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It's the middle of the week, which means it's Media Create results time, showing us what's hot and what's not in Japan. The results show key releases on Sony hardware having an impact, while one new arrival on 3DS does its best to compete.

Kan Colle Kai has started strongly on Vita, while Attack on Titan has also sold decent numbers across three Sony platforms. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has mades its debut in 5th place just behind Street Fighter V; the launch sales of the equivalent 2012 Olympics game on 3DS totalled 43,155 units, so the new entry is only a smidge behind its predecessor with 41,736 sales. There are more evergreen releases on Nintendo hardware further down, but ultimately the charts are dominated by newcomers; results are below with lifetime sales in brackets.

  1. [PSV] Kan Colle Kai (Kadokawa Games, 02/18/16) – 140,757 (New)
  2. [PSV] Attack on Titan (Koei Tecmo, 02/18/16) – 62,111 (New)
  3. [PS4] Attack on Titan (Koei Tecmo, 02/18/16) – 61,156 (New)
  4. [PS4] Street Fighter V (Capcom, 02/18/16) – 41,990 (New)
  5. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 41,736 (New)
  6. [PS4] Ikenie to Yuki no Setsuna (Square Enix, 02/18/16) – 33,629 (New)
  7. [PSV] Ikenie to Yuki no Setsuna (Square Enix, 02/18/16) – 27,994 (New)
  8. [PS3] Attack on Titan (Koei Tecmo, 02/18/16) – 27,415 (New)
  9. [3DS] Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final (Atlus, 02/10/16) – 14,408 (110,757)
  10. [PSV] Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix, 01/28/16) – 13,239 (262,182)
  11. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 9,506 (1,260,770)
  12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 7,860 (668,003)
  13. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix, 01/28/16) – 7,757 (198,344)
  14. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level-5, 07/11/15) – 7,669 (2,210,704)
  15. [3DS] Monster Hunter X (Capcom, 11/27/15) – 7,660 (2,691,475)
  16. [Wii U] Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (Nintendo, 01/28/16) – 7,596 (93,879)
  17. [PS3] Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix, 01/28/16) – 7,107 (92,645)
  18. [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 6,477 (802,007)
  19. [PS4] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (Bandai Namco, 02/04/16) – 5,301 (81,934)
  20. [3DS] Monster Strike (Mixi, 12/17/15) – 5,083 (800,205)

Moving on to hardware, both PS4 and Vita see increases over the previous week, while all Nintendo systems aside from the old 3DS LL (XL) see declines. Combining all of the 3DS 'family' systems does see it climb above Vita into second place, however; the results are below with last week's sales in brackets.

  1. PlayStation 4 – 29,363 (27,576)
  2. PlayStation Vita – 22,191 (17,104)
  3. New 3DS LL – 16,533 (19,691)
  4. New 3DS – 4,363 (4,695)
  5. Wii U – 3,902 (3,933)
  6. 3DS – 2,427 (2,717)
  7. PlayStation 3 – 1,665 (1,633)
  8. 3DS LL – 569 (452)
  9. Xbox One – 162 (101)

Not exactly an exceptional week for Nintendo, though Mario & Sonic's latest athletic showdown has put in a solid if unremarkable performance.

[source gematsu.com]