The re-release of Resident Evil 5 — aka Biohazard on that side of the Pacific — looks like it has already paid for itself, the zombie hunting adventures of Chris and Jill delivering another 143,000 scares to Japanese gamers.

This week also saw another PlayStation 3 exclusive or two arrive in Japan, Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain, selling well enough to score a top ten showing, but unable to push past the long term appeal of Nintendo's Tomodachi Collection. Man, that thing can sell.

Some of the week's other new debuts, like Dante's Inferno for the PS3 and Hyakumanton no Bara Bara for the PSP couldn't muster enough interest in the Japanese consumer to put them in the top ten.

Here are this week's Media Create software numbers..

01. Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition (PS3) - 143,000 / NEW
02. God Eater (PSP) - 64,000 / 470,000
03. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) - 44,000 / 3,366,000
04. Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi (DS) - 44,000 / 1,217,000
05. Tomodachi Collection (DS) - 31,000 / 2,849,000
06. Heavy Rain (PS3) - 27,000 / NEW
07. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) - 26,000 / 1,665,000
08. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia (DS) - 24,000 / NEW
09. Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope International (PS3) - 15,000 / 113,000
10. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 11,000 / 1,761,000

The rest, as well as hardware, after the break.

11. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (The Best) (PSP)
12. Quiz Magic Academy DS: Futatsu no Jikuu Koku (DS)
13. The Prince of Tennis: Motto Gakuensai no Oujisama -More Sweet Edition- (DS)
14. Dante's Inferno (PS3)
15. Sacred 2 (PS3)
16. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
17. Dynasty Warriors Online (PS3)
18. End of Eternity (PS3)
19. Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver (DS)
20. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
21. Inazuma Eleven 2: Fire / Blizzard (DS)
22. Zangeki no REGINLEIV (Wii)
23. Pop 'n' Music Portable (PSP)
24. Nodame Cantabile: Tanoshii Ongaku no Jikan Desu (DS)
25. Dragon Ball DS 2: Totsugeki! Red Ribbon Gun (DS)
26. Classic Dungeon: Fuyoku no Masoujin (PSP)
27. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
28. San Goku Shi DS 3 (DS)
29. Hyakumanton no Bara Bara (PSP)
30. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 (PSP)

Media Create via Kotaku

The big news of the week for the Japanese hardware chart is that the PS3 beat the Wii, with it's sales boosted by the debut of the PS3 version of Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition at number 1 with 143,000 copies and Heavy Rain at number 6 with 27,000 copies.

The PS3 sold 32,130 units for the week ending the 21st of February, up from last week’s 24,811, while the Wii sold 31 652 units, plummeting down from last week’s 37 501.

The PSP was still the top-seller with 32,796 units, down roughly 6400 units, but as you can see just managed to creep ahead of the PS3 this week.

The DSiLL sold 24,388 followed by the DSi with 15 380 and the DSL with 5 053 units (down from last week’s 27,586, 18 082 and 5,659 units). The Xbox 360 sold 2,453, the PS2 1 883 and the PSPgo 1,371 units.

The DS is still winning the combined sales race with 44,821 while the PSP follows with 34,167.

Hardware Chart

1. PSP 32,796
2. PS3 32,130
3. Wii 31,652
4. DSi LL 24,388
5. DSi 15,380
6. DS Lite 5,053
7. Xbox 360 2,453
8. PS2 1,883
9. PSP go 1,371

Source Media Create via el33tonline.com