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Nintendo’s Rhythm Tengoku Gold for the DS tops the Japanese software chart for the week ending 17/8, selling 137 000 units to move up from last week’s number 3 and bring the title just shy of half a million sales at 480 000 copies.

Sega’s Phantasy Star Portable for the PSP drops to number 2 after topping the chart for the previous two weeks. It sells 74 000 copies, bringing its life-to-date sales to 564 000. Square Enix’s Dragon Quest V for the DS climbs two places to number 3 with 74 000 copies.

Nintendo’s Wii Fit moves up from last week’s number 8 to fourth with 47 000 copies while Mario Kart Wii races up four places to fifth with 36 000 copies. Both titles increased by roughly 20 000 sales this week, pointing towards a possible hardware spike. Also interesting to note is that Mario Kart Wii has passed Super Smash Bros. Brawl in terms of life-to-date sales, Mario Kart Wii stands at 1.69 million while SSBB is roughly 1.66 million.

Nintendo’s Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light for the DS drops to number 6 after debuting at number 2 last week. It sells 35 000 copies while Nintendo’s Daigasso! Band Brothers DX re-enters the Top 10 at number 7 with 24 000 copies.

Namco Bandai’s Taiko Drum Master 2 for the DS is another new re-entry, finishing eighth with 20 000 copies, while Konami’s Powerful Pro Baseball 15 for the PS2 moves up two places to number 9 with 19 000 copies. Nintendo’s Wario Land: Shake It! for the Wii re-enters the Top 10 at number 10 with 18 000 copies.

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