Japan continues to show a lot of love for the PlayStation Portable, with Namco’s Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 securing the top spot on the country’s bestsellers list.

That’s followed closely by more Japanese-centric fare, Sengoku Musou 3 Z for the PlayStation 3. Along with Monster Hunter Portable 3rd in third, the PlayStation family scores the top three spots in Japan.

And speaking of threes, a trio of Western developed games manages to score top ten placement this week, according to Media Create. Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet 2, Retro’s Donkey Kong Country Returns and Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare managed impressive sales this week.

Here are the bestselling games in Japan for the week of February 7 to 13.

01. Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (PSP) – 222,068 / NEW
02. Sengoku Musou 3 Z (PS3) – 208,548 / NEW
03. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP) – 94,483 / 4,249,622
04. Gyakuten Kenji 2 (DS) – 30,910 / 163,176
05. LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3) – 24,648 / NEW
06. Sengoku Musou 3 Moushouden (Wii) – 22,598 / NEW
07. Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare (PS3) – 21,718 / NEW
08. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) – 15,971 / NEW
09. Kenka Banchou 5: Otoko no Housoku (PSP) – 14,372 / 101,350
10. White Knight Chronicles: Episode Portable – Dogma Wars (PSP) – 11,229 / 51,832

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In a plentiful week for new releases, the Nintendo-published The Last Story debuted on top of the Japanese retail game charts, reports tracking firm Media Create. Created by Nintendo and Blue Dragon developer Mistwalker, The Last Story is an action role-playing game from Hironobu Sakaguchi, perhaps best known as the creator of the Final Fantasy series.

For the week ended January 30, 2011, Sega's Valkyria Chronicles 3 and Namco Bandai's visual novel My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute Portable rounded out the top three.

Spike's PSP brawler Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood debuted at number four, followed by ASCII Media Work's fighting game Magical Index Term at number five.

For the first time since its launch, Capcom's popular Monster Hunter Freedom 3 fell from the top three amidst the slew of new releases, and landed at number seven.

Last week's top-selling title, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - Final Mix slipped down the charts to number nine.

Other new titles this week include the Spike-published Dragon Age: Origins and D3 Publisher's Dream Club Zero.

Below is Media Create's top 20 sales chart for the week ended January 30, 2011.

Namco Bandai's Another Century's Episode Portable usurped long-time sales leader Monster Hunter Portable 3 on the Japanese weekly sales charts, reports tracking firm Media Create.

For the week ended January 16, Namco's PSP mech action title led the charts with 70,217 units sold in its first week, while Capcom's monster-hunting title sold 68,274 units, down roughly 50 percent from last week.

Nintendo's Donkey Kong Country Returns rounded out the top three, and Level 5's Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard jumped from number six to number four.

Namco Bandai's PSP dating sim AKB1/48: If I loved an Idol returned to the top 10 at number five, followed by Arc System Works' 2D fighter Arcana Heart 3 at number six.

Nintendo titles Wii Party and Pokemon Black/White slipped down the charts and fell to numbers seven and eight, respectively.

The PS3 version of Bioware and Microsoft Game Studios' Mass Effect 2 made its debut this week, and landed at number 15 with 8,864 units sold.

Titles falling from the top 10 this week include Square Enix's The 3rd Birthday and SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha - Shadow or Light, and Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

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The Monster Hunter dynasty continues its proud rein in Japan this week with the latest entry in Capcom's beast slaying sensation managing to win over more PSP fans to its brand of hack and slash action.

It may have had something to do with the fact that only one key release managed to sell well enough in Japan to crack the top ten. That would be Square Enix's SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha - Shadow or Light for the Nintendo DS. Slow releases means one thing — the chart is dominated by "evergreen" Nintendo releases like New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit Plus. Finally, those Wii games are getting some recognition!

Below are the bestselling video games in Japan for the week of January 3 to 9, 2011, according to sales tracker Media Create.

01. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP) - 134,000 / 3,983,000
02. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) - 67,000 / 705,000
03. Wii Party (Wii) - 53,000 / 1,730,000
04. Pokemon Black / White (DS) - 46,000 / 5,012,000
05. Mario Sports Mix (Wii) - 40,000 / 534,000
06. Ni no Kuni (DS) - 37,000 / 420,000
07. Gundam Musou 3 (PS3) - 30,000 / 319,000
08. SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha - Shadow or Light (DS) - 27,000 / NEW
09. The 3rd Birthday (PSP) - 27,000 / 213,000
10. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) - 25,000 / 4,202,000

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It will come as no surprise that Nintendo’s latest duo of Pokemon games, namely Pokemon Black and Pokemon White, have been flying off the shelves in Japan. After selling 2.63 million units in the first 2 days on sale, they have now set a new sales record.

As of January 9 their combined sales in Japan have reached 5,036,724 units. Four other DS games have sold more than 5 million copies, but Black and White have gone past the 5 million mark faster than any other game, taking just 17 weeks.

January 7, 2011 - Capcom's ever-popular Monster Hunter Freedom 3 led the Japanese sales charts into the new year during a week with very few new releases, reports tracking firm Media Create.

