Dragon Quest Monsters is Japan's new #1

Beats Dark Souls III which enters chart at #2

News by Rachel Weber Senior Editor

Published on March 30, 2016

There were nine new entries on the Japanese software chart top ten this week but it was Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 that claimed the top spot with 369,000 units sold. Hardcore hit Dark Souls III has to settles for second place with 210,000 units sold.

[3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 - 368,665 (New entry)
[PS4] Dark Souls III - 210,141 (New entry)
[PSV] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X - 69,438 (New entry)
[PS4] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune - 44,723 (New entry)
[Wii U] Pokken Tournament - 28,331 (Lifetime sales - 98,007)
[PSV] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Venus - 21,959 (New entry)
[PS4] Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence Sengoku Risshiden - 20,322 (New entry)
[3DS] Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan - 19,498 (New entry)
[PSV] Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence Sengoku Risshiden - 13,482 (New entry)
[PS3] Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence Sengoku Risshiden - 13,050 (New entry)

In hardware PlayStation 4 sales rose, no doubt helped by the arrival of Dark Souls III, to keep it the top selling console for another week.

PlayStation 4 - 34,377 (Last week - 28,370)

New 3DS XL - 22,639 (18,353)

PlayStation Vita - 20,068 (19,028)

New 3DS - 5,773 (5,142)

Wii U - 4,545 (12,998)

3DS - 2,322 (2,187)

PlayStation 3 - 1,290 (1,462)

3DS XL - 365 (370)

Xbox One - 55 (91)

Charts collated by Media Create and published by Gematsu.

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