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The latest Media Create Japanese chart results are in, and this week reflect one notable sales trend from the West with a big-name shooty-shooty-bang-bang game making a strong debut and boosting Sony's hardware, while there's also a major release on 3DS.

Yes, Call of Duty: Black Ops III takes top spot in the software charts, showing that futuristic gunplay goes down well in pretty much all territories. Disney Magical World 2 makes its debut on 3DS in second place, meanwhile, though its result of 73,824 units is down on the 119,154 sales that its predecessor achieved on the same system back in August 2013. Further down are some old favourites on Wii U and 3DS, while LEGO Jurassic World on 3DS has a low-key arrival - the top 20 is below with lifetime sales in brackets.

  1. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III (SCE, 10/06/15) – 143,817 (New)
  2. [3DS] Disney Magical World 2 (Bandai Namco, 10/05/15) – 73,824 (New)
  3. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops III (SCE, 10/06/15) – 20,899 (New)
  4. [PSV] God Eater Resurrection (Bandai Namco, 10/29/15) – 20,812 (146,688)
  5. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Nintendo, 07/11/15) – 19,810 (1,714,160)
  6. [PSV] To Love-Ru Trouble Darkness: True Princess (Furyu, 10/05/15) – 15,729 (New)
  7. [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 15,364 (366,167)
  8. [PS4] Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force (Compile Heart, 10/05/15) – 14,392 (New)
  9. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 13,891 (763,338)
  10. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes (Nintendo, 10/22/15) – 12,573 (86,467)
  11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo, 07/30/15) – 8,127 (1,114,709)
  12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 7,847 (390,266)
  13. [PS4] God Eater Resurrection (Bandai Namco, 10/29/15) – 6,461 (32,160)
  14. [PSV] Yomawari (NIS, 10/29/15) – 6,167 (28,639)
  15. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (Nintendo, 09/17/15) – 4,886 (253,303)
  16. [3DS] Picross 3D 2 (Nintendo, 10/01/15) – 4,853 (69,161)
  17. [3DS] Pro Yakyuu Famista Returns (Bandai Namco, 10/08/15) – 4,799 (47,246)
  18. [3DS] LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros., 11/05/15) – 4,499 (New)
  19. [3DS] PriPara Mezase! Idol Grand Prix No. 1! (Bandai Namco, 10/22/15) – 4,216 (44,812)
  20. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (Konami, 10/01/15) – 4,069 (91,521)

Moving onto hardware sales, the success of CoD has given the PS4 a notable boost, with the 3DS LL (XL) comfortably second with a minor boost courtesy of Disney and its magical world. The big winner was actually the smaller New 3DS, more than likely courtesy of a handsome bundle for the Disney release; the Wii U also gains some sales to come in at a smidge under five figures. The results are below with last week's sales in brackets.

  1. PlayStation 4 – 33,442 (22,104)
  2. New 3DS LL – 18,496 (16,824)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 13,085 (14,366)
  4. New 3DS – 10,448 (3,559)
  5. Wii U – 9,935 (9,127)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 1,716 (1,931)
  7. 3DS – 965 (988)
  8. Xbox One – 825 (534)
  9. PlayStation Vita TV – 723 (807)
  10. 3DS LL – 474 (509)

A decent week from a Nintendo perspective, though Bandai Namco may be disappointed to see its latest release in the Disney series fall below its predecessor.