This week’s Japanese sales charts are in courtesy of Media Create. The Nintendo 3DS was on fire selling an incredible 276,000 units. This was due in no small part to the long-awaited Monster Hunter 4 which is exclusive to Nintendo’s handheld platform.Sadly, sales of the Wii U dropped again this week as the struggling platform only sold 5,003 units. Nintendo has yet to announce whether the region will receive a price cut. Anyway, here’s the Japanese software and hardware charts.

[3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (1,715,060) [PS3] AKB1/149 Renai Sousenkyo [PSP] Brothers Conflict: Brilliant Blue [3DS] Tomodachi Collection: New Life [PSP] Uta no Prince-sama: Music 2 [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team [PS3] JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life [PS3] Splinter Cell: Blacklist [3DS] Yokai Watch