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Japanese Charts: The Unshakable Dragon Quest IX

Although with second-week sales significantly less than its chart-smashing 2.3 million unit debut, Square Enix's Dragon Quest IX for DS enjoys a second week at the top of the Japanese video game charts.

Leigh Alexander, Contributor

July 23, 2009

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Square Enix's Dragon Quest IX for DS is enjoying a second week at the top of the Japanese software charts, although its second week sales at 613,000 units were significantly less than its chart-smashing 2.3 million unit debut. But it's still a commanding lead -- according to new data from Media Create, the number two title, baseball title Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 for PlayStation 3, was a distant second with a 74,000 unit debut. It displaces Nintendo's MotionPlus-bundling Wii Sports Resort, which concedes one position to come in third, thus stepping Nintendo's own Tomodachi Collection DS down into the fourth spot. The PlayStation 2 version of Pro Takyuu Spirits 6 debuted in the same week as its PlayStation 3 counterpart, in the fifth position. The full Japanese video game Top 10 for the week ending July 19 is as follows: 1. Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix, DS) - 613,000 2. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 (Konami, PS3) - 74,000 3. Wii Sports Resort 10 (Nintendo, Wii) - 72,000 4. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo, DS) - 61,000 5. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 (Konami, PS2) - 50,000 6. Ys I and II Chronicles (Falcom, PSP) - 19,000 7. Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: Youth Detective Group in Seto - Me and the Secret Map (Sony, PSP) - 17,000 8. Hatsune Miku Project Diva (Sega, PSP) - 15,000 9. Monster Hunter Portable 2 G Best (Capcom, PSP) - 11,000 10. Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon, DS) - 9,000 Overall in the Japanese charts, the trend toward domination by portable titles continues, with seven out of 10 charting games for handheld platforms: three for DS games and four for PSP.

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Leigh Alexander

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Leigh Alexander is Editor At Large for Gamasutra and the site's former News Director. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Variety, Slate, Paste, Kill Screen, GamePro and numerous other publications. She also blogs regularly about gaming and internet culture at her Sexy Videogameland site. [NOTE: Edited 10/02/2014, this feature-linked bio was outdated.]

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