Topic: Japanese Weekly Software and Hardware Charts for Feb 4-10

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Smash Bros. Brawl beats out two balance board games.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15334

 This week saw things return to normal, with seven out of the top ten games being on Nintendo platforms.  Super Smash Bros. Brawl clocked up one million in sales as expected, which it managed in just eleven days. That makes it the fastest-selling Wii game on record to reach that number, beating out even Wii Fit, which managed it in seven weeks.  It will be interesting to see if Brawl will be able to sustain those huge sales in the long run.    

Family Ski, the only other Wii game to support the balance board at this point, also crept into the top ten this week.  And Wii Sports continues to sell well, getting closer to the three million mark every week.  At this rate, it will take another three months to reach that goal.    

Sales / Total Sales    

01. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) – 252,000 / 1,071,000
 02. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren’s Ambition… (Bandai) – 123,000 / New Entry
 03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 65,000 / 1,421,000
 04. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) – 32,000 / 237,000
 05. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) – 26,000 / 200,000
 06. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) – 21,000 / 2,759,000
 07. [NDS] L, Prologue to Death Note… (Konami) – 20,000 / New Entry
 08. [WII] Family Ski (Namco) – 18,000 / 42,000
 09. [PS2] Tales of Destiny: Director’s Cut (Namco) – 17,000 / 133,000
 10. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) – 16,000 / 1,617,000
   

On the hardware front, the Wii retains the top position, beating out the Nintendo DS once again. This is also the second consecutive week that the PSP has trumped the Nintendo handheld, possibly due to this week’s release of Mobile Suit Gundam on Sony’s portable.    

Weekly Hardware Sales
   

01. Wii – 81,737
 02. PSP – 75,912
 03. DS – 60,464
 04. PS3 – 23,985
 05. PS2 – 11,038
 06. 360 – 3,615