The Legend of Zelda Puts Nintendo 3DS Back on Top in Japan

Japan’s bestselling video game right now may be a PlayStation Portable title—Level 5’s Cardboard Senki—but The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D wasn’t far behind, helping to put the Nintendo 3DS back into first place this week.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Only about 2,000 units separated the first and second place game’s in Japan this week, with Senki coming out on top thanks all yono rummy to more than 166,000 units sold, according to Media Create. Last week’s bestseller, Yakuza: Of y1 games latest the End, slipped to third, but sold another 50,000-plus copies of the latest PlayStation 3 gangster game. It’s an interesting week of game sales overseas, with the Xbox 360 represented three times (across two games) in the top 20 and one PlayStation 2 title selling well enough to do the same. Read on for the bestselling games in Japan for the week of June 13 to 19, courtesy of Media Create. New titles are shown in bolded text. 01. Cardboard Senki (PSP) – 166,187 / NEW 02. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) – 164,110 / NEW 03. Yakuza Of the End (PS3) – 53,775 / 352,492 04. Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling (Xbox 360) – 31,666 / NEW 05. Steins;Gate Double Pack (Xbox 360) – 11,041 / NEW 06. Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (3DS) – 9,062 / 83,405 07. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional (DS) – 7,997 / 538,020 08. Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (DS) – 6,609 / 137,421 09. Wii Party (Wii) – 6,556 / 1,917,752 10. One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP (3DS) – 6,549 / 112,174 11. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) 12. Pokemon Black / White (DS) 13. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2011 (PSP) 14. Patapon 3 (PSP) 15. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 16. Steins;Gate – Platinum Collection (Xbox 360) 17. Sangoku Koi Senki: Otome no Heihou! (PS2) 18. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) 19. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP) 20. Akiba’s Trip (PSP) On the hardware side, it was the Nintendo 3DS’ week, outselling the PSP by about 9,000 units. Not much activity elsewhere, as the PlayStation 3 still outsells the Wii, with stock of the Nintendo DS Lite and PSPgo continuing to dwindle. Nintendo 3DS – 40,649 PSP – 31,741 PlayStation 3 – 16,081 Wii – 6,678 Nintendo DSi LL – 5,464 Nintendo DSi – 5,322 Xbox betdog 360 – 2,875 PlayStation 2 – 1,346 Nintendo DS Lite – 109 PSP go – 55