Media Create Japan: DS handheld and other Nintendo titles dominating

Nintendo has slowly been on the rise these past couple of weeks, based on the latest numbers sent in by the Media Create analyst group in Japan. The DS handheld once again took the top spot in the hardware charts, along with its respective software title Rhythm Tengoku Gold (known as Rhythm Heaven in North America). Check out what else is hot in Japan by reading our full article after the jump.

Nintendo has slowly been on the rise these past couple of weeks, based on the latest numbers sent in by the Media Create analyst group in Japan. The DS handheld once again took the top spot in the hardware charts, along with its respective software title Rhythm Tengoku Gold (known as Rhythm Heaven in North America).

Many other DS games jumped up several notches and have made a comeback on the top 10 software titles list. Among these include Daigasso! Band Brothers DX, which leaped up seven places, and Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS, back in eighth place after spending last week in the 22nd slot.

On the hardware side of things, the DS has slowly increased its lead from the PlayStation Portable, now with a comfortable headway of a little more than 12,000 units over its rival handheld. Xbox 360 sales dropped back down to last place due to a significant shortage of units available in the country.

Here are the rest of the details to the hardware and software sales numbers for the week of August 11 to August 17:

1. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) – DS
2. Phantasy Star Portable (Sega) – PSP
3. Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome (Square Enix) – DS
4. Wii Fit (Nintendo) – Wii
5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – Wii
6. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Ken (Nintendo) – DS
7. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo) – DS
8. Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken (Namco Bandai) – DS
9. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 (Konami) – PS2
10. Wario Land Shake (Nintendo) – Wii

1. DS Lite – 78,666
2. PSP – 64,413
3. Wii – 53,036
4. PS3 – 11,393
5. PS2 – 10,168
6. Xbox 360 – 7,358

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