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It's Japanese Media Create chart results time again, and after a sustained spell of ruling the roost the 3DS and its games take a backseat this week, though that was always on the cards.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Hideo Kojima's final entry in the series and with Konami, has naturally taken the two top spots with PS4 and PS3 versions, therefore pushing Dragon Quest VIII down a couple of places. Nevertheless key evergreen releases on 3DS and Wii U are still progressing well, with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer likely to be just one week from hitting one million retail sales. The software results, with lifetime sales in brackets, are below.

  1. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 293,652 (New)
  2. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 117,547 (New)
  3. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix, 08/27/15) – 106,823 (691,539)
  4. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Nintendo, 07/11/15) – 49,542 (1,450,344)
  5. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo, 07/30/15) – 30,840 (989,889)
  6. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 18,826 (626,497)
  7. [3DS] Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+ (Nintendo, 06/11/15) – 9,293 (455,284)
  8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 8,355 (317,041)
  9. [PSV] Infinite Stratos 2: Love and Purge (5pb., 09/03/15) – 7,643 (New)
  10. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 5,935 (1,117,394)
  11. [3DS] Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (Warner Bros., 09/03/15) – 5,011 (New)
  12. [3DS] Famicom Remix: Best Choice (Nintendo, 08/27/15) – 4,523 (18,602)
  13. [PS4] Dragon's Dogma Online Limited Edition (Capcom, 08/27/15) – 3,660 (32,976)
  14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 3,422 (4,038,451)
  15. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX (Bandai Namco, 08/20/15) – 3,189 (114,978)
  16. [PS3] Infinite Stratos 2: Love and Purge (5pb., 09/03/15) – 2,973 (New)
  17. [PS4] Until Dawn (SCE, 08/27/15) – 2,829 (20,301)
  18. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 2,807 (2,692,914)
  19. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest (Nintendo, 06/25/15) – 2,563 (415,150)
  20. [PSV] Taiko Drum Master: V Version (Bandai Namco, 07/09/15) – 2,446 (92,993)

The hardware results being a major boost for the PS4, and with the 3DS models falling due to the absence of equivalent new releases that means Sony's system securing top spot. Wii U sales also declined this week, albeit while staying in five figures; the results are below with last week's sales in brackets.

  1. PlayStation 4 – 54,494 (18,539)
  2. New 3DS LL – 26,976 (38,498)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 11,099 (12,125)
  4. Wii U – 10,232 (11,781)
  5. New 3DS – 5,179 (7,089)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 2,817 (2,571)
  7. 3DS – 1,692 (2,216)
  8. 3DS LL – 909 (1,116)
  9. PlayStation Vita TV – 609 (567)
  10. Xbox One – 180 (168)

Next week's results will include sales for Super Mario Maker, which will be interesting to see.

[source gematsu.com]