This week's Japanese software sales chart is packed with new games populating the top ten, with Atlus' redux remake of Persona for the PSP outselling all new competitors.

The PlayStation Portable title, with its updated presentation and various refinements, bested new Nintendo DS games like Dragon Ball Z: Story Saiyajin Raishuu and Nintendo's latest WarioWare title Made in Ore. Last week's champ, Wii-make Monster Hunter G, showed decent legs, with sales reaching 172,000 in just two weeks on the market.

The chart's influx of new titles pushed a few former top ten games (i.e. Killzone 2) out of more prominent spots, with Xbox 360 shoot 'em up Death Smiles disappearing from the Media Create chart altogether. Sold out or just burnt out?

Japan's bestselling games are after this.

01. Persona (PSP) - 79,000 / NEW
02. Dragon Ball Z: Story Saiyajin Raishuu (DS) - 74,000 / NEW
03. Made in Ore (DS) - 56,000 / NEW
04. Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2009 (PS2) - 43,000 / NEW
05. Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai (DS) - 43,000 / 239,000
06. Monster Hunter G (Wii) - 40,000 / 172,000
07. ToraDora Portable! (PSP) - 38,000 / NEW
08. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (PSP) - 26,000 / 639,000
09. Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! (DS) - 22,000 / 580,000
10. Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2009 (Wii) - 16,000 / NEW
More after the break..

11. Killzone 2 (PS3)
12. Wii Fit (Wii)
13. Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes (PSP)
14. Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3 (PSP)
15. Naruto Shippuden: Shinobi Retsuden 3 (DS)
16. Taiko no Tatsujin (Wii)
17. D.C.I.F.: Da Capo Innocent Finale (PS2)
18. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
19. X-Blades (PS3)
20. Deca Sporta 2 (Wii)
21. X-Blades (360)
22. A Ressha de Gyoukou DS (DS)
23. Rittai Picross (DS)
24. Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2009 (DS)
25. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2009 (PS2)
26. Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable (PSP)
27. Valkyria Chronicles (PlayStation 3 the Best) (PS3)
28. Pokémon Platinum (DS)
29. Rhythm Heaven (DS)
30. Musou Orochi Z (PS3)

Enterbrain, publisher of Japanese game mag Famitsu, has released sales game sales data for April. Ooooooooh...

The figures were collected from the period beginning March 30 and ending on April 26.

Here's the raw data:

1. Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai
Platform: DS
Released: 4/18/09
April sales: 198,424
Life-to-date: 198,424

2. Monster Hunter G
Platform: Wii
Released: 4/9/09
April sales: 142,852
Life-to-date: 142,852

3. Sengoku BASARA Battle Heroes
Platform: PSP
Released: 4/9/09
April sales: 130,969
Life-to-date: 130,969

4. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best)
Platform: PSP
Released: 10/30/08
April sales: 92,827
Life-to-date: 648,249

5. Mario & Luigi RPG3!!!
Platform: DS
Released: 2/11/09
April sales: 83,919
Life-to-date: 551,810

6. Pro Yakyuu Famista DS
Platform: DS
Released: 4/2/09
April sales: 66,490
Life-to-date: 66490

7. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM Senjyo no Kizuna Portable
Platform: PSP
Released: 3/26/09
April Sales: 57,537
Life-to-date: 142,470

8. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2009
Platform: PS2
Released: 3/19/09
April Sales: 50,958
Life-to-date: 123,800

9. Wii Fit
Platform: Wii
Released: 12/1/07
April sales: 44,678
Life-to-date: 3,313,584

10. Killzone 2
Platform: PS3
Released: 4/23/09
April sales: 43,028
Life-to-date: 43.028

April Sales via Famitsu

It was a good week for Japanese video game hardware makers, as sales were up across the board, with the Nintendo DSi and Wii seeing the biggest boosts from the previous week.

Nintendo's portable platform likely has Made in Ore, the newest do-it-yourself WarioWare game, and Dragon Ball Z to thank for its weekly uptick in sales. Similarly, the Wii is more than likely benefiting from continued solid sales of Monster Hunter G. While Capcom's Wii remake of the first PSP Monster Hunter isn't shattering records set by the original, things hardly seem dire.

The Wii's boost in weekly sales puts it within spitting distance of the PlayStation 3. We'd expect the two to jockey for position on the charts, as a handful of interesting releases squeak out over the Summer.

• PSP - 49,557
• Nintendo DSi - 49,133
• PlayStation 3 - 23,588
• Wii - 21,546
• Nintendo DS Lite - 7,540
• Xbox 360 - 7,313
• PlayStation 2 - 5,479

via Kotaku