According to numbers provided by tracking firm Media Create (as translated on NeoGAF), the 3DS sold 40,649 units for the week ending June 19, beating out the PSP's 31,796.

An anime tie-in called Little Battler Experience being released by Professor Layton publisher Level-5 took the top spot, while Zelda was the second-best selling game of the week, pushing a healthy 164,110 units for Nintendo.

Rounding out the software top five were Sega's Yakuza: Of The End for the PSP at number 3 with 53,755 copies sold, 5pb's visual novel sequel Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling for the Xbox 360 at number 4 with 31,666 copies, and a double pack containing the Steins;Gate sequel and its predecessor at number 5 with 11,041 sold.

Media Create Sales: Week 24, 2011 (Jun 13 - Jun 19)

01. / 00. [PSP] Little Battler Xperience (Level 5) {2011.06.16} - 166.187 / NEW
02. / 00. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo) {2011.06.16} - 164.110 / NEW
03. / 01. [PS3] Yakuza: Of the End (Sega) {2011.06.09} - 53.775 / 352.492 (-82%)
04. / 00. [360] Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling # (5pb.) {2011.06.16} - 31.666 / NEW
05. / 00. [360] Steins;Gate: Double Pack (5pb.) {2011.06.16} - 11.041 / NEW
06. / 02. [3DS] Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom) {2011.06.02} - 9.062 / 83.405 (-42%)
07. / 04. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} - 7.997 / 538.020 (-24%)
08. / 03. [NDS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon Co.) {2011.04.21} - 6.609 / 137.421 (-42%)
09. / 07. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} - 6.556 / 1.917.752 (+5%)
10. / 05. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.26} - 6.549 / 112.174 (-22%)

Sega's Yakuza: Of the End stormed the Japanese software sales charts last week, selling more units than the rest of the top 20 combined, according to Media Create sales tracking.

For the week ended June 12, Neogaf has posted the charts which saw Capcom's Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D continue to sell firmly, with 58,792 copies. This couldn't compare, however, to the 298,717 copies of Yakuza sold. Both Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS and Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional stuck to their respective number three and four spots, while last week's high ranking 3DS title One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP fell to number five.

Elsewhere, new additions included Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi Portable Vol. 1: CR Evangelion - Shinjitsu no Tsubasa at number six, with Volume 2 taking up position at number 20. Red Faction: Armageddon on PlayStation 3 was also a newcomer, and entered the charts at number nine with 5,436 copies sold.

Nintendo continued to dominate the lower half of the chart, with the likes of Wii Sports Resort, Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit Plus all sitting comfortably.

Below is Media Create's top 20 sales chart for the week ended June 12, 2011.

Fully half of the top 20 selling Japanese games in Japan for the week ending May 29 are new releases, led by Namco Bandai's anime/manga-licensed 3DS game One Piece: Ultimate Cruise SP. One Piece sold more than the next two newcomers to the list combined; Koei Tecmo's Warriors: Legends of Troy on the PS3 and Nintendo's Pandora's Tower: Until I Return to Your Side on the Wii, which finished second and third respectively.

Koei Tecmo scored another premiere on the sales charts with fifth place Nobunaga's Ambition: Way of Heaven on the PS3, while Bandai Namco's Treasure Report represents the company's second debut on this week's chart.

Other premieres on this week's chart include 5pb.'s Memories Off on the PSP at 13th, GameOn's Red Stone on the Nintendo DS at 14th and Gust's Atelier Totori: The Alchemist of Arland 2 for PS3 in 18th.

Last week's top seller Akiba's Trip dropped to fourth place this week, while 3DS fighter Dead or Alive: Dimensions dropped precipitously from second place to 17th this week.

Below is Media Create's top 20 sales chart for the week ended May 29, 2011.

