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<cite>Kirby</cite> DS Port Conquers All in Japan

Kirby rules the roost, at least according to this week’s Japan sales reports. The new Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe for the Nintendo DS — a port of a Super Nintendo title — easily tops the charts with sales of 266,000 units. No big surprise there: Kirby games have done traditionally well on the […]

Kirby

Kirby rules the roost, at least according to this week's Japan sales reports.

The new Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe for the Nintendo DS -- a port of a Super Nintendo title -- easily tops the charts with sales of 266,000 units. No big surprise there:* Kirby* games have done traditionally well on the DS in Japan, and rarely will you catch a Japanese schoolboy who doesn't have at least one Kirby game in his game case. I was so sure it was going to hit #1 that I took this photo last week, on its day of release.

Elsewhere, Grand Theft Auto IV shows that it has some legs, with the PlayStation 3 version dropping down just a few notches to #5 -- the Xbox 360 version drops down to #22.

Below, Media Create's top 10 for the week of November 3-9. The list shows this week's rank, with the sales figures showing this week's numbers, followed by total sales.

    1. [NDS] Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (Nintendo) 266,000 / NEW
    1. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 40,000 / 1,129,000
    1. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (Nintendo) 37,000 / 154,000
    1. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (Pokémon) 37,000 / 1,890,000
    1. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto IV (Capcom) 36,000 / 169,000
    1. [NDS] Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono (Square Enix) 32,000 / 112,000
    1. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (Capcom) 19,000 / 44,000
    1. [NDS] Personal Trainer: Walking (Nintendo) 18,000 / 45,000
    1. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (SCE) 17,000 / 52,000
    1. [PS3] LittleBigPlanet (SCE) 17,000 / 69,000

Photo: Jean Snow/Wired.com

Media Create Sales: 11/03 - 11/09 [NeoGaf]

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