Japanese software charts Oct. 18-24: Super Mario All-Stars for the win

By Stephany Nunneley

Media Create has releases Japanese software sales data for the week ending October 24 and it finds Nintendo’s Super Mario Collection Special Pack, known elsewhere as the All-Stars Edition, topping the list with 308K units sold.

The box of Mario not only knocked Pokemon Black & White out of its coveted top spot but outsold it almost four-to-one. Still, the series sold an additional 82K units units for the week, bringing the total copies moved to the 4.2 million mark.

New releases this week included: Medal of Honor, Naruto: Ultimate Storm 2, Resident Evil 5 Move Edition, Sports Champion, and Vanquish.

Here’s the full top 20. Data from Oct. 4-10 can be found here.

1. Super Mario Collection Special Pack (Wii): 307,755
2. Pokemon Black & White (DS): 81,915
3. Naruto Ultimate Storm 2 (PS3): 63,675
4. Vanquish (PS3): 48,318
5. Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Wii): 35,633
6. Medal of Honor (PS3): 25,365
7. Lord of Arcana (PSP): 24,939
8. Beat Sketch! (PS3): 22,165
9. FIFA 11 World Class Soccer (PS3): 18,995
10. Wii Party (Wii): 15,895
11. Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded (DS): 14,995
12. Big 3 Gun Shooting (PS3): 12,653
13. No More Heroes 2 (Wii): 11,373
14. Vanquish (X360): 11,204
15. Red Dead Redemption (PS3): 10,454
16. PS Move Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition Special Pack (PS3): 9,399
17. Medal of Honor (X360) 6,958
18. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP the Best Reprint (PSP): 6,371
19. Sports Champion (PS3): 6,349
20. Macross F (PS3): 6,123