Does Japan like Dragon Quest? Uhhhh yes, Dragon Quest VII Warriors of Eden launched and demolished the sales charts with a strong opening. Nearly 1 million units of Dragon Quest VII were sold! Check out the rest of the hardware and software charts below, including the 3DS getting a nice bump in sales. 

Here’s the full software chart for the period. Life-to-date sales are in parentheses:

1. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden (Square Enix, 02/07/13) – 872,922 (New)
2. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 81,559 (2,513,424)
3. [3DS] Fantasy Life (Level-5, 12/27/12) – 13,342 (221,720)
4. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo, 07/28/12) – 11,685 (1,910,708)
5. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) (Capcom, 11/15/12) – 10,523 (218,097)
6. [Wii] Taiko Drum Master Wii Super Wonderful Edition (Namco Bandai, 11/29/12) – 8,859 (386,149)
7. [PSV] Demon Gaze (Kadokawa Games, 01/24/13) – 8,170 (43,910)
8. [PS3] DmC Devil May Cry (Capcom, 01/17/13) – 7,476 (164,690)
9. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (Namco Bandai, 07/12/12) – 7,459 (416,033)
10. [3DS] Run For Money: Flee From the Strongest Hunters in History (Namco Bandai, 07/05/12) – 7,383 (420,815)
11. [PSV] Genkai Totsuki: Monster Monpiece (Compile Heart, 01/24/13) – 7,312 (36,754)
12. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Nintendo, 12/06/12) – 6,452 (518,096)
13. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2 Crono Stone Neppu / Raimei (Level-5, 12/13/12) – 6,121 (414,207)
14. [Wii U] New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo, 12/08/12) – 5,857 (460,786)
15. [PSP] Heroes VS (Namco Bandai, 02/07/13) – 5,693 (New)
16. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 5,674 (1,972,440)
17. [PS3] Hitman: Absolution (Square Enix, 01/24/13) – 5,500 (35,223)
18. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II Dubbed Edition (Square Enix, 12/20/12) – 4,983 (124,112)
19. [Wii U] Nintendo Land (Nintendo, 12/08/12) – 4,486 (286,478)
20. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12/20/12) – 4,314 (232,050)

Here’s the full hardware. Year-to-date sales are in parentheses.

• 3DS LL – 89,050 (51,654)
• 3DS – 38,645 (26,028)
• PS3 – 17,004 (18,106)
• Wii U – 12,185 (12,959)
• PSP – 11,056 (12,191)
• PSV – 8,762 (9,596)
• Wii – 1,945 (1,904)
• 360 – 593 (870)

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