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Japan chart: 3DS, Legend of Heroes on top

Big second week drop for Dark Souls.

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News by Fred Dutton Contributor
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PSP RPG Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki topped this week's Japanese software chart, with last week's number one Dark Souls seeing a big sales drop.

As reported by Andriasang, Legend of Heroes moved 127,938 to take the sales crown in its debut week, followed by Dynasty Warriors 7 Xtreme Legends on the PlayStation 3.

Dark Souls dropped to three with sales down 88 per cent from 279,567 last week to 34,718.

Here's how the full top 20 shaped up:

  1. Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki (Falcom, PSP): 127,938 - NEW
  2. Dynasty Warriors 7 Xtreme Legends (Tecmo Koei, PS3): 82,901 - NEW
  3. Dark Souls (From Software, PS3): 34,718 (Life to date: 314,286)
  4. Evangelion Sound Impact (Namco Bandai, PSP): 16,477 - NEW
  5. Dragon Quest Collection (Square Enix, Wii): 16,298 (334,472)
  6. Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Tag Force 6 (Konami, PSP): 12,452 (76,801)
  7. Rhythm Heaven Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 11,468 (481,382)
  8. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best (Capcom, PSP): 10,917 (25,841)
  9. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, Wii): 10,625 (577,618)
  10. ICO/Last Guardian Limited Box (Sony, PS3): 10,306 (102,207)
  11. Senran Kagura (Marvelous Entertainment, 3DS): 9914 (62,121)
  12. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo, 3DS): 8830 (400,564)
  13. Wand of Fortune 2 (Idea Factory, PSP): 8800 - NEW
  14. Tales of Xillia (Namco Bandai, PS3): 8618 (604,003)
  15. Kirby Mass Attack (Nintendo, DS): 8219 (240,034)
  16. Busou Shinki Battle Masters Mk.2 (Konami, PSP): 7714 (40,032)
  17. Monster Hunter Froniter Online Forward .2 Premium Package (Capcom, Xbox 360): 6816 - NEW
  18. Super Pokémon Scramble (Nintendo, 3DS): 6370 (176,737)
  19. Family Fishing (Namco Bandai, Wii): 6218 (50,622)
  20. Flora and Fauna 3D Field Guide (Nintendo, 3DS): 6034 - NEW

The 3DS continued its recent dominance on the hardware chart, though sales were down from 70,159 last week to 58,504.

The PlayStation 3 came in second ahead of the PSP, though all systems saw a sales decrease.

  1. 3DS: 58,504 (Last week: 70,159)
  2. PlayStation 3: 30,362 (39,452)
  3. PSP: 25,401 (28,533)
  4. Wii: 10,301 (14,034)
  5. Xbox 360: 2411 (3897)
  6. DSi XL: 2382 (2991)
  7. DSi: 1679 (2351)
  8. PlayStation 2: 1351 (1517)
  9. DS Lite: 52 (86)
  10. PSP go: 14 (15)

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