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Namco Bandai's Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 Leads Japanese Sales Charts

Namco Bandai's action RPG title Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 topped the Japanese sales charts this week, followed by Koei Tecmo's Samurai Warriors 3 Z, reports tracking firm Media Create.

Tom Curtis, Blogger

February 18, 2011

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Namco Bandai's PSP title Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 topped the Japanese sales charts for the week ended February 13, as a number of other new titles entered the top 10, reports tracking firm Media Create. Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3, which sold 222,068 units in its first week, is an action RPG title featuring characters from a handful of other entries in Namco Bandai's Tales series. Koei Tecmo's Samurai Warriors 3 Z sold 208,548 units this week, and took the number two spot above Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom 3, which made its return to the top three. SCE's LittleBigPlanet 2 made its debut at number five, and Koei Tecmo's Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends launched at number six, marking the second Samurai Warriors title to reach the top 10 during the past week. The PlayStation 3 version of Take-Two and Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare debuted at number seven, while its Xbox 360 version landed outside the top 10 at number 20. Titles falling from the top 10 this week include Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden, The Last Story, Macross: Triangle Frontier, and Valkyria Chronicles 3. Below is Media Create's top 20 sales chart for the week ended February 13, 2011.

LW

TW

Title

Publisher

Platform

Weekly Sales

NEW

1

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3

Namco Bandai

PSP

222,068

NEW

2

Samurai Warriors 3 Z

Koei Tecmo

PS3

208,548

6

3

Monster Hunter Freedom 3

Capcom

PSP

93,483

1

4

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2

Capcom

DS

30,910

NEW

5

LittleBigPlanet 2

SCE

PS3

24,648

NEW

6

Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends

Koei Tecmo

Wii

22,598

NEW

7

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

Take-Two

PS3

21,718

9

8

Donkey Kong Country Returns

Nintendo

Wii

15,971

5

9

Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood

Spike

PSP

14,372

3

10

White Knight Chronicles Episode Portable: Dogma Wars

SCE

PSP

11,229

11

11

Pokemon Black / White

Pokemon Co.

DS

10,433

4

12

Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden

Namco Bandai

DS

10,341

13

13

Wii Party

Nintendo

Wii

10,239

7

14

The Last Story

Nintendo

Wii

9,052

2

15

Macross: Triangle Frontier

Namco Bandai

PSP

8,409

14

16

World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011

Konami

PSP

7,575

8

17

Valkyria Chronicles 3

Sega

PSP

7,491

17

18

World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011

Konami

PS3

7,379

18

19

Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard

Level 5

DS

7,267

NEW

20

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

Take-Two

Xbox 360

7,180

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Tom Curtis

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Tom Curtis is Associate Content Manager for Gamasutra and the UBM TechWeb Game Network. Prior to joining Gamasutra full-time, he served as the site's editorial intern while earning a degree in Media Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

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