News: Kingdom Hearts 3D Reigns in Japan

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance makes a comfortable debut at the top of the chart...

Another week, another big 3DS game that begins with K hits Japan (wait, what?) This time it was the turn of Square-Enix's long-awaited Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

The game opened with a much higher total than its nearest rivals, although fell somewhat short of previous iterations on the series - perhaps hampered by the youth of the 3DS platform.

Further down the table, Kid Icarus Uprising takes a moderate drop in its second week, although it will be interesting to see whether it can settle down at a respectable number. Also of note is Konami's PS Vita remake of the fan-favourite Wii gem Little King's Story, which managed a, well, mild debut.

Here's the software chart for the week of March 26th to April 1st.

No.SystemTitlePublisher
13DSKingdom Hearts 3D -Dream Drop Distance
213.579
Square-Enix
2PS3Pro Baseball Spirits 2012
90.433
Konami
3PSPPro Baseball Spirits 2012
60.141
Konami
43DSKid Icarus Uprising
47.179 / (179.705)
Nintendo
5NDSPokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition
30.535 / (267.608)
Nintendo
6PSPBlack Panther 2: Yakuza Ashura Chapter
26.655 / (131.592)
Sega
73DSSuper Mario 3D Land
24.936 / (1.464.696)
Nintendo
83DSMonster Hunter 3G
21.288 / (1.358.410)
Capcom
93DSMario Kart 7
19.653 / (1.621.631)
Nintendo
10PS3The Idolmaster: Gravure For You! Vol.6
17.759
Bandai Namco
11PSVPro Baseball Spirits 2012
17.264
Konami
123DSMario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
12.947 / (112.603)
Nintendo
13PS3Devil May Cry HD Collection
11.926 / (55.717)
Capcom
143DSHatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai
8.267 / (124.618)
Sega
15PS3Silent Hill HD Edition
7.971
Konami
16PS3One Piece: Pirate Warriors
7.851 / (804.601)
Bandai Namco
173DSHarvest Moon: The Land of Origin
7.657 / (154.764)
Marvelous AQL
18PSPShining Blade
7.535 / (148.824)
Sega
19PSVNew King Story
7.141
Konami
20WiiWii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus
6.596 / (905.638)
Nintendo

With consecutive big releases, there's only one way up for the 3DS hardware. A rather tasty system bundle for Kingdom Hearts meant the handheld reached a particularly high sum this week.

No.ConsoleWeek SalesLast Week SalesLTD Sales
1Nintendo 3DS121.92194.0115.522.588
2PS323.77125.7508.057.007
3PSP18.35619.87519.007.358
4Vita12.10510.302642.490
5Wii9.2929.27012.323.388
6Nintendo DS1.7121.83632.836.979
7PS21.3741.33321.788.846
8Xbox 3601.3171.0841.554.221


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