While BioWare’s Mass Effect didn’t score top placement in this week’s Japanese software sales chart—Sloane to MacHale: Nazo no Monogatari did—it had a pretty damn good showing, [[link]] considering the platform’s last place position.
Mass Effect‘s first week sales were a solid, if not spectacular 18,000, making it the third bestselling game in Japan, according to Media Create. It placed well behind Level 5’s new Nintendo DS puzzler Sloane to MacHale: Nazo no Monogatari and Sega’s baseball sim Pro [[link]] Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 but still good for a Western role-playing game.
The top ten is DS heavy, with a few new releases peppered throughout the top thirty. Looks like Nintendo’s own Takt of Magic for the Wii is off to an un-magical start.
01. Sloane to MacHale: Nazo no Monogatari (DS) – 44,000 / NEW
02. Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (DS) – 39,000 / NEW
03. Mass Effect (Xbox 360) – 18,000 / NEW
04. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP) – 14,000 / 693,000
05. Bleach: Heat The Soul 6 (PSP) – 13,000 / 54,000
06. Dragon Ball Z: Story Saiyajin Raishuu (DS) – 12,000 / 148,000
07. Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankenta (DS) – 12,000 / 311,000
08. Made in Ore (DS) – 11,000 / 123,000
09. Wii Fit (Wii) – 10,000 / 3,424,000
10. Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! (DS) – 9,000 / 624,000
11. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
12. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Wii)
13. Monster Hunter G (Wii)
14. Growlanser (PSP)
15. Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes (PSP)
16. Winning Eleven Play Maker 2009 (Wii)
17. Pokémon Platinum (DS)
18. Yuuzai x Muzai (DS)
19. Wii Sports (Wii)
20. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
21. Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2009 (Wii)
22. SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 (PSP)
23. Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2009 (DS)
24. Rittai Picross (DS)
[[link]]25. Takt of Magic (Wii)
26. Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2009 (PS2)
27. Persona (PSP)
28. Rhythm Heaven (DS)
29. Deca Sporta 2 (Wii)
30. ToraDora Portable! (PSP)