Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny for the DS debuted at the top of the Japanese software chart for the week ending the 11th of November. The latest Media Create figures show that the new Professor Layton adventure from Level 5 sold an impressive 306 000 copies in its opening week.

The rest of the chart features somewhat lackluster performances, with Tomadachi Collection for the DS sticking it out at number 2 with 59 000 copies and Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver moving down from last week’s number 1 to third with 54 000 copies.

Wii Fit Plus re-enters the Top 10, up nine places to number 4 with 47 000 copies while Momotaro Railway 2010 for the Wii debuts at number 5 with 44 000 copies. Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders drops two places to number 6 with 28 000 copies and World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 for the PS3 remains in seventh with 20 000 copies.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the DS moves up one spot to number 8 with 18 000 copies and Wii Sports Resort is the second Nintendo-published title to re-enter the Top 10 this week, up from last week’s number 13 to ninth with 17 000 copies. Taiko Drum Master Wii drops five places to number 10 with 16 000 copies.

Naruto: Shippuden Ryujinki for the Wii debuted at number 14, while a couple of other titles slipped out of the Top 10 this week: J-League Pro Soccer Club! 6: Pride of J for the PSP down four to number 12, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast for the PS3 down five spots to number 15 and Left 4 Dead 2 for the Xbox 360 plummeting to number 27 from last week’s number 6.

Software Chart

• Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (Level 5) - NDS - 306 000 (New)
• Friend Collection (Nintendo) - NDS - 59 000
• Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) - NDS - 54 000
• Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - Wii - 47 000
• Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Hudson) - Wii - 44 000 (New)
• Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - NDS - 28 000
• World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - PS3 - 20 000
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) - NDS - 18 000
• Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - Wii - 17 000
• Taiko Drum Master Wii: Dodon to 2 Yome! (Namco Bandai) - Wii - 16 000

Source: Media Create