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The latest Media Create results are in to show what's hot and what's not in Japan, and they reflect a relatively stagnant hardware market and fairly predictable brand power, with a couple of new releases struggling to impress.

The top two games are both on 3DS this week, with Yo-kai Sangokushi still leading (it's a crossover with Koei Tecmo's Three Kingdoms IP), with Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 in second place. The only new arrival on Nintendo hardware is Disney Art Academy in fourth place with just 17,717 sales; as a point of comparison Pokémon Art Academy sold just over 31,000 units in Japan when it launched in 2014. The top 20 is below with lifetime sales in brackets.

  1. [3DS] Yo-kai Sangokushi (Level-5, 04/02/16) – 90,196 (359,712)
  2. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 (Square Enix, 03/24/16) – 49,847 (517,146)
  3. [PS4] Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft, 04/07/16) – 25,302 (New)
  4. [3DS] Disney Art Academy (Nintendo, 04/07/16) – 17,717 (New)
  5. [PS4] Dark Souls III (Bandai Namco, 03/24/16) – 15,274 (258,821)
  6. [PS4] Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (Square Enix, 03/31/16) – 10,383 (123,408)
  7. [Wii U] Pokken Tournament (Pokemon, 03/18/16) – 8,065 (120,366)
  8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 7,374 (730,835)
  9. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 6,902 (1,325,502)
  10. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 6,666 (136,148)
  11. [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 5,892 (840,123)
  12. [3DS] Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan (Bandai Namco, 03/24/16) – 5,205 (34,852)
  13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Happy Price Selection) (Nintendo, 03/17/16) – 5,128 (27,492)
  14. [PSV] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X (Sega, 03/24/16) – 4,623 (84,135)
  15. [PSV] Brother's Conflict: Precious Baby (Idea Factory, 04/07/16) – 3,476 (New)
  16. [PS4] The Division (Ubisoft, 03/10/16) – 3,422 (123,282)
  17. [PS4] Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence Sengoku Risshiden (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 3,325 (28,332)
  18. [3DS] Tomodachi Life (Happy Price Selection) (03/17/16) – 3,166 (16,389)
  19. [XBO] Quantum Break (Microsoft, 04/07/16) – 3,124 (New)
  20. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level-5, 07/11/15) – 2,671 (2,243,803)

Moving on to hardware, all systems aside from Wii U and Xbox One record drops, with Nintendo's home console almost hitting a modest target of 5,000 units. The New 3DS LL (XL) is still in second place, with the 3DS family as a whole coming just short of catching the PS4; results are below with last week's sales in brackets.

  1. PlayStation 4 – 23,889 (30,081)
  2. New 3DS LL – 18,042 (22,020)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 13,278 (17,153)
  4. Wii U – 4,963 (3,541)
  5. New 3DS – 4,420 (5,376)
  6. 3DS – 1,411 (2,069)
  7. PlayStation 3 – 1,296 (1,537)
  8. 3DS LL – 242 (342)
  9. Xbox One – 212 (207)

A good week for established brands on the 3DS, though Nintendo and Disney may be a little disappointed with the relatively slow start for the latest Art Academy release.

[source gematsu.com]