TW LW Title Publisher Format Weekly Sales 1 NE Mario Party DS Nintendo Wii 235,000 2 NE Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Koei PS3 188,000 3 1 Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo Wii 74,000 4 3 Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Fuuketsu no Grimoire Square Enix DS 23,000 5 NE Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Koei 360 22,000 6 NE Akumajou Dracula X Chronicle Konami PSP 19,000 7 7 Wii Sports Nintendo Wii 15,000 8 6 DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series: Kyoto Atami Zekkai no Kotou - Satsui no Wana Tecmo DS 13,000 9 8 Miru Chikara o Jissen de Kitaeru: DS Ganryoku Training Nintendo DS 13,000 10 NE Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Sony PS3 12,000

Nintendo's mascot has leapt to the top of the charts once again in Japan, with another high selling entry in theseries, this time a portable version for the DS. Indeed, the game came close to outperforming last week'son Wii, at 235,000 units to 251,000.The Wii's flagship new title slipped two places to number three this week, with 74,000 additional sales, beaten also by the PlayStation 3 version of(aka).One of Japan's highest selling franchises during the PlayStation 2 era, the first game on the PlayStation 3 debuted with an impressive 188,000 units sold. The Xbox 360 version performed less well, with a debut at number five and 22,000 units sold.With the launch of the 40GB PlayStation 3 in Japan this week, hardware sales (details of which will be released tomorrow) are expected to show Sony's console become the best selling home console for the week.Apart fromthough the effect on software sales has been limited, with, usually one of the best performing Western franchises in Japan, suffering a disappointing start at number ten with 12,000 units sold.The only other PlayStation 3 title in the top thirty is new releaseat number nineteen.The remaining new release in the top ten, at number six, is what will be known in the West ason PSP, with 19,000 units sold. Media Create Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.