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Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masōkishin II Sells 81,896

posted on 2012-01-18 11:00 EST by Egan Loo

Shinrei Camera, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy in top 20; 3DS outsells PS Vita 5-to-1

Japan's Game Ranking: January 9-15

Rank	System	Title	Maker	Release Date	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	4Gamer Reader Review
1	PSP	Super Robot Wars OG Saga Masōkishin II: Revelation of Evil God (Including Limited Edition)	Namco Bandai Games	January 12	81,896	81,896
2	3DS	Mario Kart 7	Nintendo	December 1	52,266	1,369,623	85
3	3DS	Monster Hunter 3 G (Including Bundled Edition)	Capcom	December 10	44,644	1,128,498	77
4	3DS	Super Mario 3D Land	Nintendo	November 3	40,154	1,239,440	90
5	3DS	Inazuma Eleven GO Shine/Dark	Level-5	December 15	20,777	346,135	80
6	PS3	Musou Orochi 2 (Including Limited Edition)	KOEI Tecmo Games	December 22	20,409	336,925	77
7	3DS	Shinrei Camera ~Tsuiteru Techō~	Nintendo	January 12	16,351	16,351
8	PS3	Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Including Bundled Edition)	Square Enix	December 15	14,407	753,968	68
9	3DS	Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy	Namco Bandai Games	January 12	12,819	12,819
10	Wii	Just Dance Wii	Nintendo	October 13	12,370	503,048	67
11	Wii	Wii Sports Resort (Including Edition Bundled with Wii Remote Control Plus Pack)	Nintendo	November 11, 2010	10,076	843,833	75
12	Wii	Wii Party (Including Bundled Edition)	Nintendo	July 8, 2010	9,383	2,266,185
13	PSP	Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best)	Capcom	September 22	9,342	163,780	87
14	Wii	Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Definitive Edition (Including Bundled Edition)	Namco Bandai Games	November 23	9,049	206,052
15	Wii	Mario Kart Wii	Nintendo	April 10, 2008	8,978	3,483,638	74
16	Wii	Hoshi no Kirby Wii	Nintendo	October 27	8,931	579,098	81
17	Wii	Go Vacation	Namco Bandai Games	October 20	8,162	216,180
18	3DS	Nintendogs+cats (Shiba/Toy Poodle/French Bulldog) & New Friends	Nintendo	February 26	7,958	475,872	90
19	PS3	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Dubbed Edition)	Square Enix	December 22	7,772	90,446	61
20	Wii	Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Extreme	Level-5	December 22	6,716	134,126

Hardware Sales

System	Weekly Sales
3DS	100,668
PS3	30,332
PSP	22,538
Vita	18,361
Wii	14,179
Xbox 360	1,519
DSi LL	1,515
DSi	1,206
PS2	766

Source: Media Create via 4Gamer

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