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Japan chart: My Little Sister Can't Possibly Be This Cute takes top spot

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Something called My Little Sister Can't Possibly Be This Cute Portable Can't Possibly Continue is currently the best selling game in Japan.

It's a PSP title, it's published by Namco Bandai and it's the game that 53,175 Japanese people most wanted to play last week. We'd head to YouTube to find out more but we really don't want to wind up on a government watchlist.

In fairness, it was another slow sales week in Japan. The only other new entry worthy of note was a PSP remake of Persona 2, which debuted in third place.

Last week's number one, Mario Party 9, dropped to second.

Here's the full top 20, as posted by Andriasang:

  1. My Little Sister Can't Possibly Be This Cute Portable Can't Possibly Continue (Namco Bandai, PSP): 53,175 - NEW
  2. Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, Wii): 25,123 (Life to date: 359,943)
  3. Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (Atlus, PSP): 24,547 - NEW
  4. Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo, 3DS): 14,913 (376,703)
  5. Brothers Conflict Passion Pink (Idea Factory, PSP): 10,911 - NEW
  6. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS): 10,450 (1,585,238)
  7. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS): 8569 (1,712,918)
  8. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 3DS): 8334 (1,450,809)
  9. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom, PS3): 6625 (326,130)
  10. Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo, 3DS): 6232 (275,752)
  11. Pachipara 3D (Irem, 3DS): 6144 - NEW
  12. Mario & Sonic at the London Olympics (Nintendo, 3DS): 5041 (167,311)
  13. Starhawk (Sony, PS3): 4522 (17,395)
  14. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, Wii): 4416 (944,388)
  15. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 3309 (2,352,193)
  16. Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami, PSP): 3266 (135,716)
  17. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best (Capcom, PSP): 2807 (255,572)
  18. Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin (MAQL, 3DS): 2718 (184,906)
  19. Bunmei Kaika Aoiza Ibunroku Saien (Furyu, PSP): 2694 - NEW
  20. Pokémon Black/White (The Pokémon Company, DS): 2551 (5,471,875)

Hardware sales were every bit as sluggish. 3DS remained in first place, but all systems recorded flat figures.

  1. 3DS: 45,752 (Last week: 46,425)
  2. PlayStation 3: 12,026 (12,996)
  3. PSP: 10,652 (12,247)
  4. Vita: 6347 (6340)
  5. Wii: 5956 (6073)
  6. PlayStation 2: 1166 (1212)
  7. Xbox 360: 825 (1023)
  8. DSi XL: 683 (819)
  9. DSi: 425 (387)

Things should hot up a little next week, with Dragon's Dogma and Mario Open Tennis among the new releases on shelves.

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