Japanese Sales Chart: IA/VT Colorful on PS Vita Debuts in 3rd, Animal Crossing Wins the Week

It was another big week for the 3DS, with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer debuting in first with over 520,000 in sales. Right after it, Yo-kai Watch Busters moved 108,000 copies and crossed the 1.1 million lifetime mark.

The PlayStation Vita saw a few new titles in the top 10, with IA/VT Colorful in third after selling 39,000 copies, Date A Live: Twin Edition Rio Reincarnation in sixth with 13,000, and Ray Gigant in ninth with 8,700.

On the hardware side, the PlayStation 4 rose by over 1,000 units, but nothing could catch the Nintendo 3DS LL, which more than doubled its sales to 45,000.

Here’s how each system sold, along with the top 20 selling retail games in Japan from July 27 – August 2, 2015, according to Media Create:

Games (Lifetime)

1. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (3DS) – 522,556
2. Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team/White Dog Squad (3DS) – 107,945 (1,117,850)
3. IA/VT Colorful (PS Vita) – 38,881
4. Splatoon (Wii U) – 28,256 (483,413)
5. Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (3DS) – 14,382 (373,985)
6. Date A Live: Twin Edition Rio Reincarnation (PS Vita) – 13,107
7. Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi (PS3) – 12,029 (70,919)
8. Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright/Conquest (3DS) – 11,018 (388,794)
9. Ray Gigant (PS Vita) – 8,673
10. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PS Vita) – 8,553 (272,040)
11. Taiko Drum Master: V Version (PS Vita) – 7,464 (74,423)
12. Yoshi’s Woolly World (Wii U) – 7,176 (50,067)
13. Mario Kart 8 (Wii U) – 6,963 (1,081,476)
14. Corpse Party: Blood Covered:… Repeated Fear (3DS) – 6,664
15. The Great Ace Attorney (3DS) – 6,090 (175,251)
16. Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) – 6,009 (4,013,053)
17. Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4) – 5,977 (67,053)
18. Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi (PS4) – 5,564 (40,725)
19. Makai Shin Trillion (PS Vita) – 5,221 (23,726)
20. KLAP!! Kind Love And Punish (PS Vita) – 5,047

Systems (Previous Week)

1. New 3DS LL – 44,994 (21,028)
2. PlayStation 4 – 18,740 (17,656)
3. PlayStation Vita – 13,214 (13,843)
4. Wii U – 11,938 (11,257)
5. New 3DS – 7,671 (5,753)
6. PlayStation 3 – 2,540 (2,956)
7. 3DS – 1,585 (1,286)
8. 3DS LL – 874 (807)
9. PlayStation Vita TV – 527 (642)
10. Xbox One – 186 (211)

Are you surprised by the low sales for Ray Gigant?

[Source: 4Gamer via Gematsu]