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Check out the latest sales data for the week ended September 24.
Monster Hunter 4 retained the top spot on the Japanese software chart during the week ended September 24.

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Upon seeing Monster Hunter Smart for the first time, my fellow PG newshound Harry said: "I bet one pound that game will never come out in the UK." "Well," I replied, "Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting did." "Oh, crap. I don't have a pound," Harry responded. Anyway. There's no guarantee that Monster Hunter Smart will ever break out of Japan. There is hope, however. And we shall cling onto tha...

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As does the 3DS, naturally

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As does the 3DS, naturally

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With this week's Media Create numbers just rolling in, we can now confirm that the Nintendo 3DS has surpassed the mighty Wii in lifetime sales in Japan.

Powered in part by the recent release of Monster Hunter 4, the 3DS sold nearly 160,000 units in Japan this past week, pushing it to about 12,753,000 in total. The Wii has sold about 12,699,000 units to date, including 965 this past week. It's got a long way to go before it matches its Nintendo handheld elders, however, as the original DS and the Game Boy (including Color upgrade) sold over 32 million units each in Japan.

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"Powered in part by the recent release of Monster Hunter 4, the 3DS sold nearly 160,000 units in Japan this past week, pushing it to about 12,753,000 in total. The Wii has sold about 12,699,000 units to date, including 965 this past week." -GR

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Today Media Create released its software and hardware sales charts, giving us a precise bird-eye view on what the Japanese gaming market looked like last week.

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Vgchartz: Overall hardware sales increased by 38 percent week-on-week, due to the release of Monster Hunter 4 (3DS). Week-on-week sales is up for the 3DS, and down for everything else. Overall year-on-year sales are up 13 percent. The 3DS is the only platform to be up year-over-year. The DS has the biggest drop year-on-year by percent, at 78 percent.

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Vgchartz: Overall hardware sales increased by 38 percent week-on-week, due to the release of Monster Hunter 4 (3DS). Week-on-week sales is up for the 3DS, and down for everything else. Overall year-on-year sales are up 13 percent. The 3DS is the only platform to be up year-over-year. The DS has the biggest drop year-on-year by percent, at 78 percent.