Nintendo's newest mini-game good time, Wii Party, makes it debut in Japan, handily defeating its competitors with a strong first week. Does the Wii have a new multi-million-seller on its hands?

With 235,000 copies of Wii Party sold in the first week, it doesn't seem unreasonable for the first-party game to be well on its way to cross the million sold mark. While Super Mario Galaxy 2 may be slowly approaching the million mark after nearly two months on the chart—it debuted with 340,000 in sales during week one—the Wii's more
casual-focused games tend to fare a bit better.

Wii Party's closest competitor this week was the PlayStation 3 role-playing game White Knight Chronicles II from Level-5. It too is off to a good start. Let's see how it holds up, eh? Other new top ten debuts include Crackdown 2 for the Xbox 360 and Bokujou Monogatari: Futago no Mura for the Nintendo DS. Last week's chart topper, the latest Inazuma Eleven game, slips down to third place, still selling like gangbusters.

1. Wii Party (Wii) - 235,000 / NEW
2. White Knight Chronicles II (PS3) - 176,000 / NEW
3. Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! Bomber / Spark (DS) - 98,000 / 603,000
4. Bokujou Monogatari: Futago no Mura (DS) - 64,000 / NEW
5. Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Youkai Daikessen!! (DS) - 31,000 / 1000,000
6. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii) - 26,000 / 675,000
7. Crackdown 2 (Xbox 360) - 15,000 / NEW
8. Tomodachi Collection (DS) - 13,000 / 3,318,000
9. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (PS3) - 12,000 / 173,000
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (PSP) - 12,000 / 113,000
11. Egokoro Kyoushitsu DS (DS)
12. Love Plus+ (DS)
13. Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 3rd Story (DS)
14. Wii Fit Plus (Wii)
15. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
16. Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable 2: Nazo Nazo Shimai to Chinbotsusen no Himitsu (PSP)
17. BlazBlue Continuum Shift (PS3)
18. Totori no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi 2 (PS3)
19. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (PS2)
20. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
21. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 (DS)
22. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP)
23. Monster Hunter Frontier (Xbox 360)
24. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (Ohaidoku-han) (PSP)
25. Xenoblade (Wii)
26. Digimon Story: Lost Evolution (DS)
27. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (PS3)
28. Tamagotchi no Pichi Pichi Omisecchi (DS)
29. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (PSP)
30. Toy Story 3 (DS)

Hardware to follow.. it seems the interest in the latest Xbox 360 has started to fade.

Xbox 360 managed to shift 5,688 units last week, down around 2k from the week before. Sony on the other hand managed a total of 18,345 PS3s sold, although again that is down from the week before.

The big winner this week was the DSi LL selling 28,916, while the Wii and PSP had a close battle with only 200 units separating them.

Hardware Chart

1. DSi LL – 28,916
2. Wii – 24,604
3. PSP – 24,421
4. PS3 – 18,345
5. DSi – 17,356
6. Xbox 360 – 5,688
7. DS Lite – 4,992
8. PS2 – 1,558
9. PSP go – 1,046

Thanks, M Create.