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Enterbrain has released the Japanese software sales for the week leading up to Christmas, which is the busiest sales week of the year, even in Japan. Below, we see Nintendo continuing to roll up the competition and smoke it, with the top 30 containing six 3DS games, 13 Wii games, and three titles for the original DS. I suppose the Wii's miraculous December just goes to show the power of having a huge install base and a price that reflects the system's age. After the dropoff and so-so year it was having up until about November, who the heck would have seen this coming? Here's the top 30:
1. (3DS) Mario Kart 7
2. (PS3) Musou Orochi 2
3. (3DS) Super Mario 3D Land
4. (3DS) Monster Hunter 3G
5. (Wii) Kirby's Return to Dreamland
6. (Wii) Just Dance 3
7. (PS3) Final Fantasy XIII-2
8. (3DS) Inazuma Eleven GO Shine / Dark
9. (3DS) SD Gundam G-Generation 3D
10. (Wii) Inazuma Eleven Strikers
11. (Wii) Wii Party
12. (Wii) Pokepark 2: Beyond the World
13. (PSP) Magical Girl Ririkaru Portable: The Gears of Destiny
14. (Wii) Taiko Drum Master Wii Definitive Version
15. (PS3) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
16. (Wii) Wii Sports Resort
17. (Wii) Mario & Sonic at London 2012 Olympics
18. (DS) One Piece Gigantic Battle 2: New World
19. (DS) The Stylish Wizard and Pointy Hat
20. (Wii) Go Vacation
21. (Wii) Mario Kart Wii
22. (Wii) Rhythm Heaven Fever
23. (PSP) Frontier Gate
24. (PSP) Power Pro Baseball 2011
25. (PSP) Tiny Battlers Booster
26. (3DS) Nintendogs + Cats
27. (Wii) New Super Mario Brothers Wii
28. (Wii) Itadaki Street Special: Mario and Dragon Quest
29. (DS) Kirby Mass Attack
30. (PSP) Monster Hunter Portable 3
There's not a single Vita game in the top 30, which means that number 30 there, a year-old PSP game, outsold all 26 Japanese Vita launch titles.