Japanese charts: 3DS surges, Vita stays down

By Patrick Garratt

New Love Plus has taken the software chart in Japan for 3DS and Konami this week, while the Nintendo console continues to soar on the hardware side. Vita’s Japanese misfortunes continue, however.

Here’s this week’s chart for the week ending February 19, courtesy of GAF. Get all of last week’s data here.

Software sales

1. New Love Plus (Konami, 3DS) – 104,969 NEW
2. Binary Domain (Sega, PS3) – 73,683 NEW
3. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (Square Enix, 3DS) – 67,206 NEW
4. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS) – 22,015 (Life to date: 1,506,522)
5. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS) – 17,791 (1,348,776)
6. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 3DS) – 17,490 (1,249.833)
7. Samurai Warriors 3 Z Special (Koei Tecmo, PSP) – 17,125 NEW
8. Resident Evil: Revelations (Capcom, 3DS) – 15,666 (231,907)
9. Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki (Konami, PSP) – 13,695 (75,479)
10. Gravity Rush (Sony Computer Entertainment, Vita) – 10,219 (53,680)
11. Tekken 3D: Prime Edition (Bandai Namco Games, 3DS) – 9421 NEW
12. Kyokugen Dasshutsu ADV: Zennin Shiboudesu (Chunsoft, 3DS) – 9307 NEW
13. Gran Turismo 5 Spec II (Sony Computer Entertainment, PS3) – 8169 (42,198)
14. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 7643 (542,589)
15. Kyokugen Dasshutsu ADV: Zennin Shiboudesu (Chunsoft, Vita) – 6538 NEW
16. Armored Core V (From Software, PS3) – 6430 (212,784)
17. Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark (Level 5, 3DS) – 6268 (393,130)
18. Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best) (Capcom, PSP) – 5223 (197,031)
19. Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus (Nintendo, Wii) – 5135 (873,120)
20. Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo, 3DS) – 4839 (501,169)

Hardware sales (last week in brackets)

1. 3DS: 94,667 (67,558)
2. PlayStation 3: 21,993 (22,002)
3. PSP: 14,824 (15,860)
4. Vita: 12,309 (13,939)
5. Wii: 7874 (8206)
6. DS: 1557 (1608)
7. PlayStation 2: 1433 (1239)
8. Xbox 360: 983 (1139)