Nintendo DS dominates games sales charts in Japan with Final Fantasy III in the lead

Sales charts for the week of August 21-27 are entirely filled with Nintendo DS games. Leading the pack is Final Fantasy III with 503,051 units sold. In a distant, but respectable second place is New Super Mario Bros. with 65,556 copies sold. Rune Factory: Shin Bokujou Monogatari, an RPG done by Marvelous Interactive, sold 42,210 copies. Unfortunately for Rune Factory it was released on the same day as Final Fantasy III, which might have cut into its sales. In 2007 Rising Star Games is going to localize the game for Europe so maybe it will perform better there. Rounding off the top ten is English Training DS with 17,465 copies sold. See the full list past the jump.

1.) Final Fantasy III (Square Enix / Matrix Software) – 503,051 units

2.) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) – 65,556 units

3.) Rune Factory: Shin Bokujou Monogatari (Marvelous) – 42,210 units

4.) More Brain Age (Nintendo) – 41,784 units

5.) DS Cooking Navi (Nintendo) – 37,326 units

6.) Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi Gohi-Kini (Namco Bandai) – 30,504 units

7.) Mario Basket 3-on-3 (Nintendo) – 30,355 units

8.) Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo) – 30,023 units

9.) Brain Age (Nintendo) – 22,866 units

10.) DS English Training (Nintendo) – 17,465 units