It’s a new entry this week that takes the Japanese Software Sales crown. Wii Music has debuted atop the Japanese software sales chart for the week ended October 19, according to data provided by Media Create.

The Nintendo Wii title broke into the chart with 92,000 units, followed by Pokemon Platinum for the Nintendo DS, which holds onto its position from last week at second place with 72,000 units, with a total of 1,754,000 units sold since its release.

Placed at No. 3 is another new entry, Sony's Dungeon Keeper-like title, a PSP game by the name of Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida Or 2, with 59,000 sold. Weekly top contender Rhythm Tengoku Gold is still charting extremely strongly at No. 4, from No 3 last week, with 51,000 copies sold for a total of 1,010,000 units. Another Japanese Software Chart debut is Culdcept DS, squeezing into the No. 5 spot by managing to sell 50,000 units for the week. The last new entry to the Top Ten this week is Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters for PS2, with 43,000 units sold, slotting in at No. 6.

With all of these new entries, what happened to the rest of the pack? Read more after the break..

Metallica's upcoming ninth studio album Death Magnetic hits Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock in its entirety this Friday, the same day the album goes on sale.

Better still the Guitar Hero downloadable album will include two exclusive renditions of Suicide & Redemption with extended solos by James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett. And to wrap up the good news, Activision says the album will be fully forward compatible with Guitar Hero World Tour, which is quite a trick considering the additional instruments in the new game.

“We’ve been working very closely with Metallica and we’re extremely excited to offer Death Magnetic not only in its entirety, but also with the exclusive recordings of ‘Suicide & Redemption’ as downloadable content to Guitar Hero fans,” said Tim Riley, Vice President of Music Affairs for Activision Blizzard. “We’re proud to be setting a new precedent for our two industries, making an entire new album available in two different mediums simultaneously.”

Death Magnetic will hit the 360 for 1,440 Microsoft Points and the Playstation Network for $17.99 on Sept. 12.

Read the full press release after the break..

ENGLISH SPEED METAL BAND DRAGONFORCE TO DEBUT NEW SINGLE AS PART OF DOWNLOADABLE TRACK PACK FOR GUITAR HEROR III: LEGENDS OF ROCK

SANTA MONICA, CA - August 19, 2008 - Known for their out-of-control riffs, fast paced songs and twin guitar solos, DragonForce will ascend the virtualstage once again to unleash "Heroes of Our Time" - the debut single off their new album Ultra Beatdown - in a three-song track pack for Activision Publishing, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.  The DragonForce track pack will be available on August 21, 2008 giving gamers the unique opportunity to download and play "Heroes of Our Time" in advance of the album release.

Call of Duty 4 for the Xbox 360 narrowly outsells Devil May Cry 4 in February US Sales Charts

The month saw some impressive debuts, including strong sales for Lost Odyssey and Turok. Wii Play and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games continue to be lapped up by the masses, with Guitar Hero III and Rock Band taking the open slots on the top ten. Latest Numbers follow..

After a spectacular November and December in the USA, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sees a respectable January, securing the number one position on the software charts. 2007's number two seller, Wii Play, keeps its second place spot, beating out both Rock Band and Guitar Hero III with 298K copies sold.

Despite being a relatively down month for the Wii and Xbox 360 on the hardware side, the two consoles hold the top seven on the software side. Again, no PlayStation 2 info, but we're not sure if that's based on sales or just missing data. The top ten is after this.

Nintendo released Super Smash Bros. Brawl in Japan on January 31 and, over the course of the next four days, gamers there snapped up over 800,000 copies of the Wii fighter.

Long-running sales chart topper Wii Fit was finally dethroned this week, amid a stable of new releases that also included Disgaea 3, Assassin's Creed and Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi. Also debuting, but not performing quite as well as the Nintendo mascot fighter was Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 which moved nearly a quarter million units combined on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, making it one of three PS3 titles to chart in the top ten.

The best selling software in Japan for the week of January 28 to February 4, 2008 courtesy of Media Create, continues after the jump.

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 820,000 / NEW
2. Devil May Cry 4 (PS3) - 205,000 / NEW
3. Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (PS2) - 117,000 / NEW
4. Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi (PS2) - 114,000 / NEW
5. Wii Fit (Wii) - 73,000 / 1,356,000
6. Disgaea 3 (PS3) - 55,000 / NEW
7. Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360) - 40,000 / NEW
8. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) - 34,000 / 175,000
9. Assassin's Creed (PS3) - 28,000 / NEW
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (PSP) - 26,000 / 102,000
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According to Kotaku, last week's Mario Party DS sales were no fluke. While the 180,000 copies it sold for the week ending December 16 were it's previous best, in the week ending December 23 it set a new record. 330,000. For a DS game released in early November, those are good, good numbers.

Wii Fit continues to sell well, moving another 214,000 units on the way past three quarters of a million sold, while Final Fantasy IV on DS (sadly) reinforced Square's rehash policy by selling 288,000 copies. As for Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, which last week debuted at #3, well...it's a little lower this week.

1. Mario Party DS (DS)- 330,000 / 1,156,000
2. Final Fantasy IV (DS) - 288,000 / NEW
3. Wii Fit (Wii) - 214,000 / 749,000
4. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 114,000 / 664,000
5. Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 2 (PS2) - 109,000 / NEW
6. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) - 105,000 / 317,000
7. Dragon Quest IV (DS) - 94,000 / 963,000
8. Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (DS) - 85,000 / NEW
9. Wii Sports (Wii) - 84,000 / 2,425,000
10. Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (DS) - 83,000 / 527,000

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