No One Can Stop The PSP Hack & Slash Obsession In Japan

PSP software continues to rein supreme in Japan, as Capcom’s Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes becomes the country’s bestselling game. It unseats Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable, beating out a surprisingly strong Wii contender.

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Settling for second place is Oboro Muramasa, the Wii game from Vanillaware that will come to these shores as Muramasa: The Demon Blade. The two distinctly Japanese games lead the week’s new debuts, which also includes the disappointing PlayStation 2 port of Arcana Heart 2.

Evergreen games like Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G continue to sell well amid a rather dry release calendar. The low-key release schedule also means that titles like Musou Orochi Z, Resident Evil 5 and Valkyria Chronicles are selling well enough to rep the PlayStation 3 in the top thirty.

Speaking of the top thirty games according to Media Create…

01. Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes (PSP) – 86,000 / NEW

02. Oboro Muramasa (Wii) – 29,000 / NEW

03. Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! (DS) – 25,000 / 522,000

04. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (PSP) – 18,000 / 573,000

05. Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2009 (DS) – 17,000 / 44,000

06. Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable (PSP) – 16,000 / 135,000

07. Arcana Heart 2 (PS2) – 11,000 / NEW

08. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2009 Live (PS2) – 10,000 / 104,000

09. Musou Orochi Z (PS3) – 10,000 / 195,000

10. Wii Fit (Wii) – 9,000 / 3,350,000

11. Makai Senki Disgaea 2 Portable (PSP)