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It's Japanese Media Create charts time, as we see what's hot and what's not in Nintendo's homeland. It's another good week for Level-5 and the 3DS, with a handful of new releases on Sony hardware arriving in the top 20.

Dual release Yo-kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura comfortably retains top spot, albeit not quite living up to the sales power of its main series predecessors. The lead is still significant, though, while new release Sumikko Gurashi Mura wo Tsukurun Desu on 3DS grabs third place. From a Nintendo platform perspective there are a range of ever-green releases still fighting the good fight in the top 20; results are below with lifetime sales in brackets.

  1. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura (Level-5, 07/16/16) – 168,782 (800,918)
  2. [PSV] Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Falcom, 07/28/16) – 43,753 (New)
  3. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi Mura wo Tsukurun Desu (Nippon Columbia, 07/28/16) – 20,616 (New)
  4. [PS4] Black Rose Valkyrie (Compile Heart, 07/28/16) – 12,682 (New)
  5. [Wii U] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Mojang, 06/23/16) – 8,383 (59,339)
  6. [Wii U] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 06/23/16) – 7,502 (53,938)
  7. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 7,305 (1,430,562)
  8. [PSV] New Interpretation Stranger of Sword City (Experience, 07/28/16) – 7,248 (New)
  9. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 7,143 (2,830,996)
  10. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo, 04/29/16) – 6,087 (356,474)
  11. [3DS] Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (Marvelous, 06/23/16) – 6,082 (162,565)
  12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 5,744 (829,979)
  13. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 4,635 (196,161)
  14. [PS4] Overwatch (Square Enix, 05/26/16) – 4,184 (124,706)
  15. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Doko Don! Mystery Adventure (Bandai Namco, 06/16/16) – 3,252 (64,433)
  16. [PSV] 7'scarlet (Idea Factory, 07/21/16) – 3,128 (New)
  17. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2016 (Konami, 04/28/16) – 2,961 (159,388)
  18. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (4,990 yen Version) (10/08/15, Rockstar Games) – 2,832 (136,399)
  19. [3DS] Culdcept Revolt (Nintendo, 07/07/16) – 2,812 (38,651)
  20. [PSV] Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain (NIS, 06/23/16) – 2,733 (42,519)

Moving on to hardware, the New 3DS LL (XL) maintains most of its recent momentum to stay ahead of PS4, though for the second week in a row the Wii U drops quite a few units as it falls away from the Splatoon bundle bump from earlier in the month. The results below have last week's sales in brackets.

  1. New 3DS LL – 21,463 (23,382)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 20,021 (20,395)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 11,363 (10,991)
  4. Wii U – 5,864 (7,601)
  5. New 3DS – 4,355 (3,665)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 1,006 (1,045)
  7. 3DS – 725 (653)
  8. 3DS LL – 189 (106)
  9. Xbox One – 55 (63)

Overall it was a decent week for Level 5 and Nintendo, with newcomers in the charts struggling to make a major impact.

[source gematsu.com]