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It's Media Create chart results time in Japan, and after a debut week at number one for The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes and plenty of Nintendo platform releases close behind, the latest results show new titles on rival platforms taking over the top spots.

We already highlighted that Tri Force Heroes has struggled to re-create the sales numbers of its main-series predecessor The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and this is borne out by fairly weak second week sales that see the multiplayer-focused title shift just 19,499 extra units. The software top 20 is quiet for Nintendo, overall, with evergreen games still occupying decent places; lifetime sales are in brackets.

  1. [PSV] God Eater Resurrection (Bandai Namco, 10/29/15) – 125,876 (New)
  2. [PS4] God Eater Resurrection (Bandai Namco, 10/29/15) – 25,700 (New)
  3. [PSV] Yomawari (NIS, 10/29/15) – 22,472 (New)
  4. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes (Nintendo, 10/22/15) – 19,499 (73,893)
  5. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Nintendo, 07/11/15) – 19,355 (1,694,351)
  6. [PS4] God Eater Resurrection Cross-Play Pack & Anime Vol. 1 (Bandai Namco, 10/29/15) – 16,281 (New)
  7. [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 13,764 (350,803)
  8. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 11,969 (749,447)
  9. [PS4] NBA 2K16 (Take-Two, 10/29/15) – 8,707 (New)
  10. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo, 07/30/15) – 7,679 (1,106,582)
  11. [XBO] Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft, 10/29/15) – 7,455 (New)
  12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 7,155 (382,419)
  13. [3DS] PriPara Mezase! Idol Grand Prix No. 1! (Bandai Namco, 10/22/15) – 6,561 (40,596)
  14. [3DS] 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (Sega, 10/15/15) – 6,224 (92,000)
  15. [3DS] Picross 3D 2 (Nintendo, 10/01/15) – 6,162 (64,309)
  16. [PS3] NBA 2K16 (Take-Two, 10/29/15) – 5,194 (New)
  17. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (Konami, 10/01/15) – 5,040 (87,453)
  18. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (Nintendo, 09/17/15) – 4,923 (248,417)
  19. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 4,100 (415,820)
  20. [3DS] Pro Yakyuu Famista Returns (Bandai Namco, 10/08/15) – 4,026 (42,447)

The hardware results don't bring much change from last week, with the PS Vita gaining the most but the New Nintendo 3DS LL (XL) also showing improvement in holding second place. PS4 still has the overall lead as it continues to benefit from recent releases and a price cut, and Wii U is down in four figures once again; the results below have last week's sales in brackets.

  1. PlayStation 4 – 22,104 (22,801)
  2. New 3DS LL – 16,824 (16,144)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 14,366 (12,981)
  4. Wii U – 9,127 (9,961)
  5. New 3DS – 3,559 (3,530)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 1,931 (1,909)
  7. 3DS – 988 (1,277)
  8. PlayStation Vita TV – 807 (782)
  9. Xbox One – 534 (1,009)
  10. 3DS LL – 509 (478)

A fairly uneventful week for Nintendo, though it's certainly encouraging to see solid momentum for the 3DS.

[source gematsu.com]