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Japan chart: 3DS holds onto top spot

Grand Knights History takes software crown.

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News by Fred Dutton Contributor
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The 3DS continues to dominate the weekly Japanese hardware chart.

According to Andriasang, Nintendo's handheld took the top spot with 54,744 sales - down slightly on last week's 60,781 tally.

Elsewhere sales were largely flat, with PlayStation 3 taking second place, followed by PSP, Wii and the DS. Oh, and the PSP go finally hit single digits. Here's the full chart:

  1. 3DS: 54,744 (Last week: 60,781)
  2. PlayStation 3: 33,831 (33,141)
  3. PSP: 30,192 (31,310)
  4. Wii: 11,606 (11,342)
  5. DSi XL: 3177 (3235)
  6. DSi: 2453 (2384)
  7. PS2: 1394 (1580)
  8. Xbox 360: 1228 (1393)
  9. DS Lite: 80 (110)
  10. PSP go: 7 (20)

Grand Knights History, a PSP RPG from Muramasa developer VanillaWare, topped the software chart, moving 64,630 units. Last week's number one, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD dropped down to two.

Other new entries in the top 10 included Atlus RPG Devil Survivor Overclocked at five and PSP role player Corpse Party at seven.

  1. Grand Knights History (MMV, PSP): 64,630 NEW!
  2. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver. (Capcom, PS3): 52,792 (Life to date: 340,621)
  3. Rhythm Heaven Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 22,762 (422,314)
  4. Samurai Warriors 3 Empires (Tecmo Koei, PS3): 21,604 (91,858)
  5. Devil Survivor Overcllocked (Atlus, 3DS): 20,809 NEW!
  6. Kirby Mass Attack (Nintendo, DS): 15,804 (197,028)
  7. Corpse Party Book of Shadows (5pb., PSP): 15,249 NEW!
  8. Mobile Suit Gundam New Gihren's Ambition (Namco Bandai, PSP): 14,656 (90,267)
  9. Monster Hunter Diary Poka Poka Felyne Village G (Capcom, PSP): 12,924 (175,340)
  10. Dynasty Warriors 7 Special (Tecmo Koei, PSP): 12,209 (37,516)
  11. Super Pokémon Rumble (Nintendo, 3DS): 11,773 (145,974)
  12. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii): 11,598 (526,684)
  13. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo, 3DS): 11,430 (360,394)
  14. Black Rock Shooter: The Game (Image Epoch, PSP): 11,186 (116,463)
  15. Call of Duty Black Ops Dubbed Version Budget Version (Square Enix, PS3): 9104 NEW!
  16. MHF Anniversary 2011 Premium Package (Capcom, Xbox 360): 7953 NEW!
  17. Uta no Prince Sama Repeat (Broccoli, PSP): 7090 (61,211)
  18. Toriko Gourmet Survival! (Namco Bandai, PSP): 6290 (124,503)
  19. Taiko Drum Master Portable DX (Deluxe) (Namco Bandai, PSP): 6049 (193,104)
  20. Suite Pretty Cure Melody Collection (Namco Bandai, DS): 5715 (18,281)

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