14 DAY TRIAL // Sales tracking company Media Create has just published a chart with the best selling games of the year in Japan.
It's been a good year for games in the land of the rising sun, as the country flocked to purchase lots of huge games, most of them coming from Nintendo or other local companies, like Capcom or Konami.
The first spot, to about no one's surprise, is Pokemon Black/White, the newest iteration of the popular franchise released by Nintendo on its DS handheld platform, which sold 4.49 million units
Next up, we have New Super Mario Bros. Wii, another popular Nintendo title, who also broke the 4 million barrier.
Third spot goes to Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII, the only title in the top 10 that didn't appear on a Nintendo platform, as it was launched just for the PlayStation 3 in Japan, and sold 1.9 million copies.
The rest of the top 10 is made up of titles that appear exclusively on Nintendo platforms like the DS or Wii, including Dragon Quest VI (1.3m), Wii Party (1.2m) or Super Mario Galaxy 2 (882k).
Check out the full top 30 below, with the added mention that numbers in parentheses show the cumulative sales of games released before 2010.
01. Pokémon Black / White (DS) - 4,494,106 02. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) - 4,043,637 03. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) - 1,903,186 04. Tomodachi Collection (DS) 1,708,575 (3,456,091) 05. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie (DS) - 1,339,352 06. Wii Party (Wii) - 1,232,562 07. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (DS) - 1,222,496 08. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) - 1,132,500 (2,125,139) 09. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii) - 882,880 10. Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! Spark / Bomber (DS) - 867,600
11. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP) - 810,089 12. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PSP) - 737,348 13. Pokémon HeartGold / SoulSilver (DS) - 718,148 (3,808,535) 14. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS) - 668,725 15. God Eater (PSP) - 634,244 16. Super Mario All-Stars Collection (Wii) - 613,415 17. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 593,212 (1,989,124) 18. Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP) - 589,837 19. Yakuza 4 (PS3) - 574,951 20. Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage (PS3) - 548,032
21. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 527,257 (2,987,118) 22. Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryokusha Fire / Blizzard (DS) - 510,208 (1,173,723) 23. Pokémon Ranger: Guardian of Light (DS) - 487,619 24. MonHun Nikki: Poka Poka Ailu Mura (PSP) - 483,736 25. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP) - 480,319 26. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) - 435,424 (6,023,845) 27. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) - 430,707 28. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus (PSP) - 407,177 29. God Eater Burst (PSP) - 388,065 30. Sengoku Basara 3 (PS3) - 385,302
Media Create mentioned that the numbers were charted until the end of November, so Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, which was launched on the PSP after that and already reached 3.1 million copies sold, is missing.