The 30 top-selling games in Japan for this past year are listed after the break. As you’d expect in a country where you can’t walk a few feet without spotting a DS Lite or DSi, titles for both the DS and Wii flood the charts. Sure, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G for the PSP took top honors, but leave it to a Pokemon title that’s only been out for just over a third of the time to nearly upset Capcom’s title for 2008.

Following Monster Hunter and Pokemon Platinum, the rest of the Top 10 are as follows: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Rhythm Heaven, Dragon Quest V, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City, and (ta-da!) Wii Sports. You can check out the rest of the list after the break.

1. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) – 2 507 400 / 2 507 400
2. DS Pokémon Platinum (Nintendo) – 2 125 348 / 2 125 348
   
3. Wii Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 2 024 113 / 2 889 790
   
4. Wii Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 1 973 089 / 1 973 089
   
5. Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) – 1 808 709 / 1 808 709
   
6. DS Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) – 1 320 047 / 1 320 047
   
7. DS Dragon Quest V (Square Enix) – 1 228 014 / 1 228 014
   
8. DS Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) – 724 608 / 724 608
9. Wii Animal Crossing : Let’s Go to the City (Nintendo) – 709 640 / 709 640
   
10. Wii Wii Sports (Nintendo) – 694 765 / 3 180 278
11. PSP Phantasy Star Universe Portable (Sega) – 664 660 / 664 660
    
12. DS Pokémon Ranger : Nuit sur Almia (Nintendo) – 663 040 / 663 040
13. PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4 : Guns of the Patriots (Konami) – 654 648 / 654 648
    
14. DS Professor Layton 3 (Level 5) – 551 890 / 551 890
    
15. Wii Wii Play (Nintendo) – 539 825 / 2 638 954
16. PSP Dissidia : Final Fantasy (Square Enix) – 496 178 / 496 178
17. PS2 Super Robot Taisen Z (Banpresto) – 490 112 / 490 112
    
18. DS Mario Party DS (Nintendo) – 487 822 / 1 811 132
    
19. DS Calligraphy Training (Nintendo) – 467 490 / 467 490
    
20. DS Jam With The Band DX (Nintendo) – 450 711 / 450 711
    
21. DS Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) – 433 908 / 3 265 962
22. PS2 Warriors Orochi 2 (Koei) – 432 672 / 432 672
    
23. DS Wagamama Fashion (Nintendo) – 430 835 / 430 835
24. DS Chrono Trigger (Square Enix) – 425 625 / 425 625
    
25. DS Taiko no Tatsujin DS 2 (Bandai Namco) – 408 529 / 408 529
26. PSP Mobile Suit Gundam : Gundam Vs. Gundam (Bandai Namco) – 377 662 / 377 662
    
27. DS Mario & Sonic aux Jeux Olympiques (Nintendo) – 366 265 / 366 265
28. PSP Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3 (Konami) – 334 445 / 334 445
29. PS2 Persona 4 (Atlus) – 314 418 / 314 418
    
30. DS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) – 310 796 / 5 085 112

Dengeki
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