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Monster Hunter Portable 2G (known as Monster Hunter Freedom Unite in the West) has broken PSP records by becoming the first PSP title to ship more than 3.5 million copies in Japan.

Monster Hunter Portable 2G was first released in Japan in March 2008 and later went on to become the best selling title of 2008 in Japan. An enhanced version of the game known as ‘Best’ was released in October and has gone on to ship over 1 million copies. In fact this popular title still makes a regular appearance in the Top 10 Japanese Software Chart. Combined sales of 2G and Best have pushed the Monster Hunter Portable game over the record 3.5 million copies mark.

The latest entry to the Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter 3 (tri-), will be available across Japan on the 1st of August. The game will be available standalone or bundled with the Nintendo Wii in a special pack, the first third party game to be bundled as such according to Capcom.

Source: Capcom Blog

According to a recent list posted by Famitsu magazine (translated by Kotaku), Capcom has claimed three of the top five PSP games in Japan.

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G is the top selling PSP game in Japan. Released in March 2008 the title has sold 2.396 million copies. Second on the list is Monster Hunter 2nd which has sold 1.706 million copies since its release in February 2007. Square Enix’s Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII comes in third with 790 705 copies sold since September 2007 while Monster Hunter Portable is fourth with 668 964 copies sold since December 2005. Sega’s Phantasy Star Portable finishes fifth with 545 242 copies sold since its release in July 2008.

Looking at the above figures you will notice that not only did Capcom claim first, second and fourth place, but that all three were Monster Hunter Portable games, showing just how popular the Monster Hunter series is in Japan.