Namco Bandai drums up Japanese sales for 12/8 - 12/14

Japanese gamers evidently don't want to work; they just want to bang on the virtual drum all day. Or, more specifically, the Wii release of Namco's Taiko no Tatsujin, which barely eked out a first-place spot over Animal Crossing: City Folk in Media Create's Japanese software sales charts for December 8 through 14. In all, four Wii titles and six DS games comprised the top 10.

1. Taiko no Tatsujin (Wii): 106K

2. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii): 98K

3. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (DS): 95K

4. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS): 63K

5. Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (DS): 59K

6. Professor Layton and the Final Time Journey (DS): 58K

7. Pokémon Platinum (DS): 58K

8. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS): 45K

9. Wii Fit (Wii): 43K

10. Mario Kart Wii (Wii): 34K