The week after the holidays is when sales drop across the board, and that’s what happened in Japan last week.

Nintendo are pushing Animal Crossing: New Leaf hard in South Korea, with a Nintendo 3DS bundle and its own Twitter account.

It appears Animal Crossing: New Leaf sparked more Nintendo 3DS sales. Famitsu reports 3DS sales (that’s regular 3DS and 3DS XL) reached 10,068,192 units as of January 6, 2013.

Chart shows 56% of Animal Crossing: New Leaf players are female and 44% are male. In comparison, core 3DS users are 69% male and 31% female.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf reclaimed the #1 spot on the sales chart, while One Piece Romance Dawn came in at #2. Plus, how much did AKB1/149 Love Election sell?

Level 5 released Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone in Japan last week. How does it compare to its predecessors?

The Wii U launched in Japan this past weekend, with New Super Mario Bros. U and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate at its side.

Initially announced way back in 2010, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney was finally released in Japan last week.

Bad news for Animal Crossing fans who want to buy the 3DS game, but good news for Nintendo shareholders – Animal Crossing: New Leaf sales were higher than expected and the game is pretty much sold out.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was last week’s best-selling new game in Japan, outselling Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and E.X. Troopers.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf crossed the 1 million mark last week, while the Nintendo 3DS XL crossed the PlayStation Vita’s lifetime sales.

Here’s a look at how the other top-sellers on 3DS so far compare to Animal Crossing: New Leaf, with first week sales provided for each.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf got off to a phenomenal start in Japan when it was released last week.

Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, reveals that Nintendo shipped 600,000 copies of the game to stores .