News: Resident Evil Kept Off Top Spot in Japan

Revelations certainly brings in the crowds, but it’s not enough to secure the top of the chart…

The latest Japanese charts are out for the week of January 23rd to 29th, with two franchise titans battling it out for the top spot. It was Capcom’s 3DS-exclusive Resident Evil: Revelations which had to settle for second-place, with From Software’s Armoured Core V on PS3 earning the bragging rights for the week.

Some context for the performance of Revelations – it was the biggest opening week for a Resident Evil game on a Nintendo platform in recent memory, just about beating out Resident Evil 4 on Gamecube.

The only other notable new entry was Namco’s remake of the DS RPG Tales of Innocence for Vita. Its debut fell short of the 3DS port of Tales of the Abyss, which shifted almost 75k on its opening week last year.

No.
System
Title
Publisher

1
PS3
Armoured Core V 163,906
From Software

2
3DS
Resident Evil: Revelations 146,559
Capcom

3
PSV
Tales of Innocence: R 54,853
Bandai Namco

4
3DS
Mario Kart 7 29,230 / (1,433,958)
Nintendo

5
3DS
Monster Hunter Tri G 27,032 / (1,186,898)
Capcom

6
360
Armored Core V 24,719
From Software

7
3DS
Super Mario 3D Land 23,003 / (1,288,495)
Nintendo

8
PS3
The Idolmaster: Gravure For You! Vol. 4 18,179
Bandai Namco

9
3DS
Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure 14,928 / (46,526)
Sega

10
3DS
Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark 10,479 / (370,804)
Level-5

11
PSP
Mobile Suit Gundam: Mokuba no Kiseki 9,121
Bandai Namco

12
Wii
Just Dance 7,837 / (519,199)
Nintendo

13
PS3
Warriors Orochi 3 7,419 / (355,033)
Koei Tecmo

14
PSP
Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best) 7,072 / (178,978)
Capcom

15
PS3
Final Fantasy XIII-2 6,405 / (769,079)
Square-Enix

16
Wii
Wii Party 6,280 / (2,279,598)
Nintendo

17
Wii
Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus 6,056 / (856,483)
Nintendo

18
3DS
Nintendogs + cats 5,397 / (487,201)
Nintendo

19
Wii
Mario Kart Wii 5,326 / (3,495,100)
Nintendo

20
Wii
Kirby Wii 4,873 / (590,133)
Nintendo

3DS itself set the tone for the year by staying well ahead of everything else. Tales of Innocence: R rose Vita levels slightly, but it’s far off making any sort of convincing challenge to Nintendo’s handheld.

No.
Console
Week Sales
Last Week Sales
LTD Sales

1
Nintendo 3DS
84,789
80,960
4,789,379

2
PS3
22,924
21,155
7,785,255

3
Vita
18,942
15,219
535,423

4
PSP
16,008
17,181
18,856,144

5
Wii
10,396
10,173
12,247,494

6
Nintendo DS
1,918
2,022
32,822,683

7
Xbox 360
1,235
1,588
1,543,125

8
PS2
713
903
21,777,812