Media Create software sales for 12/23: Wii, DS games dominate

The Media Create Japan software sales for the week ending on December 23 have been released. Mario Party DS is once again in the top slot followed by Final Fantasy IV and Wii Fit. Interestingly enough, all three games are for platforms created by Nintendo.

If you want to find out more about the Media Create software sales charts and see the top 30 games in Japan, head on over to the full article.

If the top 30 games in the Media Create Japan software sales charts is an indication of a platform’s popularity, then Nintendo is firmly in first place. 25 games in the list were for either the Nintendo Wii or DS. The remaining five games were split between the PS2 and PS3 at four to one respectively.

On the top of the charts is Nintendo’s Mario Party DS which sold 330,000 copies during the week. This bumps up the total number of units sold to 1,156,000. Square Enix‘s Final Fantasy IV comes in at the second position with a respectable 288,000 units, not bad for the game’s debut on the list. At the number three is Nintendo’s Wii Fit, selling 214,000 copies.

Here’s the complete Media Create software sales charts ending December 23:

1. Mario Party DS
2. Final Fantasy IV
3. Wii Fit
4. Super Mario Galaxy
5. Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 2
6. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
7. Dragon Quest IV
8. Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium
9. Wii Sports
10. Prof. Layton and Pandora’s Box
11. Wii Play
12. Mario Party 8
13. Taiko Drum Master DS
14. Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party
15. Fast Card Battle: Card Hero
16. Mario Kart DS
17. Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party
18. Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10
19. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 14
20. Tamagotchi no Puchi-Puchi Omisecchi: Thanks Everybody!
21. New Super Mario Bros.
22. Kirarin Revolution: Make and Show at the Kime-Kira Stage
23. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008
24. Higurashi Matsuri
25. Animal Crossing Wild World
26. Dinosaur King: The Seven Fragments
27. Wario Ware Smooth Moves
28. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
29. Mega Man Star Force 2: Berserk × Dinosaur
30. Mega Man Star Force 2: Berserk × Shinobi

Via NeoGaf