Period: The week of May 28th – June 3rd (2012)
Top-seller: Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D – 513,183
Nintendo 3DS sales: 101,075 | Total sales: 6,157,873
PlayStation Vita sales: 7,551 | Total sales: 717,672
Dragons everywhere! Last week, Square Enix released Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D, a Nintendo 3DS remake of the very first Dragon Quest Monsters game for Game Boy Color. Unsurprisingly, it slaughtered every other game in the top-20 chart for the week, selling 513,183 copies in its first week alone.
How does that compare to the recent Dragon Quest Monsters games on the Nintendo DS? Here’s a quick look at the first week sales for those:
(2006) Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker – 593,994
(2010) Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 – 623,643
(2011) Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional – 163,008
Not too shabby for Terry’s Wonderland 3D, considering that it was released this early in the Nintendo 3DS’ life. Boosted by the game and a hardware bundle, Nintendo 3DS sales shot up to over 100,000 for the week.
Meanwhile, Level 5’s Guild 01 didn’t fare as well. That game debuted at the #5 spot, and sold 14,790 copies for the week, failing to beat continued sales of Dragon’s Dogma, Mario Tennis Open and Mario Party 9.
The top-20 software sales chart for the week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D | 513,183 | New | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 01. | 02. | Dragon’s Dogma | 82,985 | 385,025 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 02. | 03. | Mario Tennis Open | 41,479 | 143,124 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 05. | 04. | Mario Party 9 | 19,627 | 400,390 | Wii | Nintendo |
| New | 05. | Guild 01 | 14,790 | New | 3DS | Level 5 |
| New | 06. | Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken F | 13,758 | New | PS3 | Sega |
| 10. | 07. | Super Mario 3D Land | 10,018 | 1,605,114 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 08. | Soukoku no Kusabi: Hiiro no Kakera 3 Ashita he no Tobira | 10,008 | New | PSP | Idea Factory |
| 07. | 09. | Fire Emblem: Awakening | 9,658 | 400,999 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 14. | 10. | Mario Kart 7 | 7,771 | 1,728,338 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 11. | Abunai Koi no Sousashitsu | 7,349 | New | PSP | QuinRose |
| 13. | 12. | Monster Hunter Tri G | 7,001 | 1,465,659 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 03. | 13. | Uta no ☆ Prince-Sama: Debut | 5,445 | 66,821 | PSP | Broccoli |
| 07. | 14. | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games | 4,374 | 176,356 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 04. | 15. | Dragon’s Dogma | 4,372 | 33,397 | 360 | Capcom |
| 22. | 16. | Wii Sports Resort | 4,201 | 953,286 | Wii | Nintendo |
| New | 17. | BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend | 3,982 | New | PSP | Arc System Works |
| 21. | 18. | Kid Icarus: Uprising | 3,974 | 284,552 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 19. | Tsuyo Kiss 3-Gakki Portable | 3,376 | New | PSP | NetRevo |
| 15. | 20. | My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute Portable Can’t Possibly Continue | 3,216 | 63,144 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
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