening week.

3DS hardware figures fell to their lowest in several months, likely due to the impending launch of the 3DS XL. Nintendo's super-sized handheld arrives in Japan later this month.

The full chart rundown lies below, courtesy of Media Create (via NeoGAF).

Japanese software July 9th - 15th

  1. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 - 122,242 (Total: 2,289,408)
  2. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon to Fushigina Orb - 65,462 (NEW)
  3. [3DS] Pocket Soccer League: Calciobit - 26,449 (NEW)
  4. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D - 18,245 (812,452)
  5. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Baku Boost - 18,152 (72,507)
  6. [PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 - 15,187 (53,827)
  7. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV: Denshou no Kyojin - 14,639 (110,145)
  8. [PSV] Time Travelers - 9,332 (NEW)
  9. [WII] Mario Party 9 - 9,090 (481,414)
  10. [3DS] Time Travelers - 9,054 (NEW)
  11. [PS3] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier - 8,675 (31,994)
  12. [PS3] Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Twilight Land (Gust) - 6,813 (81,147)
  13. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open - 6,491 (224,754)
  14. [3DS] Culdcept - 6,162 (73,650)
  15. [PSV] Persona 4 Golden - 6,001 (195,750)
  16. [PS3] Anarchy Reigns - 5,717 (27,633)
  17. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle - 5,332 (190,344)
  18. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus - 5,225 (981,189)
  19. [PSV] Metal Gear Solid HD Edition - 5,192 (31,789)
  20. [PSV] Resistance: Burning Skies - 5,138 (NEW)

Japanese hardware July 9th - 15th

  1. 3DS - 46.633 (51.930)
  2. PS3 - 15.218 (14.297)
  3. PSV - 11.388 (11.544)
  4. PSP - 11.170 (10.627)
  5. WII - 6.660 (6.654)
  6. 360 - 686 (711)
  7. PS2 - 451 (474)
  8. NDS - 430 (455)