In Japan, Grand Knights History Rules and Black Ops Cools

Last week’s software champ, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver., had to settle for a second place showing in Japan this week, thanks to the warm reception of the latest Vanillaware and Marvelous Entertainment game Grand Knights History(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); The PSP game racked up y1 com games more than 60,000 sales in its first week on sale, according to sales tracker Media Create. The PSP to PS3 port of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd saw a big drop off in sales, down to a little over 50,000 units. Y1 COM Devil Survivor Overclock, the lone Nintendo 3DS game in the top ten, did about 20,000 week one. Another Monster Hunter game debuted (in a way), with Monster Hunter Frontier Online‘s “2011 Anniversary Premium Package” landing at 16th place, one spot behind the subtitled version of Call of Duty: Black Ops For the top 20 bestselling games in Japan for the week of August 29 to September 4, consult this ordered list. 01. Grand Knights History (PSP) – 64,630 / NEW 02. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver. (PS3) – 52,792 / 340,621 03. Rhythm Heaven Wii (Wii) – 22,762 / 422,314 04. Sengoku Musou 3 Empires (PS3) – 21,604 / 91,858 05. Devil Survivor Overclock (3DS) – 20,809 / NEW 06. Kirby Mass Attack (DS) – 15,804 / 197,028 07. Corpse Party: Book of Shadows (PSP) – 15,249 / NEW 08. Mobile Suit Gundam: Shin Gihren no Yabou (PSP) – 14,656 / 90,267 09. MonHun Nikki: Poka Poka Ailu Mura G (PSP) – 12,924 / 175,340 10. Shin Sangoku Musou 6 Special (PSP) – 12,209 / 37,516 11. Pokemon Super Scramble (3DS) 12. Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus (Wii) 13. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) 14. Black * Rock Shooter: the Game (PSP) 15. Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3) 16. Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Anniversary 2011 Premium Package) (Xbox 360) 17. Uta no * Prince-Sama: Repeat (PSP) 18. Toriko: Gourmet Survival (PSP) 19. Taiko no Y1 Games Tatsujin Portable DX (PSP) 20. Suite PreCure: Melody Collection (DS) On the hardware side, it’s the Nintendo 3DS representing (once again) at the top of the charts, with the PlayStation 3 and PSP following not-so-closely behind. Xbox 360 and PSP go sales continue to unimpress in Japan, with the former still being outsold by the PlayStation 2, the latter selling in the single digits. Nintendo 3DS – 54,744 PlayStation 3 – 33,831 PSP – 30,192 Wii – 11,606 Nintendo DSi LL – 3,177 Nintendo DSi – 2,453 PlayStation 2 – 1,394 Xbox 360 – 1,228 Nintendo DS Lite – 80 PSP go – 7 You can contact Michael McWhertor, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.