For the week ended January 2, the monster slaying action RPG sold 283,931 units, and Nintendo titles Donkey Kong Country Returns and Wii Party rounded out the top three with 107,487 and 102,933 units sold, respectively.

Namco Bandai saw two of its titles reach the top 10 this week, with its PSP dating sim AKB1/48: If I loved an Idol at number four, and Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 at number 10.

Square Enix's Mario Sports Mix landed at number five, and The 3rd Birthday, the latest entry in the Parasite Eve series, hit number nine.

Pokemon Black/White, one of 2010's post popular titles, dropped from number four to number six this week, and Level 5 titles Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard and Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre filled out the seventh and ninth spots in the top 10.

While no new titles made top 10 this week, games such as Spike's Dangan-Ronpa and Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts: ReCoded made their debut in the upper 30s.

Below the page break is Media Create's top 20 sales chart for the week ended January 2, 2011.

Japanese sales tracker Media-Create has published the list of the top-selling games from November 30th, 2009 – November 28th, 2010 in Japan (narrowly missing the release of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, which released three days later).

Unsurprisingly, Pokémon Black / White took the #1 spot on the chart, followed by New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Total sales take a dive from #3 onward, with Final Fantasy XIII selling close to 2 million copies.

A survey of Yahoo! Japan users finds Nintendo mascot Mario maintaining his popularity in Japan, taking first place in polls asking for favorite character and individual games from the past year.

A self-selected sample of users of the major Japanese web portal chose from nominees that Yahoo! picked based on number of web searches, page views on Yahoo! Japan's games site, and the amount of news coverage the games and characters received between November 2009 and October 2010.

Despite major new entries in series like Gundam Musou and Inazuma Eleven, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd remained atop the Media Create top 10 this week, selling over 580,000 units to bring its sales total above the 3 million mark. This is the third week in a row at the top for Monster Hunter. Of particular note, the game remained basically level with last week's 630,000 units.

Also debuting in the top 10 this week were the PlayStation 3 version of Gundam Musou 3 in second (the Xbox 360 version did not place), Inazuma Eleven 3 The Ogre in third, and Shining Hearts in sixth.

The PS3 version of Castlevania Lords of Shadow debuted down at seventeen, despite a big push from Kojima Productions and the Metal Gear Solid voice cast. The dubbed version of Call of Duty Black Ops debuted at nineteen on the PS3. In contrast, the subtitled version, released last month, topped the charts then with 129,000 sales.

There's one notable absence from the top 20 this week. The Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII failed to make it into the top 20. Xbox 360 hardware was level with last week, suggesting that the RPG's release failed to push the system.

Here's the full Media Create top 20 for 12/13 to 12/19, as relayed through 4gamer. Total sales for older titles are in parentheses.

1.  Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom, PSP): 581,543 (3,161,801)
2.  Gundam Musou 3 (Namco Bandai, PS3): 185,908
3.  Inazuma Eleven 3: The Ogre (Level-5, DS): 175,604
4.  Donkey Kong Returns (Nintendo, Wii): 152,990 (316,300)
5.  Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon, DS): 115,438 (4,744,211)
6.  Shining Hearts (Sega, PSP): 106,733
7.  Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 92,949 (1,411,824)
8.  Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo, Wii): 87,114 (299,534)
9.  Ni no Kuni (Level-5, DS): 74,329 (244,877)
10.  Mario vs Donkey Kong Totsugeki! Mini Land (Nintendo, DS): 54,628 (163,929)

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Monster Hunter Freedom 3 topped Japanese software sales for the second straight week, outpacing strong initial sales for the highly anticipated Ni No Kuni, which finished second for the week.

For the week ended December 12, Capcom's PSP adventure sold nearly 630,000 units, while Level-5's anime-inspired role-playing game sold just over 170,000 units.

Ni No Kuni barely edged out the Japanese premiere of Donkey Kong Country Returns, which sold over 160,000 units to place third in the weekly rankings.

Other notable Japanese premieres on Media Create's weekly sales list include Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, which attracted 36,000 sales to finish the week in tenth place, and Shiren the Wanderer 5, which ended up in 14th place with just over 25,000 sales.

Last week's second place seller, Namco Bandai's Tales of Grace F, fell to ninth this week, while Sony's Gran Turismo 5 dropped from fifth to 16th in this week's sales rankings.

The top 20 sales rankings for the week ending December 12, 2010, as reported by Media Create, are as follows:

1. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom, PSP): 629,541 (Last week: 1)
2. Ni no Kuni (Level-5, DS): 170,548 (NEW)
3. Donkey Kong Returns (Nintendo, Wii): 163,310 (NEW)
4. Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon, DS): 79,819 (Last week: 6)
5. Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo, Wii): 68,430 (Last week: 3)
6. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 55,412 (Last week: 11)
7. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (Nintendo, Wii): 53,670 (Last week: 7)
8. Mario vs Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (Nintendo, DS): 51,828 (Last week: 4)
9. Tales of Graces F (Namco Bandai, PS3): 39,640 (Last week: 2)
10. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft, PS3): 36,098 (NEW)

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