Media Crate: Japanese sales figures for April 7 – April 13

By now, the shock has worn off as the DS continued to trail PSP sales in Japan. The Wii saw a marginal boost in sales, while increasing to nearly 6 times the hardware sales of its nearest home console competitor. On the software side, it was Mario Kart Wii Mania, as the game managed to EASILY take top honors despite launching in Japan more than halfway through the week.

• PSP: 85,721 (-35,243)
• DSL: 47,158 (-8,032)
• Wii: 46,296 (+1,678)
• PS3: 8,232 (-3,071)
• PS2: 6,834 (-3,589)
• X360: 1,147 (-305)

Full software sales rankings can be found after the break. The above photo is from CZTurbo’s Flickr.

Media Crate Data, April 7-April 13

1. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) – 593,576
   
2. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) – 221,781
3. Musou Orochi: The Evil King Returns (PS2) – 55,506
4. Wii Fit (Wii) – 31,325
   
5. Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) – 30,159
   
6. Tottado! Yowiko’s Deserted Island Life (DS) – 26,109
   
7. Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (PS2) – 21,510
8. Star Ocean 2: Second Evolution (PSP) – 17,591
9. Deca Sporta (Wii) – 17,171
   
10. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) – 14,297
    
11. Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (PS3)
12. SimCity DS 2: From the Past to the Future (DS)
    
13. DS Beautiful Letter Training (DS)
    
14. Wii Sports (Wii)
    
15. Wii Play (Wii)
    
16. Mario Kart DS (DS)
    
17. Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land (DS)
    
18. Oshiri Kajiri Mushi’s Rhythm Lesson DS (DS)
    
19. Mario Party DS (DS)
    
20. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
    
21. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (DS)
    
22. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
    
23. Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (DS)
    
24. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS)
    
25. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS)
26. Armored Core for Answer (PS3)
27. Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (DS)
    
28. Case Closed! The Missing Professor and the Puzzling Tower (DS)
    
29. Turok (360)
30. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors (PS2)
31. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors (PSP)
32. Echochrome (PSP)
33. Yakuza 3: Kenzan! (PS3)
34. Mario Party 8 (Wii)
    
35. Time Hollow: Seeking the Lost Past (DS)
    
36. Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant DS (DS)
    
37. Gundam Musou Special (PS2)
38. Shugo Chara! Three Eggs and the Joker in Love (DS)
    
39. More English Training (DS)
    
40. Battle of Sunrise (PS2)
41. Kanji Test 2 (DS)
    
42. Musou Orochi (PSP)
43. Monster Hunter 2: Dos (PS2)
44. Everyone’s General Knowledge Training TV (Wii)
    
45. Pokémon Diamond (DS)
    
46. Yakuza 2 (PS2)
47. My Housekeeping Diary (DS)
    
48. More Brain Age (DS)
    
49. Keroro Gunsou 3: Adventure in the Sky! (DS)
    
50. The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii)

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