Japanese Software Charts: Nintendo Shuffles Deck

Not a lot of change in the software charts for Japan this week (28th December 2009 - 3rd January 2010), for the only differences in the Top 10 involve a shuffle of a few Nintendo titles and the re-emergence of Phantasy Star Portable 2.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii still reigns with over 268,000 units sold, but generally sales are down across the board – expected, considering it's the first week after the Winter holidays. The Nintendo DS' own Tamagotch-Mii, Tomodachi Collection, is still riding high in the charts nearly six months after its release. It switches places with The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for second place, with Link's new adventure dropping to #3.

Wii Fit Plus and Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver also trade positions to become 5th and 6th respectively. Crazy drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 2 is bumped out of the Top 10 to land the 11th spot with Sega's handheld dungeon crawler levelling up to #9.

Figures are below. Chart position first, then game name, publisher, format and sales this week. Simple.

1 New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Nintendo (Wii) - 268,212
2 Tomodachi Collection – Nintendo (DS) – 185,502
3 The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – Nintendo (DS) – 126,303
4 Final Fantasy XIII – Square Enix (PS3) – 111,705
5 Wii Fit Plus – Nintendo (Wii) – 105,427
6 Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver – Nintendo (DS) – 74,658
7 Inazuma Eleven 2 – LEVEL-5 (DS) – 68,769
8 Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo (Wii) – 67,867
9 Phantasy Star Portable 2 – Sega (PSP) - 44,334
10 Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute – LEVEL-5 (DS) – 43,254