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We're a little later than normal with the Media Create chart results this week, for elaborate reasons. Well, ok, we were distracted and forgot them, and the results reflect a rather unremarkable period in Japan regardless.

Dragon Quest Heroes II remains at numbers one, two and three, which is just greedy. On the plus side Kirby: Planet Robobot is still fighting the good fight with sales in five figures; in fact it's now crept past 300,000 physical retail sales in the Media Create figures, which is decent going for the platformer. Outside of that it's a quiet week due to a lack of new big-hitters.

  1. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End (Square Enix, 05/27/16) – 43,640 (228,460)
  2. [PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End (Square Enix, 05/27/16) – 38,984 (159,647)
  3. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End (Square Enix, 05/27/16) – 24,742 (93,117)
  4. [PS4] Overwatch (Square Enix, 05/26/16) – 17,897 (76,261)
  5. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo, 04/29/16) – 14,832 (300,479)
  6. [PS4] Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (SIE, 05/10/16) – 6,742 (166,661)
  7. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 6,555 (786,986)
  8. [3DS] Yo-kai Sangokushi (Level-5, 04/02/16) – 6,496 (532,480)
  9. [PS4] Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator (Arc System Works, 05/26/16) – 5,991 (23,821)
  10. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 5,392 (1,377,885)
  11. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami, 04/29/16) – 5,260 (151,392)
  12. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami, 04/29/16) – 5,065 (136,953)
  13. [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 4,815 (887,719)
  14. [PSV] Taisho x Taisho Alice All in One (Prototype, 06/02/16) – 4,539 (New)
  15. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami, 04/29/16) – 4,048 (89,580)
  16. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 3,344 (167,295)
  17. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 (Square Enix, 03/24/16) – 3,042 (602,831)
  18. [PS3] Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator (Arc System Works, 05/26/16) – 2,888 (12,273)
  19. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (4,990 yen Version) (Take-Two, 10/08/15) – 2,650 (114,796)
  20. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Happy Price Selection (Nintendo, 03/17/16) – 2,462 (52,923)

Hardware trends are largely as expected in light of the limited game releases, with small increases and decreases depending on the systems. New 3DS LL (XL) is still just behind the Vita, though Nintendo's portable 'family' is second when combined.

  1. PlayStation 4 – 23,144 (24,813)
  2. PlayStation Vita – 13,980 (14,956)
  3. New 3DS LL – 12,286 (12,394)
  4. Wii U – 4,153 (4,340)
  5. New 3DS – 2,877 (2,495)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 1,028 (1,017)
  7. 3DS – 646 (696)
  8. 3DS LL – 100 (78)
  9. Xbox One – 59 (61)

Despite the lack of headline moves we're pleased to see Kirby's latest adventure perform relatively well; are you planning to give it a try when it arrives in the West this week?

[source gematsu.com]