LW	TW	Title	Publisher	Platform	Weekly Sales
NEW	1	One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP	Bandai Namco	3DS	80,488
NEW	2	Warriors: Legends of Troy	Koei Tecmo	PS3	31,428
NEW	3	Pandora's Tower: Until I Return to Your Side	Nintendo	Wii	21,455
1	4	Akiba's Trip	Acquire	PSP	16,582
NEW	5	Nobunaga's Ambition: Way of Heaven with Power-Up Kit	Koei Tecmo	PS3	15,456
NEW	6	Treasure Report: Kikai Jikake no Isan	Bandai Namco	NDS	14,304
3	7	Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional	Square Enix	NDS	13,974
5	8	Patapon 3	SCE	PSP	9,134
NEW	9	Iza, Shutsujin! Koisen	QuinRose	PSP	9,008
7	10	Pro Baseball Spirits 2011	Konami	PSP	8,394
8	11	Wii Party	Nintendo	Wii	7,925
NEW	12	Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS	Pokemon Co.	NDS	6,443
NEW	13	Memories Off: Yubikiri no Kikou	5pb.	PSP	6,310
NEW	14	Red Stone DS: Akaki Ishi ni Michibikareshi Monotachi	GameOn	NDS	6,062
NEW	15	Akai Katana Shin	Cave	Xbox 360	5,603
9	16	Pokemon Black / White	Pokemon Co.	NDS	5,197
2	17	Dead or Alive: Dimensions	Koei Tecmo	3DS	5,072
NEW	18	Atelier Totori: The Alchemist of Arland 2	Gust	PS3	4,660
16	19	Mario Kart Wii	Nintendo	Wii	4,518
4	20	Gungnir: Mayari no Gunshin to Eiyuu Sensou	Atlus	PSP	4,515

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Acquire's newcomer Akiba's Trip on PSP dominated the Japanese software sales charts last week, shifting more than double the number of units Koei Tecmo's new 3DS fighter Dead or Alive: Dimensions could manage.

For the week ended May 22, 2011, Neogaf has posted the charts which also saw two more new releases in the top ten. Atlus' Gungnir: Mayari no Gunshin to Eiyuu Sensou settled for fourth place, while EA's Portal 2 jumped in at number six.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional's reign over the charts continues, as the title fell only two places to third. SCE's Patapon 3 continued to sell well, staying firmly at position five.  Nintendo's Steel Diver took a hit, dropping to tenth place from third last week, with a 74 percent decrease in sales. Namco Bandai's PS3 title Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuisou fell from the highest, dropping to seventeenth place from second last week.

Elsewhere, Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 continued to sell, with the PSP and PS3 versions at numbers seven and 11 respectively. Pokemon Black and White also jumped up the charts from fourteen last week to ninth this week.

Below is Media Create's top 20 sales chart for the week ended May 22, 2011.

Software and hardware sales have seen an expected slump in Japan, following the Golden Week series of public holidays, as the PSP continues to outsell the 3DS.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional on DS remained the number one selling title, but it achieved this feat with just 20,722 sales - one of the lowest results for a number one title in recent memory. Despite the game now enjoying four non-consecutive weeks at number one it has done so at a slow time of year for Japanese sales and its lifetime total still stands at only 475,503.

The highest new entry of the week was anime tie-in Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuiso, with the PlayStation 3 version at number two with 18,831 sales and the PSP version at number four with 14,953 sales.

Nintendo 3DS title Steel Diver entered the charts at number three with 17,408 units sold, while an earthquake charity edition of the previously released visual novel Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume on PSP debuted at number seven with 9,222 sales.

1. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional (Square Enix, Nintendo DS) - 20,722
2. Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuisou (Bandai Namco, PlayStation 3) - 18,831 (new)
3. Steel Diver (Nintendo, 3DS) - 17,408 (new)
4. Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuisou (Bandai Namco, PSP) - 14,953 (new)
5. Patapon 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment, PSP) - 12,959
6. Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami, PSP) - 10,166
7. Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume (Charity Edition) (Prototype, PSP) - 9,222 (new)
8. Final Promise Story (Image Epoch, PSP) - 6,915
9. Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami, PlayStation 3) - 6,586
10. Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen (Bandai Namco, PSP) - 6,290

More data, including the hardware numbers, right after this page break..

With no new releases, there's not much to write home about on the software chart.

Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 came out on top again, with a handful of Nintendo evergreens creeping back into the lower reaches of the top 10.

1. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional (Square Enix, DS): 43,886 (LTD sales: 454,781)
2. Patapon 3 (SCEJ, PSP): 21,546 (70,924)
3. Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami, PSP): 20,090 (141,869)
4. Final Promise Story (Imageepoch, PSP): 18,185 (78,621)
5. 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Hakai Volume (Namco Bandai, PSP): 13,670 (392,674)
6. Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami, PS3): 12,754 (140,478)
7. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 12,433 (1,881,598)
8. Pokémon Black & White (Nintendo, DS): 9,868 (5,172,829)
9. nintendogs + cats (Nintendo, 3DS): 9,643 (214,838)
10. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 9,298 (3,221,200)
11. Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom, PSP): 9,019 (4,466,245)
12. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo, Wii): 8,944 (892,946)
13. El Shaddai (Ignition, PS3): 8,579 (66,684)
14. Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo, 3DS): 8,260 (54,407)
15. Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Nintendo, DS): 7,499 (99,485)
16. New Super Mario Brothers Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 6,973 (4,281,175)
17. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii): 6,809 (329,832)
18. Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection (Square Enix, PSP): 6,560 (186,012)
19. Detective Conan: Aoki Houseki no Ronbukyoku (Namco Bandai, DS): 6,253 (34,749)
20. Earth Defense Force 2 Portable (D3 Publisher, PSP): 6,055 (102,261)

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Sales tracking and research firm The NPD Group has released this month’s report on the state of the videogame industry in the US, recording $961.2 million in sales across hardware, software and accessories segments of the market in April 2011 – up from $802.4 million in April of 2010, representing a 20% increase.

