Yes it’s that time again to delve into the minds of Japanese gamers. But really, we’re just looking at this past week’s software and hardware sales charts. Nintendo games in bold

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Software Sales (Oct 23rd – Oct 29th)

01. NDS General Knowledge Training DS – 189,700
02. NDS Pokemon Diamond – 127,011 / 1,498,210
03. NDS Tales of the Tempest – 88,137
04. NDS Pokemon Pearl – 85,530 / 1,276,812
05. PS2 Utawareru Mono Chiriyuku Mono e-no Komori Uta – 82,343
06. PSP ACE COMBAT X Skies of Deception – 60,584
07. PS2 Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood – 34,070
08. NDS Kanji Quiz DS- 31,108 / 187,732
09. NDS New Super Mario Brothers – 30,885 / 3,335,253
10. PS2 Yakuza PS2 The Best – 29,854

Hardware Sales (Oct 23rd – Oct 29th)

DSL 158,681
PSP 25,908
PS2 21,832
GBASP 1,858
Xbox360 1,565
GBM 1,351
GC 644
DS 114
GBA 15
Xbox 7

Source: Media Create