Mario Kart 7 back on top in this week’s Japanese sales

3DS does it again.

This week’s Japanese sales are in. The week starting January 16 and ending January 22 saw three new releases: Rythm Thief R, Onechanbara Z: Kagura, and Beyond the Labyrinth. Unfortunately, neither hit number one, with Mario Kart 7 still sitting well on its throne. This week’s sales were generally low, however. Mario Kart 7 sold 35,105 units. Rhythm Thief was the best-selling new title at 31,598 units. Onechanbara Z did rather well for an Xbox 360 game, taking the fifth position with 22,000 sold. Everything below the fifth position, however, sold 15,000 or lower.

Get the full software sales chart below, with lifetime sales in parenthesis:

01. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 35,105 (1,404,728)

02. [3DS] Rythm Thief R (Sega, 01/19/12) – 31,598
03. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G (Capcom, 12/10/11) – 31,369 (1,159,866)
04. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/03/11) – 26,051 (1,265,491)

05. [360] Onechanbara Z: Kagura (D3 Publisher, 01/19/12) – 22,013
06. [PSP] Heroes Phantasia (Namco Bandai, 01/19/12) – 15,163
07. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Shine / Dark (Level-5, 12/15/11) – 14,190 (360,325)
08. [3DS] Beyond the Labyrinth (Konami, 01/19/12) – 14,176
09. [PSP] Super Robot Wars OG Saga Masou Kishin II: Revelation of Evil God (Namco Bandai, 01/12/12) – 11,598 (93,494)
10. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3 (Tecmo Koei, 12/22/11) – 10,690 (762,674)
11. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12/15/11) – 8,706 (762,674)
12. [Wii] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13/11) – 8,315 (511,363)
13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best (Capcom, 09/22/11) – 8,126 (171,906)
14. [Wii] Wii Party (bundles included) (Nintendo, 07/08/10) – 7,133 (2,273,318)
15. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort Wii Remote Plus Pack (bundles included) (Nintendo, 11/11/10) – 6,594 (850,426)
16. [Wii] Kirby’s Return to Dreamland (Nintendo, 10/27/11) – 6,162 (585,260)
17. [Wii] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, 04/10/08) – 6,137 (3,489,774)
18. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Square Enix, 12/22/11) – 5,945 (96,391)
19. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats French Bull / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (Nintendo, 02/26/11) – 5,932 (481,804)
20. [Wii] Go Vacation (Namco Bandai, 10/20/11) – 5,460 (221,639)

And here are this week’s hardware numbers, with last week’s numbers in parenthesis:

01. 3DS – 80,960 (100,668)
02. PlayStation 3 – 21,155 (30,332)
03. PSP – 17,181 (22,538)
04. PlayStation Vita – 15,219 (18,361)
05. Wii – 10,173 (14,179)
06. Xbox 360 – 1,588 (1,519)
07. DSi LL – 1,200 (1,515)
08. PS2 – 903 (766)
09. DSi – 822 (1,206)

Thanks, 4Gamer.net.