Japanese sales charts, April 17-23: Hello, Mother
Several new releases are sitting pretty in the Japanese charts this week, with newcomers holding the top three spots. Mother 3, described by Famitsu as the "Most Wanted" game in Japan back in March, unsurprisingly rocketed to the top with over 200,000 sales; a spinoff from the popular Dragon Quest VIII is in at number two, after selling 127,500 copies.
The ten bestselling games in Japan for the week ending April 23:
1. Mother 3 [GBA]
2. Dragon Quest: Shounen Yangus no Fushigi na Daibouken [PS2]
3. Final Fantasy XI: Aht Urhgan no Hihou [PS2]
4. Brain Age 2 (Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS) [DS]
5. Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai [PSP]
6. Okami [PS2]
7. Brain Age: Train your Brain in Minutes a Day (Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju no Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training) [DS]
8. Animal Crossing: Wild World [DS]
9. DS English Training [DS]
10. Pokémon Ranger [DS]
The corresponding hardware sales (cumulative sales for 2006 in brackets):
1. DS Lite: 168,809 (996,546)
2. PSP: 32,323 (641,721)
3. PS2: 25,763 (529,979)
4. GBM: 18,390 (81,058)
5. GBA SP: 11,044 (111,858)
6. DS: 8,051 (746,935)
7. Xbox 360: 3,990 (41,278)
8. Gamecube: 1,106 (44,755)
9. GBA: 58 (2,454)
10. Xbox: 16 (1,373)
