After almost 5,000 years of civilized culture (preceded by 25,000 years of hunter-gatherer triflings), the island of Nihon-koku -- 'Japan' to you lazy round-eyes -- may soon sink into the ocean or be horribly destroyed by some kind of hellish firestorm.

Recent Japanese sales records are out and in accordance with ancient harbingers of doom prophecy, Halo 3 has topped a Pokémon title for the highest selling game in all of Japan.

To quote a completely fictional prophetic haiku:

When Microsoft tops

Nintendo's tiny creatures,

Nippon shall perish.

Considering the entire thing was written in the blood of a sparrow, you sorta have to believe it, y'know?

Hit the jump for the week's sales data (written in the blood of Mark from Accounting).

[Via Game|Life]

[UPDATE: Haiku made even less historically accurate to appease you pedantic bastards.]

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