Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate storms Japanese software sales chart

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Capcom can once again celebrate success with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate’s Japanese launch, the Nintendo 3DS exclusive racking up 1,446,289 million sales in just two days at retail.

That outpaces LEVEL-5’s runaway success with Youkai Watch 2 back in July, and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS which opened with 944,644 sales. Although those two games continue to sell strongly, rounding out the top three in the chart.

It was a big week for hardware too, with the New Nintendo 3DS LL and New Nintendo 3DS launching – selling 164,756 and 70,050 units respectively. Coupled with sales of the standard 3DS LL and 3DS models, that saw Nintendo shift a whopping 261,873 units of their trusty handheld in total.

Software Sales (lifetime sales are bracketed)
1. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Capcom – 1,446,289 (New)
2. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo – 76,392 (1,557,829)
3. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke, LEVEL-5 – 57,583 (2,712,909)
4. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix, Square Enix – 21,158 (106,093)
5. [PS4] FIFA 15, EA – 16,719 (New)
6. [PS3] FIFA 15, EA – 16,149 (New)
7. [PS4] Driveclub, Sony – 8,620 (New)
8. [PSV] Danganronpa: Another Episode, Spike Chunsoft – 7,184 (93,113)
9. [3DS] Nazotoki Battle Tore! Densetsu no Makyuu o Fukkatsu Saseyo!, Bandai Namco – 6,106 (102,905)
10. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II, Falcom – 5,021 (102,905)
11. [PS3] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II, Falcom – 4,330 (79,473)
12. [PSV] FIFA 15, EA – 4,253 (New)
12. [3DS] Forbidden Magna, Marvelous – 4,247 (27,497)
13. [PS3] Destiny, Sony – 4,160 (105,296)
14. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online, Square Enix – 4,151 (105,296)
15. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8, Nintendo – 3,996 (686,763)
16. [3DS] Yokai Watch, LEVEL-5 – 3,170 (1,284,799)
17. [PSV] Ar nosurge Plus: Ode to an Unborn Star, Gust – 3,157 (12,398)
18. [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island, Nintendo – 2,906 (194,510)
19. [Wii U] Fatal Frame: Oracle of the Sodden Raven, Nintendo – 2,710 (37,320)

Hardware Sales (last week’s sales are bracketed)
1. New 3DS LL: 164,756 (New)
2. New 3DS: 70,050 (New)
3. 3DS LL: 19,727 (16,130)
4. PlayStation 4: 11,697 (7,350)
5. PlayStation Vita: 8,561 (13,510)
6. 3DS: 7,340 (6,360)
7. Wii U: 6,309 (7,805)
8. PlayStation 3: 4,954 (5,365)
9. Xbox One: 809 (1,062)
10. PlayStation Vita TV: 737 (922)
11. Xbox 360: 97 (80)
12. PSP: 67 (84)

[Thanks Gematsu]

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