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New PSP games top Japanese charts

But DS still king of the hill.

Games for PSP have stolen the show this week in the Japanese sales charts.

New entry Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 takes the top spot, nearly doubling the sales of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 on PSP at two. The PS2 entry for the football series sells around 1000 less to take three.

The DS leads hardware sales, though - although the gap between the handhelds closes every week. Helping the Nintendo cause this week is Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time on DS and Wii, which takes spaces five and seven, respectively.

Elsewhere there's little change. In total, DS counts 20 software entries, Wii has 10, PSP has seven, PS3 has six, PS2 has five and Xbox 360 has two.

This Week Last Week Title Platform Weekly Sales Lifetime Sales
1 New entry Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 PSP 212,765 212,765
2 New entry Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 PSP 109,492 109,492
3 New entry Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 PS2 108,189 108,189
4 New entry Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time DS 101,718 101,718
5 5 Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) PSP 22,818 380,000
6 3 Taiko: Drum Master Wii Wii 22,600 339,000
7 New entry Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time Wii 21,721 21,721
8 1 New Control Play! Mario Power Tennis Wii 20,447 108,000
9 6 Rhythm Tengoku Gold DS 20,130 1,634,000
10 7 Wii Fit Wii 19,087 3,215,000
Platform This Week Last Week This Year Lifetime
Nintendo DS 70,760 65,294 555,162 25,674,805
PlayStation Portable 44,135 38,280 348,412 11,706,576
Nintendo Wii 23,278 26,770 243,589 7,722,490
PlayStation 3 17,405 17,708 144,601 2,767,029
Xbox 360 8107 7663 55,594 886,134
PlayStation 2 5334 5007 35,347 21,434,871
Platform This Week Last Week This Year Lifetime
Nintendo DSi 55,613 51,618 1,123,665 1,661,842
Nintendo DS Lite 15,147 13,676 269,194 17,445,455