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Japanese Charts: Macross On PSP Leads Divided Top 10

New PSP anime tie-in Macross Ace Frontier from Namco Bandai is the best-selling game in Japan this week, with over 100,000 units sold -- but a clear divide between top new entries and slower catalog titles further down the chart.

David Jenkins, Blogger

October 16, 2008

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New anime tie-in Macross Ace Frontier from Namco Bandai is the number one selling game in Japan this week, with 104,000 unit sales. The new PSP title is based on the popular Macross franchise, elements of which have previously been used in the U.S. series Robotech. The game is one of only two new entries in the top 30 this week, the only other one being PlayStation 2 strategy game Kamiyo Gakuen Makorouku Kurunugia from Idea Factory at number 30. Pokemon Platinum has had another strong week at number two, with 86,000 unit sales, while Nintendo’s Rhythm Heaven on Nintendo DS and Koei’s Dynasty Wars 6 Special on PS2 also continue to sell well. However, the bottom half of the top 10 has seen some of the slower sales figures for the year -- the eighth, ninth and 10th placed titles all sold just 8,000 units this week.

TW

LW

Title

Publisher

Format

Weekly Sales

1

NE

Macross Ace Frontier

Namco Bandai

PSP

104,000

2

1

Pocket Monsters Platinum

The Pokemon Company

DS

86,000

3

4

Rhythm Tengoku Gold

Nintendo

DS

49,000

4

2

Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special

Koei

PS2

48,000

5

3

Super Robot Taisen Z

Namco Bandai

PS2

23,000

6

5

Wii Fit

Nintendo

Wii

16,000

7

11

Mario Kart Wii

Nintendo

Wii

10,000

8

6

Jikkyou Powerful Major League 3

Konami

PS2

8,000

9

10

Dragon Ball DS

Namco Bandai

DS

8,000

10

13

Daigasso! Band Brothers DX

Nintendo

DS

8,000

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David Jenkins ([email protected]) is a freelance writer and journalist working in the UK. As well as being a regular news contributor to Gamasutra.com, he also writes for newsstand magazines Cube, Games TM and Edge, in addition to working for companies including BBC Worldwide, Disney, Amazon and Telewest.

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