Period: The week of Sep 12th – Sep 18th (2011)

Top-seller: Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection – 263,398

Nintendo 3DS sales: 58,837 | Total sales: 1,835,442

Last week was slow. Very slow, thanks to the Tokyo Game Show. The one major game that slipped out grabbed the top spot, and that was Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection for the Wii. Watching how long-tailed sellers like Dragon Quest hold up on the charts post-release is always fun, so the next few weeks should be interesting.

5pb’s Dunamis15 also made it into the top-20 software sales chart, but the PlayStation 3 version was all the way down at the #14 spot with 5,970 copies sold. The other two new games on the chart were an Idea Factory title and Winnie the Pooh: 100 Acre Wood’s Cooking Book at #20.

In the hardware category, Nintendo 3DS hardware sales received a boost of nearly 10,000 units from the week prior. Was it because of the slowdown in competition or did 10,000 people suddenly get really excited for Monster Hunter? (Probably more the former)

The top-20 software sales chart for the week is as follows:

Lw Tw Title Weekly Sales Total Sales Sys. Publisher New 01. Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection 263,398 New Wii Square Enix 01. 02. Tales of Xillia 47,297 572,902 PS3 Namco Bandai 02. 03. Resident Evil: Revival Selection 17,614 111,382 PS3 Capcom 10. 04. Wii Sports Resort 15,109 552,116 Wii Nintendo 07. 05. Rhythm Heaven 14,647 452,560 Wii Nintendo 04. 06. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver. 13,230 374,013 PS3 Capcom 09. 07. Kirby: Mass Attack 10,888 219,156 DS Nintendo 11. 08. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 10,504 380,138 3DS Nintendo 05. 09. Grand Knights History 10,078 94,419 PSP Marvelous 13. 10. Monster Hunter Diary G 9,378 192,720 PSP Capcom 08. 11. Everybody’s Golf 5 (PlayStation 3 The Best) 8,454 20,812 PS3 Sony 14. 12. Pokémon Rumble Blast 7,698 161,645 3DS Nintendo New 13. Gekka Ryouran Romance 6,948 New PSP Idea Factory New 14. Dunamis15 5,970 New PS3 5pb. 06. 15. Super Sentai Battle: Ranger Cross 5,739 22,196 Wii Namco Bandai 18. 16. Uta no Prince-Sama: Repeat 5,659 73,285 PSP Broccoli 24. 17. Pokémon Black/White 5,202 5,308,519 DS Pokémon Co. 03. 18. Resistance 3 5,136 25,478 PS3 Sony 19. 19. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Dubbed version – Bargain edition) 5,077 20,414 PS3 Square Enix New 20. Winnie the Pooh: 100 Acre Wood’s Cooking Book 5,064 New DS Disney

Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media-Create and Geimin.net.