The only new release on the week's top-20 sales chart was SaGa 3, with Pokémon Black/White reaching 5 million in sales.

This week's top-20 gives us a better idea of what to expect from some of the games on the chart.

Electroplankton and Retro Game Challenge developer, Indies Zero, tell us why they prefer to develop portable games, and sound off on the future ...

Level 5 and Studio Ghibli's RPG is about halfway through its first shipment, and is seeing slashed prices in Japan.

What does the year ahead hold for Carpe Fulgur?

And it might just outmatch it in the long run, too.

And Monster Hunter Portable 3rd reaches its target sales in a month.

No, it's not Prince of Persia or Assassin's Creed.

Due to the holidays, we're left (for now) with a Famitsu and Enterbrain top-ten chart, with The 3rd Birthday debuting at #6.

And Tomodachi Collection and God Eater were the best-selling new franchises for the year.

That's a lot of gold coins.

The goal is to have a wide variety of games developed for the system and ramp up its catalogue following launch.

The holiday season sees the top-20 chart dominated by Nintendo titles, and Monster Hunter Portable 3rd raging on in first place, while Dynasty ...

Japanese sales tracking firm, Media-Create, believe interest in Ni no Kuni is high amongst women in their 20s.

Portable 3rd has shipped 3 million copies in 17 days in Japan, also making it the fastest-selling PSP game ever in the region.