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Sales tracker, Media Create, have released a list for the top-30 best-selling games in Japan for 2012, and 4Gamer have published it for public viewing. Take a look at the list below, followed total hardware sales to date.
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TOP-30 software sales from January 2nd (2012) – December 30th (2012)
| Rank | Title | 2012 sales Tot. sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| 01. | Pokémon Black/White 2 | 2,919,977 2,919,977 | DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 02. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 1,969,955 1,969,955 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 03. | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 1,743,791 1,743,791 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 04. | Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D | 919,870 919,870 | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 05. | Resident Evil 6 | 833,012 833,012 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 06. | One Piece: Pirate Warriors | 828,150 828,150 | PS3 | Namco Bandai |
| 07. | Mario Kart 7 | 748,797 1,908,966 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 08. | Super Mario 3D Land | 689,374 1,769,566 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 09. | Mario Party 9 | 641,348 641,348 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 10. | Dragon Quest X | 609,783 609,783 | Wii | Square Enix |
| 11. | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate | 602,058 1,587,556 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 12. | Yakuza 5 | 518,224 518,224 | PS3 | Sega |
| 13. | Dragon’s Dogma | 467,375 467,375 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 14. | Fire Emblem: Awakening | 455,268 455,268 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 15. | Tales of Xillia 2 | 428,913 428,913 | PS3 | Namco Bandai |
| 16. | Paper Mario: Sticker Star | 402,133 402,133 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 17. | Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 | 399,340 399,340 | PS3 | Konami |
| 18. | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates of Infinity | 373,699 373,699 | 3DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 19. | New Super Mario Bros. U | 369,392 369,392 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 20. | Wii Sports Resort (w/ MotionPlus pack-in) | 358,627 1,161,600 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 21. | The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z | 344,018 344,018 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 22. | Pokémon Conquest | 341,250 341,250 | DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 23. | Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb | 340,533 340,533 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 24. | Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | 338,889 338,889 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 25. | Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance | 338,812 338,812 | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 26. | Run for Money Tousouchuu | 337,472 337,472 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 27. | Taiko Drum Master: Super Splendid Edition | 321,959 321,959 | Wii | Namco Bandai |
| 28. | Kid Icarus: Uprising | 316,133 316,133 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 29. | Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu/Raimei | 314,016 314,016 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| 30. | Resident Evil: Revelations | 296,040 296,040 | 3DS | Capcom |
TOTAL Hardware sales to date (lifetime): PlayStation 2 – 21,833,215 (note: total Nintendo DS sales not provided) Wii – 12,638,836 PSP – 19,453,023 Nintendo 3DS – 7,689,512 Nintendo 3DS XL – 2,090,372 PlayStation 3 – 8,860,082 PlayStation Vita – 1,130,820 Xbox 360 – 1,613,832 Sales data from 4Gamer and Media-Create.
