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Media Create Preview: 09/08/08 - 09/14/08: Pokémon Platinum 963k, Infinite Undiscovery 90k

Akira_EX | September 17, 2008 | Industry News | Playstation 2 Playstation 3 
Japanese newssite Inside Games has Media Create's top thirty software rankings for the week of September 8th to September 14th. Having seen Famitsu's numbers for the week earlier today, there aren't really any new surprises, although there are some discrepancies in the order of the rankings.

New releases:
01. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (The Pokémon Company) - 963,000 / NEW
02. [NDS] Quiz Magic Academy DS (Konami) - 119,000 / NEW
03. [360] Infinite Undiscovery - 90,000 / NEW
04. [WII] One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1 - Nami ni Yureru Hihou - 61,000 / NEW
15. [PS2] SEGA AGES 2500 Series Vol.33 Fantasy Zone Complete Collection (Sega)
23. [NDS] Hoshizora no Comic Garden (D3 Publisher)

Only six new releases made it into the top thirty this week, with The Pokémon Company's Pokémon Platinum leading the way, as reported numerous times, selling 963k copies in two days. The next three games in the top ten are also new releases, with Quiz Magic Academy DS from Konami having an opening week with 119,000 copies sold in three days and coming in second. Infinite Undiscovery and One Piece Unlimited Cruise both released on the regular Thursday date, and both sold respectable numbers. The 360 price drop coincided with Infinite Undiscovery's release.

As for not-new releases, Rhythm Tengoku Gold (NDS), Wii Fit (WII), Mario Kart Wii (WII), Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (NDS) and J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship (PS2) all continue to sell well, securing places in the top ten once again. Hanging around the top ten are also consistent sellers Dragon Quest V (NDS), Fire Emblem DS (NDS) and Inazuma Eleven (NDS).

For the console breakdown, 14 for the DS, 5 for the Wii, 4 for the PS2, 3 for the PSP and 2 apiece for the 360 and PS3 in the top thirty.

Stay tuned later today for the full top fifty software rankings and hardware numbers from Media Create here on GameGrep and over at Neoseeker News.
01. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (The Pokémon Company) - 963,000 / NEW
02. [NDS] Quiz Magic Academy DS (Konami) - 119,000 / NEW
03. [360] Infinite Undiscovery - 90,000 / NEW
04. [WII] One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1 - Nami ni Yureru Hihou - 61,000 / NEW
05. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold - 56,000 / 723,000
06. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 25,000 / 2,635,000
07. [PS2] D.Gray-man: Sousha no Shikaku (Konami) - 15,000 / NEW
08. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 14,000 / 1,762,000
09. [NDS] Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo) - 14,000 / 340,000
10. [PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship (Konami) - 13,000 / 148,000
11. [NDS] Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Square Enix)
12. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Sword of Light (Nintendo)
13. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level-5)
14. [PS3] AFRIKA (SCE)
15. [PS2] SEGA AGES 2500 Series Vol.33 Fantasy Zone Complete Collection (Sega)
16. [NDS] Blue Dragon Plus (AQ Interactive)
17. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable (Sega)
18. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2ndG (Capcom)
19. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
20. [NDS] Meccha Taiko Drum Master DS: Adventure in Seven Islands (Namco Bandai)
21. [360] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai)
22. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
23. [NDS] Hoshizora no Comic Garden (D3 Publisher)
24. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
25. [NDS] DS Beautiful Letter Training (Nintendo)
26. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 (Konami)
27. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo)
28. [WII] Hajimete no Wii Play (Nintendo)
29. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 (Konami)
30. [PS3] Battlefield: Bad Company (Electronic Arts)

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