Period: The week of June 18th – June 24th (2012)
Top-seller: Pokémon Black/White 2 – 1,561,738
Nintendo 3DS sales: 68,056 | Total sales: 6,352,597
PlayStation Vita sales: 13,589 | Total sales: 779,103
Who would ever have guessed it—Pokémon Black/White 2 were the best-selling games in Japan last week. The two companion games were released on Saturday, as is usually the case with Pokémon titles, meaning that only two days of sales are represented in this week’s chart. Despite this, Black/White 2 topped the sales chart at a nice 1.56 million copies sold.
For comparison, here are the opening sales of the previous Pokémon games on the Nintendo DS:
Pokémon Black/White (2010) – 2.55 million
Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver (2009) – 1.44 million
Pokémon Platinum (2008) – 963,273
Pokémon Diamond/Pearl (2006) – 1.58 million
All said and done, Pokémon Black/White 2 sold about on par with Diamond/Pearl in their opening weekend. Not too shabby at all, and based on past trends, they should continue to sell for quite some time.
Meanwhile, Persona 4: Golden dropped from its top spot to the #3 position on the chart. PlayStation Vita sales plummeted as well, now back to 13,600 units for the week, following the brief boost the system received from Persona’s release. Perhaps next week’s Crystal White-coloured Vita and Metal Gear Solid HD Collection will provide some brief respite, but following that, the system will be devoid of high-profile games until Hatsune Miku Project Diva f releases in late August.
The top-20 software sales chart for the week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Pokémon Black/White 2 | 1,561,738 | New | DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 02. | 02. | Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D | 58,228 | 721,174 | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 01. | 03. | Persona 4: Golden | 29,293 | 166,369 | PSV | Atlus |
| New | 04. | Kenka Bancho Bros. | 21,797 | New | PS3 | Spike Chunsoft |
| 04. | 05. | Tokyo Jungle | 18,715 | 165,013 | PS3 | Sony |
| New | 06. | K-On! After School Live HD Ver. | 13,581 | New | PS3 | Sega |
| 08. | 07. | Mario Party 9 | 13,339 | 447,126 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 07. | 08. | Mario Tennis Open | 13,036 | 198,047 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 06. | 09. | Dragon’s Dogma | 9,162 | 446,410 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 09. | 10. | Lollipop Chainsaw | 7,898 | 61,246 | PS3 | Kadokawa Games |
| 10. | 11. | Super Mario 3D Land | 7,609 | 1,631,358 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 12. | 12. | Mario Kart 7 | 5,091 | 1,746,836 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 05. | 13. | Akiba’s Trip Plus | 5,034 | 34,539 | PSP | Acquire |
| New | 14. | Steel Batallion: Heavy Armor | 4,889 | New | 360 | Capcom |
| New | 15. | Arcana Famiglia: Yuureisen No Majutsushi | 4,854 | New | PSP | Comfort |
| 16. | 16. | Wii Sports Resort | 4,287 | 965,713 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 14. | 17. | Monster Hunter Tri G | 4,269 | 1,481,643 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 13. | 18. | Fire Emblem: Awakening | 3,972 | 417,760 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 11. | 19. | Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Battle Destiny | 3,668 | 52,790 | PSV | Namco Bandai |
| 17. | 20. | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games | 2,965 | 186,789 | 3DS | Nintendo |
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