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Big-name PS2 and Xbox 360 titles steal some of Nintendo's glory on the software charts, but Nintendo manages to retain the top two slots in hardware sales. Xbox 360's Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and PSP's Metal Gear Portable Ops recieve critical acclaim from Famitsu. Xbox 360 sees five digit hardware sales for the first time in almost a year thanks to the highly anticipated Blue Dragon.
The Top 10 Selling Games for the Week of December 4 - December 10 in Japan:
*NOTE: These sales statistics do not include online sales or sales at certain retailers such as Toys R' Us*
1 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Rengo vs Z.A.F.T. II Plus (PS2, Bandai Namco) 337,559 - (337,559)
2 Ryuga Gotoku 2 (PS2, Sega) 274,822 - (274,822)
3 Pokemon Diamond (Wii, Nintendo) 98,859 - (1,996,275)
4 Blue Dragon (X360, Microsoft) - 80,348 (80,348)
5 Pokemon Pearl (NDS, Nintendo) - 75,206 (1,669,367)
6 Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo) - 72,382 (248,549)
7 Hoshi no Kirby: Sanjou! Dorocche Dan (NDS, Nintendo) - 66,421 (465,462)
8 Hajimete no Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 62,863 (237,160)
9 Jump Ultimate Stars (NDS, Nintendo) - 62,068 (278,640)
10 Imasara Hito Ni Wa Kikenai Otona no Joshikiryoku Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 55,208 (720,752)
The Top Selling Consoles for the Week of December 4 - 10 in Japan:
*NOTE: These sales statistics do not include online sales or sales at certain retailers such as Toys R' Us*
DS Lite - 309,603 (6,441,813)
Wii - 85,439 (435,797)
PlayStation 3 - 50,171 (237,967)
Xbox 360 - 35,343 (145,846)
PlayStation 2 - 30,460 (1,328,827)
PSP - 28,930 (1,592,948)
GBA SP - 1,896 (217,136)
GB Micro - 1,555 (138,274)
GameCube - 569 (72,629)
Nintendo DS - 167 (957,514)
GBA - 17 (3,309)
Xbox - 6 (1,722)
Review Scores for Japanese New Releases
Wii
Monster 4X4: World Circuit (Ubisoft): 7, 6, 7, 8 - (28/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (EA): 8, 7, 6, 7 - (28/40)
PLAYSTATION 2
Seiken Densetsu 4 (Square Enix): 7, 8, 8, 7 - (30/40)
Madden NFL 07 (EA): 7, 8, 7, 5 - (27/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (EA): 8, 8, 7, 7 - (30/40)
School Love! (Views): 6, 6, 6, 6 - (24/40)
XBOX 360
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Capcom): 9, 9, 9, 9 - (36/40)
Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega): 8, 7, 7, 8 - (30/40)
A Ressha de Iko HX (Artdink): 7, 6, 7, 7 - (27/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (EA): 9, 9, 8, 8 - (34/40)
PSP
Metal Gear Portable Ops (Konami): 9, 10, 9, 9 - (37/40)
Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology (Bandai Namco): 8, 7, 8, 7 - (30/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (EA): 8, 8, 7, 8 - (31/40)
Intelligent License 2 (Now Production): 7, 9, 7, 8 - (31/40)
NBA Live 07 (EA): 7, 8, 7, 7 - (29/40)
NINTENDO DS
Nonai Aesthe: IQ Suppli DS (Spike): 7, 7, 6, 6 - (26/40)
Heisei Kyoiku Iinkai DS (Bandai Namco): 6, 9, 7, 6 - (28/40)
Hamster to Kuraso (Interchannel): 6, 6, 5, 5 - (22/40)
PSP News
Square-Enix announced that a port of the PS1 Strategy-RPG "Final Fantasy Tactics" will be coming to the PSP under the title "Final Fantasy Tactics: Shishi Senso [The Lions War]" Animated cutscenes will be added to the PSP version. A sequel of the "Final Fantasy Tactics Advance" (GBA) has also been confirmed but the platform was not announced.

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