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Mario Kart Wii cannot be toppled, even by the crossbow powers of Link. Zelda's constant savior aimed for third on the Japanese sales charts with Link's Crossbow Training, Mario Kart Wii and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G still holding tight at numbers one and two for the fourth week in a row.

Wii Fit and Monster Hunter for PSP are on the cusp of hitting the 2 million mark, just as Wii Sports prepares to ship its 3 millionth copy in Japan. Impressive.

For the rest of the best sellers for the week of April 28 to May 4, hit the jump..

01. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 173,000 / 1,120,000
02. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) - 102,000 / 1,909,000
03. Link's Crossbow Training (Wii) - 93,000 / NEW
04. Wii Fit (Wii) - 52,000 / 1,986,000
05. Meccha! Taiko Drum Master DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken (DS) - 42,000 / 98,000
06. Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) - 31,000 / 508,000
07. Boura wa Kaseki Holder (DS) - 27,000 / 84,000
08. Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) - 24,000 / 102,000
09. Deca Sports (Wii) - 24,000 / 186,000
10. Wii Sports (Wii) - 22,000 / 2,959,000

Since we've been talking numbers the last couple post or so, here are some of the "to date" sales number from Japan as published recently by Media Create. we also have the hardware sales for the last week, with Sony's Portable gaining ground, and surpassing the DS's weekly sales figures.

2008-04-17 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl boosted Wii sales to abnormal heights last month, according to official console ware bean counter, the NPD Group.

As far as hardware numbers go, Nintendo sold 720,000 Wiis last month; more than double that of combined Xbox 360 and PS3 sales, and almost enough to match the combined sales of all other consoles when including PS2.

"Across hardware, software, and accessories, the Wii contributed the most to total industry sales, representing 31% of total industry dollars for the month," said NPD analyst Anita Frazier.

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This week saw a massive sell-through of the second most popular monster fighting game in Japan (after Pokemon) with Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G taking last week's top spot.

This shows that the defection of Monster Hunter 3 (currently in production) from PlayStation 3 to Wii, could turn out to be an important strategic move for Nintendo.

This week also saw Brawl finally hit the 1.5 million sales that North America managed in a fraction of the time. Charts and more after the break...

An onslot of new releases, coinciding with a national holiday celebrating the vernal equinox, has jolted the Japanese charts back into life with one of the busiest weeks of the year so far.

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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Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has released its latest data, a 2007 hardware and software sales round-up. According to Enterbrain's sales data and estimation, the domestic Japan market was worth ¥687.66 billion (US$6 billion). That 25 percent increase is an a record high for the domestic market. Here's the breakdown for those who are into numbers and money:

Total Sales by Year:

• 2006 (December 26, 2005 ~ December 31, 2006)
  Hardware: Approximately 261.9 billion yen
  Software: Approx. 363.89 billion yen
  Total: Approx. 625.79 billion yen
• 2007 (January 1, 2007 ~ December 30, 2007)
  Hardware: Approximately 327.41 billion yen
  Software: Approx. 360.25 billion yen
  Total: Approx. 687.66 billion yen

The breakdown of individual hardware and software top spots after the Jump..

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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