Sega’s Phantasy Star Portable for the PSP has topped the Japanese software chart for a second week. According to the latest figures from Media Create, Phantasy Star Portable sold 148 230 copies, bringing its life-to-date sales to just shy of half a million at 490 000 copies.

Nintendo’s Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light for the DS debuted at number 2 with 144 905 copies. It seems the series has not lost any of its popularity since the first installment was released on the Famicom in 1990. Nintendo’s Rhythm Tengoku Gold for the DS falls one place to number 3 with 130 412 copies.

Namco Bandai’s Tales of Vesperia for the Xbox 360 debuted at number 4 with 108 328 copies, earning the Xbox 360 a rare appearance in the Top 10 as well as the title of biggest first week for an Xbox 360 game in Japan. Media Create data shows that the previous best first week of software for the Xbox 360 was Blue Dragon with 80 000. If you take a look at the hardware sales for the week you will also note that Tales of Vesperia is clearly a system seller, increasing Xbox 360 hardware sales from 5 359 units last week to 24 962 this week.

Dragon Quest V from Square Enix drops two places to number 5, selling 72 598 copies in its fourth week of release to cross the one million sales mark. According to Media Create, Dragon Quest IV, released in November 2007, reached one million sales in 6 weeks while Dragon Quest V reached the milestone in just four weeks.

Sega’s Sangokushi Taisen Ten for the DS sells 32 734 copies in its debut week to earn sixth place while Namco Bandai’s Summon Night 2 secures the DS its fifth top ten position, recording sales of 29 715 copies in its opening week.

Nintendo holds numbers 8 and 9, with Wii Fit selling 27 414 copies and Mario Kart Wii 22 739. The PS3 version of Soul Calibur IV is at number 10 (dropping from its debut at number 4 last week), earning Namco Bandai its third top ten title with 22 575 copies sold.

Konmai’s Powerful Pro Baseball 15 for the PS2 drops from last week’s number 5 to number 11 while Nintendo’s Fatal Frame IV for the Wii drops to number 20 after entering the charts at number 7 last week. Namco Bandai’s Gundam Battle Universe for the PSP dropped seven places to number 17. The Xbox 360 version of Soul Calibur IV drops to number 25 from its debut at number 6 last week.

If you like, you could compare these results to last week’s software chart.

Source: Media Create