These results helped the US videogame industry to a 2% year-to-date lead over 2010’s results.

April 2011 Software Sales

Software sales in the US for April 2011 were recorded at $533.6 million, which is up an impressive 24% from the same period last year. More games were sold across every console (excluding the PSP) this past month compared to April 2010, while Xbox 360 saw 3.5 million games sold for the system, which is the highest of any console this month.

Interestingly, this is the first month since November that year-over-year unit and dollar growth has been experienced in the software category.

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Yes, yes, it was a Nintendo DS game that managed to outsell everything else in Japan this week—Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional—but it was the continued strength of PSP hardware in Japan that seemed most impressive.

Square Enix's latest Dragon Quest spin-off managed to reclaim the top spot this week against new competition like Patapon 3 and El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. Last week's champ, the Pikachu teaches typing Nintendo DS game Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS had a short reign at #1, slipping to fifth in its second week.

The Media Create top was dominated by PSP software and represented solely on the console side by two PlayStation 3 games. Not the most exciting of software release weeks, unless you're the maker of Saigo no Yakusoku no Monogatari.

Anyway! Here are the top 20 games in Japan for the week of April 25 to May 1, 2011.

01. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional (DS) - 73,729 / 410,895
02. Saigo no Yakusoku no Monogatari (PSP) - 60,435 / NEW
03. El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (PS3) - 58,105 / NEW
04. Patapon 3 (PSP) - 49,738 / NEW
05. Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (DS) - 32,623 / 91,986
06. Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Hakai-hen (PSP) - 27,012 / 379,004
07. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2011 (PSP) - 22,584 / 121,778
08. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2011 (PS3) - 16,873 / 127,724
09. Starry * Sky: In Winter (PSP) - 15,389 / NEW
10. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP) - 10,721 / 4,457,225

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Pokemon Co. took the top spot in the Japanese software sales chart this week, with the debut of Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS on Nintendo DS.

According to numbers released by tracking firm Media Create (as translated on the NeoGAF forums), last week's robot battler Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen dropped down from first to third place with 44,973 sales, while the Pokemon Typing game sold 59,363 units.

PSP and PlayStation 3 title Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 continued to sell well, dropping only a couple of places to fourth and fifth for the respective platforms.  Square Enix's Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional jumped up a place, selling 45,397 units to reach second place, but down 47 percent in sales from last week.

Meanwhile, the chart also saw several other new entries, including SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs 4, which only managed to sell 12,613 units, and Otomedius X from Konami, which jumped in at number 10 with 10,502 sales.

Other new additions also include Hudson's Original Story from Fairy Tail: Gekitotsu! Kardia Daiseidou, Prototype's Clannad and Bandai Namco's Detective Conan: Aoki Houseki no Rinbukyoku.

Media Create's complete top 20 sales chart, covering boxed console games sold in Japan from April 18 through April 24, follows.

The latest in Bandai Namco's long-running Super Robot Wars series made a strong debut in Japan last week, selling over 300,000 units in its first four days on the market according to numbers released by tracking firm Media Create (as translated on the NeoGAF forums).

Another, even older series -- Konami's Pro Baseball Spirits -- also made a strong debut, selling a combined 109,744 units across its PlayStation 3, PSP and 3DS SKUs.

Square Enix's Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 manages to stay in the top three this week, and even sold more copies than it did last week, thanks in part to a new shipment lining store shelves.

Nintendo's big 3DS release for the week was Pilotwings Resort, which debuted in Japan over two weeks after its initial Western release. The game sold 26,554 units.  Nintendo's most popular 3DS game overall, Nintendogs + Cats, drops from 8th place to 15th this week with only 7,421 units sold. This brings the game's lifetime sales to 189,939.

Interesting, THQ's blockbuster Homefront -- a Western-focused shooter brought over to Japan by publisher Spike -- had a respectable debut, selling just under 30,000 units across both its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions.

Media Create's complete top 20 sales chart, covering boxed console games sold in Japan from April 11 through April 17, 2011 follows.