Mario Kart Tops Charts in Japan

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Mario Kart Tops Charts in Japan
PSP tops hardware charts as PS3 sinks below 10,000.
by John Tanaka

April 18, 2008 - With 593,576 units in its debut week, Mario Kart Wii was the biggest game in Japan this past week, pushing Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G into second place after two weeks at the top.

But Capcom's PSP smash didn't do too bad either. Media Create's software chart for April 7 to April 13 has it at 221,781 units. The game has now topped the 1.59 million mark, prompting the question, where's the press release about two million shipped, Capcom?

The rest of the top 10 was all old. Coming in at third was Warriors Orochi Maou Sairin (Koei, PS2, 55,506 units), followed by Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii, 31,325), Pokemon Ranger Batonnage (30,159), Tottado (Bandai Namco, DS, 26,109), Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (Konami, PS2, 21,510), Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution (Square Enix, PSP, 17,591), Deca Sporta (Hudson, Wii, 17,171), and Smash Bros. X (Nintendo, Wii, 14,297).

Mario Kart may have topped the software chart, but it didn't do too much to spur Wii hardware sales. The PSP was once again at the top this week with 85,721 units. DS Lite came in at second with 47,158 units, beating the Wii's 46,296.

The PS3 pulled off another shocker this week, dropping into four digit territory with 8,232 units. Below it were the PS2 at 6,834 units and the Xbox 360 at 1,147 units.