Japan charts: new Dragon Quest at No. 1

By Ellie Gibson Published 5 February, 2010

Wii and handheld titles dominate top 30.

New DS title Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi has gone straight to the top of the Japanese charts, according to Media Create.

Another newcomer, End of Eternity for PS3, is in second place, while old timer New Super Mario Bros. Wii is third. The Xbox 360 version of EoE is at number eight, making it the only game for Microsoft's console in the chart.

There are 9 PSP games in the top 30, making Sony's handheld the winner this week. But not by much - the Wii is behind with eight titles while the DS is on seven. Ye olde PS2 only managed to get one game in there at No. 21, the spectacular-sounding Princess Saver! Eternal Love for My Lady. 10/10 surely. Unless that's the Japanese name for Dante's Inferno.

  1. Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi (DS)
  2. End of Eternity (PS3)
  3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
  4. Ar tonelico III: Sekai Shuuen no Hikigane wa Shoujo no Uta ga Hajiku (PS3)
  5. Tomodachi Collection (DS)
  6. Wii Fit Plus (Wii)
  7. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (PSP)
  8. End of Eternity (Xbox 360)
  9. Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP)
  10. MAG (PS3)
  11. Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
  12. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best)
  13. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces (PSP)
  14. Inazuma Eleven 2: Fire / Blizzard (DS)
  15. Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver (DS)
  16. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Wii)
  17. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
  18. Fushigi no Dungeon Fuurai no Shiren 3 Portable (PSP)
  19. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
  20. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Wii)
  21. Princess Saver! Eternal Love for My Lady (PS2)
  22. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
  23. Dynasty Warriors 5 Empire (PSP)
  24. Lively Garden (DS)
  25. 11 Eyes Crossover (PSP)
  26. Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP)
  27. Tekken 6 (PSP)
  28. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
  29. Momotarou Dentetsu 2010 Senkoku Ishin no Hero Daisyuugou ! No Ken (Wii)
  30. PokePark Wii: Pikachu no Daibouken (Wii)
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Comments (8) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Fletche #1 2 years ago

    "Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best)"
    The best?

    MAG at number10? Sony must be very pleased with how well it has done, can't say it floats my boat, but yeah, well done

  • consignia #2 2 years ago

    "The Best" is a budget label. Kind of like Platinum over here.

  • abigsmurf #3 2 years ago

    Nice to see Ar Tonelico III have decent first week sales despite being a low profile RPG.

    Hope NIS bring it over to the west (without any crash bugs and untranslated text though).

  • swissorc #4 2 years ago

    I just dont get why Monster Hunter 3 has stopped selling

  • abigsmurf #5 2 years ago

    @swissorc

    It's the third party curse for the Wii. What should be decent sellers are just getting out-muscled by Nintendo's titles and are getting very little marketing support. Crystal Bearers should've been a big seller too but it's flopped.

  • GamesConnoisseur #6 2 years ago

    Played End of Eternity demo (is that the one with fancy gun moves?) off Japanese Store few weeks ago and fancied the game being translated over here.

    Didnt realise there is X360 version too and coming in a respectable 8th, so a multi platform title one.

  • firefly #7 2 years ago

    @swissorc

    That's generally the way the Japanese charts work. Games will do big business for a few weeks and then trail off into oblivion, Dragon Quest IX was released around the same time and that's nowhere to be seen any more, neither is the much more recent Final Fantasy XIII.

    Apart from budget releases the only games that have hung on for a while are the less "hardcore" examples, like Wii Fit/Sports and Tomodachi Collection.

  • itsfuzzy #8 2 years ago

    Actually really need to finish VIII on the PS2.
    Thanks for reminding me