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Forza 3 Makes Inroads Into Japanese Game Chart

10:20AM October 31, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Forza Motorsport 3 gives the Xbox 360 a rare top 10 placement on Media Create’s weekly list of the bestselling games in Japan. It’s one of a handful of new debuts that came nowhere near unseating Pokemon as software champ.

Yes, Pokemons Heart Gold and Soul Silver once again top the Media Create software chart, followed by chart toppers Wii Fit Plus and Tomodachi Collection. Another good week for Nintendo. It was also a pretty good week for games like Rune Factory 3, FIFA 10 and Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special.

Last week’s top 10 debut from Nathan Drake and the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves cast is followed by another top ten appearance. Not too shabby!

01. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (S) – 118,000 / 2,756,000
02. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 88,000 / 699,000
03. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 52,000 / 1,466,000
04. Inazuma Eleven 2: Fire/Blizzard (DS) – 49,000 / 486,000
05. Rune Factory 3 (DS) – 41,000 / NEW
06. Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360) – 32,000 / NEW
07. FIFA 10 (PS3) – 21,000 / NEW
08. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 19,000 / 1,319,000
09. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3) – 19,000 / 72,000
10. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (PSP) – 18,000 / NEW

11. Gran Turismo (PSP)
12. Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: Unmei no Meikyuu Aizouban (PSP)
13. Dragon Quest IX (DS)
14. Undead Knights (PSP)
15. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP)
16. Love Plus (DS)
17. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (DS)
18. Macross Ultimate Frontier (PSP)
19. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (PSP)
20. Antiphona no Seikahime: Tenshi no Gakufu Op.A (PSP)

Comments

  • plmko

    October 31, 2009 at 12:51 PM

    Good to see Uncharted may hit 100k in Japan.

  • Fracture

    October 31, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    GIVE ME A PRIZE!!!!!!!

  • Mr Waffle

    October 31, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    Regarding Forza 3 in Japan… on the official Forza forums, there’s no Japanese language board (yet; they’re apparently working on it), and you’re not allowed to post in Japanese (threads have been deleted). When a Japanese person asked via internet translator if they could let Japanese people post in Japanese, he was abused with attacks like “learn english” and “all japanese players do is paint manga cars”. Disgusting.

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